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lisabcosmo

The Principal of Change | Stories of learning and leading - 1 views

  • The question I have been asking a lot lately is, “would you want to be a learner in your own classroom?
nl1676

Everybody is a Genius - 1 views

    • nl1676
       
      This is a good math blog... however it hasn't been updated in a couple of months.
  • o Learn Math.
  • Last week I posted some ideas for a bulletin board I was working on and want to thank everyone who gave me their opinion. I was really deciding between the last two and overwhelmingly most people liked the last one, which was what I was leaning towards. It had been titled "What is Standards Based Grading?" but I loved Sarah Hagan's title of "How to Learn Math."
nl1676

Mathematics and the Real World - 3 views

  • The problems above can be approached with a range of mathematics, which is important for seeing the interconnected nature of mathematics. However, these examples can cause some teachers to shy away in an era of increased pressure to address particular standards in their lessons. Finally, because of the problems’ open-ended nature, students som
anonymous

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Connectivism in the Classroom - 0 views

    • anonymous
       
      What if the teacher lets student go off track, sometimes new dicoveries are made off track.
  • But teaching is about not showing how much the teacher knows but about producing students that will eventually surpass the teacher because they become self-learners and passionate about the topic.
lisabcosmo

What Keeps Students Motivated to Learn? | MindShift - 0 views

  • “Treat students like adults. If the students feel like they’re worth it they’ll act more like adults.
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    help keeps students motivated to learn
anonymous

Newly Released Doctopus, A Google Add-on for Docs | New Visions for Public Schools - 0 views

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    Google script Doctopus update
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    Great script for adding functionality to Google docs
anonymous

Google Drive X Explain Everything = Embedded Video Reflections - from Greg Kulowiec | L... - 0 views

  • Explain Everything to be the most remarkable and powerful application that can be used with an iPad
  • Embedded Video Reflections.”
    • anonymous
       
      This is a great example of using an iPad app with Google drive 
pacittijanet

Scholastic Publishes Literacy Resources and Children's Books for Kids of All Ages - 2 views

    • pacittijanet
       
      Great site for reading club, IWB lessons, blogging, etc.
smithma54

What Your Students Really Need to Know About Digital Citizenship | Edutopia - 1 views

  • What Your Students Really Need to Know About Digital Citizenship
    • smithma54
       
      Looks like a good site to explore further.
    • amfpiscitelli
       
      This looks like a great site to share with my sixth graders.
krs10walsh

Another very scary headline about kindergartners - The Washington Post - 0 views

    • krs10walsh
       
      This is a second article that makes some really good, but scary points about what kindergarten is like these days.
  • research shown that young students are not reliable test takers
  • kids were given a test on a platform they were not able to properly manipulate
  • ...13 more annotations...
  • Kindergarten
  • is now academic, “the new first grade
  • forced to sit for hours
  • kids are considered failures if they
  • can’t read by the time they enter first grade
  • They aren’t developmentally ready
  • results
  • to lobby for more funding for
  • preschool
  • preschoo
  • preschools
  • turned into academic enterprises too
  • Standards can lead to teaching of skills in ways that are not effective or meaningful, to the narrowing of the curriculum, and to less time for play and hands-on learning experiences that are important foundations for later school success.
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