Brené Brown is an expert on vulnerability who starts off her talk by describing the extraordinary impact of giving a talk in 2010 at TEDxHouston: The Power of Vulnerability. For starters, she says, the day after giving the talk, she woke up in a state of depression that she'd shared details of her own breakdown in front of 500 people ...
Very useful videos, some long and some shorter, to help build lessons around or to supplement a lesson one has already created. ted Talks is useful as well, but this education version of it offers more potential for use in a class.
Listen to TED talks as they discuss using bite sized content pieces for education and communicating with the young generation by using TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat
For those interested in mathematics reform, Dan Meyer provides a strong case for a more genuine mathematics in the classroom. You might also check out the article "A Mathematician's Lament" for a discussion on how the beautiful art form of mathematics is desecrated in the classroom: http://www.maa.org/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdfhttp://www.maa.org/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf
Discussion boards. Google documents. YouTube videos. TED Talks. Khan Academy. These are just a few of the many resources some of us have used in our ever-growing arsenal of techie tools. We want to stay on the cutting edge. The Sloan Consortium (now Online Learning Consortium) predicts this trend toward an increased usage of technology will continue into the foreseeable future.
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1. Apps for teaching students how to present, create and code
2. Apps for everyday classroom needs
3. Apps for collaborating on school projects
4. Apps for communicating with students and their families
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