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Cathy Oxley

Medieval Times Reality Adventure - 0 views

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    This medieval webquest contains a lot of links to good information, as well as a section on planning a unit on the Middle Ages.
Cathy Oxley

Medieval Times - Ecole Whitehouse Elementary, Canada - 0 views

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    This page has a lot of good links to medieval webquests and links to Middle Ages information. Mostly suitable for Yrs 4-7.
Cathy Oxley

History of Medieval & Renaissance Europe: Primary Documents - EuroDocs - 19 views

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    Awesome! Thanks! Very handy for my google lit trippers, who use primary source materials.
Cathy Oxley

Castles on the Web - 0 views

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    This site offers an extensive database of all things castle related including a directory of castles from around the world, a photo gallery with thousands of castle photos, castle greeting cards, a castle forum where you can meet other castle enthusiasts, a castle glossary and more! If you enjoy castles then this is the place to be.
Katy Vance

Flip This Library: School Libraries Need a Revolution - 4 views

  • If we want to connect with the latest generation of learners and teachers, we have to totally redesign the library from the vantage point of our users—our thinking has to do a 180-degree flip.
  • This learning commons is both a physical and a virtual space that’s staffed not just by teacher-librarians but also by other school specialists who, like us, are having trouble getting into the classroom and getting kids’ attention.
  • specialists such as literacy coaches, teacher technologists, teacher-librarians, art teachers, music teachers, and P.E. teachers
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  • experimental learning center,
  • In the physical space, we enter a room that’s totally flexible, where furnishings can be moved about to accommodate different functions and groupings.
  • the learning commons is both a giant, ongoing conversation and a warehouse of digital materials
  • —from ebooks to databases to student-generated content—all available 24/7 yea
  • Imagine a learning environment in which the multimedia world of information fed individual students’ needs, and where on-demand digital textbooks/multimedia/databases are available 24/7 and under the control of the user.
  • examples of one-way communication.
  • But in the new learning commons, homework assignments and library Web sites offer two-way communication.
  • Directive adults have been transformed into coaches; direct teaching has been transformed into collaborative inquiry.
  • On another day, parents may be invited to the learning commons to observe a jointly designed medieval art fair created by a classroom teacher, the art teacher, and the teacher-librarian.
  • The experimental learning center aims to improve teaching and learning by offering professional development sessions and resources that are tailor-made to each school’s greatest needs.
  • The teacher posts assignments on a blog that’s linked through an RSS feed to individual students in the class, each of whom can access the blog through an iGoogle page or another personal home page.
Cathy Oxley

'The Door in the Wall and the Middle Ages' Webquest Resources - 0 views

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    This webquest seems like it would be useful for Yrs 5 - 7
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    This is one of the pages from a webquest on the Middle Ages, specifically designed to help students gain more from reading the book "The Door in the Wall". It contains lots of links to
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