IF we can work together, restrictions placed on all the students can be lightened. The crass actions of the few should not (but sadly do) hinder those of us who know how to behave. By this age, we should all know right from wrong. Myspace shouldn't have to be blocked; it should just be common knowledge that visiting your personal blog during your educational time period is not right.
IF you have to wonder if the site you want to use it appropriate, it probably isn't. But you do have teachers and administrators to view and help you make that judgement.
DON'T copyright infringe or plagarize or download anything illegally
NetSafe has been working with teachers and the Ministry of Education over the last few months to draft a set of Blogging Guidelines for Schools.
The work to date has been driven by many educators already actively using digital technologies to boost student learning opportunities and we hope by publishing the guidelines in this interactive format that many more people will get involved and contribute their views and knowledge on the topic.
Education City is transforming teaching and learning, helping to improve children's education. We provide fun educational games in the form of online activities for kids and interactive smartboard activities for teachers.
We are a group of curious teachers who explore and brainstorm ways to integrate Web 2.0 technologies into our teaching.
Some of us meet face-to-face at an independent school in St. Petersburg, Florida. The rest of us are from all over the world.
This Web site shows some of their mistakes, provides a timeline of events, gives biographies of a few of the people who have gotten us where We are today, and lists resources you can use to learn more.
Recent research in neuroscience shows that each brain processes information differently. The way we learn is as individual as DNA or fingerprints. In its research, CAST has identified three primary brain networks and the roles they play in learning.
Learning disabilities such as dyslexia
English language barriers
Emotional or behavioral problems
Lack of interest or engagement
Sensory and physical disabilities
What is Universal Design for Learning?
In today's schools, the mix of students is more diverse than ever. Educators are challenged to teach all kinds of learners to high standards, yet a single classroom may include students who struggle to learn for any number of reasons, such as the following:
* Learning disabilities such as dyslexia
* English language barriers
* Emotional or behavioral problems
* Lack of interest or engagement
* Sensory and physical disabilities
The Internet Archive, the Library of Congress and California Digital Library collaborated on a pilot in the spring of 2008 and a full-year program for the 2008/2009 school year, working with a total of 10 elementary, middle and high schools. We are looking to expand this program to new schools in the coming year. You can explore the collections created during the 2008/2009 school year on the Archive-It Website here.
if there's a good education blog out there, you can bet it made our list. We've also mixed in a handful of exceptional Web tools and sites that We thought deserved a spot in the top 200
The resources included videos for those who learned by more kinesthetic and auditory modalities, written newspaper reports for those who learned best by visual modalities, and even interactive websites for those with a more tactile and kinesthetic learning style.
For example
Instead of showing the video in class, you might have them watch it on YouTube as a homework assignment.
using technology to enhance education doesn't mean that we should move classes totally online. Students need face-to-face social interaction, especially in the primary and middle school grades.
The point is not to "teach with technology" but to use technology to convey content more powerfully and efficiently.
Baby Boomers, in general, prefer face-to-face or telephone communication
seem to embrace both cell phones and e-mail, with a bit of instant messaging thrown in.
Gen Xers
Net Generation
social networks like Facebook, instant messages, Skype, and texting.
iGeneration, a phone is not a phone. It is a portable computer
born between about 1925 and 1946 are often called the Traditional or Silent generation
Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War, they are characterized by a belief in common goals and respect for authority.
Baby Boomer generation, born between 1946 and 1964, tends to be optimistic, idealistic, and communicative and to value education and consumer goods.
born between 1965 and 1979, were defined by Douglas Coupland (1991) as Generation X
not as easily categorized.
1980s and the birth of the World Wide Web
Generation Y, simply meaning the generation after X.
This is a tool that generates multiple math problems based on a sample, and then creates a worksheet that you can distribute. By analyzing the math problem you provide, or one of the built-in samples, the generator determines the structure of the expression and provides similar problems. We tack on an ansWer sheet too.The Math Worksheet Generator works best with Word 2007