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LEGO.com Elementary - StoryStarter - 0 views

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    From Lego .education. Ideas about how to go about using lego and the kits they have available
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When We All Teach Text Structures, Everyone Wins | Cult of Pedagogy - 0 views

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    How to teach text structures for better reading comprehension and improved retention. Teachers of history, science, and other subjects are now expected to weave literacy instruction into their teaching of content. But how should they do that? What are the most effective ways to help students learn to read challenging content-area texts? This article breaks down the research behind explicit teaching of text structures and includes a video that shows how to do it (Great for content-area literacy)
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How Teens Are Really Using Social Media - Edudemic - 1 views

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    Interesting for what it is. Contains an infographic and offers a good talking point with a class.
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Sense and Sensibility: Why Librarians Remain Essential to Our Schools @HuffPostBlog htt... - 2 views

  • In the final analysis as the work done by speech pathologists and librarians illustrate, public school instruction extends beyond what happens in the classroom to other areas where highly specialized and dedicated professionals assist student achievement on a variety of levels. They also reinforce the notion of education as a humanistic rather than a commercial enterprise that requires a respect for the individuals who serve. As the late Jesuit educator Timothy Healy, former President of Georgetown University and the New York Public Library once observed, "The most important asset of any library goes home at night -- the library staff."
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Getting to Know the Makerspace Movement in Education - 0 views

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    A brief article that looks at the how and why of the makerspace activities are moving into schools and education. it also includes 4 links to some useful digital resources for anyone interested in following up.
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18 Ways to Use LEGO Bricks to Teach Literacy - 0 views

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    A great list of links that suggest how you can use Lego to teach literacy.
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29 Teacher Tools for Leveraging Technology - 0 views

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    An annotated list of tools that have application in schools. They are not oragnized in any particular way. Many I know but there are some new ones here that sound interesting.
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The Question Game: A Playful Way To Teach Critical Thinking - 0 views

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    An interesting article that looks at teaching critical thinking but in a way that shifts the ownership for the questioning to the students. The ap[proach empowers them to think at higher levels but at the same time there is support provided with the question stems
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Lit Genius - 0 views

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    "Lit Genius is a community of scholars-and a crew of heroic hearts-devoted to annotating great literature. We host everything from the classics to recent fiction to spoken word."
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Lit Genius Editors - Glossary of Literary Terms | Genius - 0 views

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    A good glossary of literary terms on @genius. Images/video help explanation and include refs to contemporary examples
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Five ways teachers use Lego creatively in class | Teacher Network | The Guardian - 0 views

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    "From teaching coding to modelling texts for literature analysis, teachers share the inventive ways they use Lego in lessons"
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The Basics of Blended Learning - YouTube - 0 views

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    Learn about Education Elements and high level concepts of blended learning.
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Media and Technology Resources for Educators | Common Sense Media - 0 views

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    This is a good place if you want to teach a digital citizenship program. It links to several valuable teaching resources that are free.
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The 7 C's of Meaningful Learning Begin with Citizenship | Tech Learning - 0 views

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    "It's up to teachers to guide students in choosing to uplift, teach, inform, challenge, and care for others with their messages versus break down others. Additionally, our students need guidance in realizing their self worth and seeing themselves as individuals in a digital world. They need to practice choosing what they feel is right as individuals versus going along with their peers for instant approval. These are ideas Shelly Terrell shared in a keynote speech"
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ReadWriteThink: Student Materials: Book Cover Creator - 0 views

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    This tool gives students options to add both text and images to their covers using various templates. It does not include an option to save the work, so students have to complete and print their covers in one session.
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Word Mover - ReadWriteThink - 0 views

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    Word mover is designed to help students develop poems and short stories. When students open Word Mover they are shown a selection of words that they can drag onto a canvas to construct adesigned to help students develop poems and short stories. When students open Word Mover they are shown a selection of words that they can drag onto a canvas to construct a poem or story. Word Mover provides students with eight canvas backgrounds on which they can construct their poems. poem or story. Word Mover provides students with eight canvas backgrounds on which they can construct their poems.
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ReadWriteThink: Student Materials: Comic Creator - 0 views

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    The Comic Creator a simple, interactive tool that invites students to compose their own comic strips for a variety of contexts. Easy to use and offers templates and image choices to make it easy for students who worry about their drawing capabilities
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5-Minute Film Festival: Teaching Digital Citizenship | Edutopia - 0 views

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    A good range of options if you are looking for short videos/films as entry points to discuss digital citizenship with students.
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