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Garth Holman

A Collection of Great Interactive Sites for Teachers ~ Educational Technology and Mobil... - 3 views

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    Interactive websites by classroom 
Jonathan McClure

CNN 2012 Electoral Map -- Elections & Politics from CNN.com - 0 views

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    The CNN website provides a decent interactive map for history teachers talking about the current election.  Students can play around with the map by clicking each state which changes the winner from Obama to Romney or vice versa.
Katy Eyman

WebQuests: Explanation - 0 views

  • online lessons created by teachers
  • inquiry-oriented online tool for learnin
  • involve group work
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  • specific roles or perspectives
  • built around resources that are preselected by the teacher
  • USING information, not LOOKING for it
Garth Holman

Wolfram Education Portal: Free Resources and Materials for Teachers - 3 views

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    Algebra and Upper math books, lessons, and interactive for free.
Miss Schlegel

Teachers' Resources - 0 views

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    National Archives provides primary source documents as well as activities and lessons.
David Pluck

Understanding Formal Analysis - 0 views

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    A great resource for introduction in to the Elements of Art
Michael O'Connor

Drive, By Daniel Pink: What motivates students? Part Two - Implementing 21st Century Sk... - 0 views

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  • century.  Drive says for 21st Century work, we need to upgrade to autonomy, mastery & purpose." (
  • Dan's main point in Drive, according to his twitter summary: "Carrots & Sticks are so last
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  • Motivation comes from within, not external threats or bribes
  • -"People to contribute rather then just show up and grind out their days." (100) -What teacher has not wanted this?
  • -"Control leads to compliance: autonomy leads to engagement...only engagement can produce mastery" (110-111) When was the last time you had true engagement and what caused this engagement?
  • -"Do the workers refer to the company (school) as "they"? Or do they describe it in terms of "we"?" (129)  Do your students see school on their team?
  • First, Student's need to gain autonomy, not empowerment (we love this word, it gives the impression that students have power in the system).  Autonomy is self direction. Second, Mastery of the topic (big word in education ten years ago).  And third, purpose (education likes to use meaning or relevance).
  • the system right now makes this very, very hard to do
  • I find it very difficult sometimes to convince students that I am not grading a project, or that they can take a quiz whenever they are ready.  Students have learned that they will be told and shown how to survive in education. 
  • We need to encourage students to be independent thinkers that formulate their own methods to their own answers.  The data collection systems of education need to change to meet the new education system of the 21st century; we need to stop attempting to make new methodology fit into old data collection routines.
Garth Holman

iPad Apps and Resources for Teachers - 3 views

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    Huge list of Ipad apps by discipline.  Worth a look. 
Joseph Shalala

University of Utah Tips for Visual Learners - 1 views

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      These tips are written to students, teachers can also benefit and integrate these suggestions into each lesson.
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