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A synthesis of Bloom's revised taxonomy with digital tools. Bloom would love it!

Graph Words is a free visualization tool to explore English dictionary and thesaurus, helps you to search the meaning of words and other associated words. It is not as powerful as the visual Thesaurus, which is a premium subscription RCS uses, but it is very easy to use, and could have immediate applicability for English vocabulary study.

"the school's chief teaching tools are anything but high-tech: pens and paper, knitting needles and, occasionally, mud. Not a computer to be found. No screens at all. They are not allowed in the classroom, and the school even frowns on their use at home."

Not phenomenal editing, but gets his point across: based on evidence, Mazur was convinced that lecturing alone wasn't as effective a tool as engaging his students in active learning.

Video introduction to Moodle rubrics. You can use these in your Moodle assignments!

Slideshare in which Robert Talbert explains his vision of a flipped classroom: its justification and its application in classes.

Math teacher Katie Gimbar answers questions about her flipped classroom. Good introductory information and some good answers, but a lot of this is from personal experience. Take with a grain of salt. 

Totally free to educators. "Can the expertise we have developed over the past 25 years enable us to produce technologies that enhance learning? The answer-an enthusiastic Yes-came only after deliberating with educators. SAS Curriculum Pathways is the result of those deliberations."

Lodge McCammon's technique for flipped teaching, involving hand-drawn boards and personal lectures. Interesting and potentially powerful, but remember that this is just one perspective on how to accomplish flipped teaching. There are others out there.

a professional learning community for teachers using vodcasting in the classroom

"Video itself will not help kids achieve more in your class. The flipped classroom is about making connections with learners and differentiating your instruction. If videos are a part of that multi-faceted plan, great. If they are not, still great."

Online learning system used by High Tech High. Seems similar to Carnegie Learning. "Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces is a Web-based, artificially intelligent assessment and learning system. ALEKS uses adaptive questioning to quickly and accurately determine exactly what a student knows and doesn't know in a course. ALEKS then instructs the student on the topics she is most ready to learn. As a student works through a course, ALEKS periodically reassesses the student to ensure that topics learned are also retained. ALEKS courses are very complete in their topic coverage and ALEKS avoids multiple-choice questions. A student who shows a high level of mastery of an ALEKS course will be successful in the actual course she is taking."

Articles on the Flipped Classroom.

A fast-paced, 22-minute video in which Aaron Sams discusses the origin of the Flipped Classroom model and its various forms.

Several multimedia explanations, and some readings and resources, about the flipped classroom. 

"Here is the problem with the term "Flipped Class:" it implies version one of our screencasting model: that which used to be done in class is now done at home, and that which used to be done at home, is now done in class.  In a nutshell, that IS "The Flipped Classroom," but it does not end there, which is why the term "The Flipped Classroom" does not do justice to the many models being used."

Free physics and math "courses" for flipped teaching, from Derek Owens.

Math teacher Katie Gimbar shares her whole flipped Algebra 1 class. Lots of great videos here, plus her rationale on how and why to flip.

Another set of flipped classroom videos from math teacher Katie Gimbarr. Wonderful examples and rationale here.

"Browse and use standards-aligned curriculum." Some free, some paid.