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RaeAnne Mason

Apps in Education: Around the World with 15 Cool Geography Apps - 0 views

  • Google Earth: FREE With Google Earth for iPad, you can fly to far corners of the planet with just the swipe of a finger. Explore the same global satellite and aerial imagery available in the desktop version of Google Earth, including high-resolution imagery for over half of the world's population and a third of the world's land mass. You can swipe with two fingers to adjust your view to see mountainous terrain.
  • GeoWalk HD: $2.99 AU We are all used to the idea that encyclopedias are pretty boring and usually too overloaded with information, that's why we decided to squeeze the most essential and exciting info about our planet into a brief, informative and illustrative 3D Fact Book to explore the world in a playful way.
  • National Geographic World Atlas: $1.99 AU National Geographic World Atlas HD utilizes the highest resolution images, providing you detail, accuracy, and artistic beauty normally found in wall maps and bound atlases. Preloaded with 3 different styles of world maps with an internet connection, you can continue zooming through continent-level maps into Bing maps - close enough to see your home!
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  • Living Earth: $1.99 AU Enjoy a stunning live 3D simulation of our planet at our current moment in time with global weather, forecasts and world clock for cities around the world. View live global cloud patterns along with the most realistic 3D rendering of our planet available. A humbling view of our home in your hands or a strikingly beautiful nightstand or desktop clock.
  • MapBox for iPad allows you to use your iPad to view, create, and share beautiful maps made with the MapBox suite of open source map-making tools. Use this app to take your maps offline and on the go as fast and interactive as ever. Make new maps by combining offline map layers with online maps from MapBox, OpenStreetMap and MapQuest. You can even overlay GeoRSS data layers.
puzznbuzzus

Is English Language So Popular because of the USA? - 0 views

Americans might tend to inflate the influence of the United States in the history of the spread of English. Before the World Wars, particularly WWII, the US was a bit player on the world stage. The...

english quiz online

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Diann Herington

Using Social Media In The Classroom For Real-World Learning - 0 views

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    This blog describes benefits of using social media in the classroom, including providing creativity and real-world experience for students
Magda Galloway

World War II: A Story of Numbers - YouTube - 0 views

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    World War II: A Story of Numbers
Robin Galloway

Graduate with Google Apps - 0 views

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    How students accustomed to Google Apps at school will feel when they enter the "real world". Check out the video
Ms. Bueltel

The Library Voice - 0 views

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    This is from our guest speaker. Gives some insight on the library and technology
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    The Library Voice is a blog made by Shannon Miller talking about technology and connecting it to education.
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    The Library Voice- Shannon Millers website. Shannon Miller is trying to change the education world by integrating technology throughout our curriculum. Check out her blog to see what creative, new ideas she is presenting.
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    The Library Voice- Shannon Millers website. Shannon Miller is trying to change the education world by integrating technology throughout our curriculum. Check out her blog to see what creative, new ideas she is presenting.
Kim McCoy-Parker

Starting With Why: The Power of Student-Driven Learning - 0 views

  • She would thrive after being asked: “What do you want to learn?” “What do you want to read?” “What matters to you?” And then taking her answers and the curricular outcomes and designing a learning plan that incorporated all of this, plus embedded technology.
  • So often in education we focus on the wrong things. Test scores. Marks. Awards.
  • We need to start with why
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  • it’s what you do with the content that matters.
  • Memorizing & regurgitating falls miserably short of equipping our students.
  • We’ve made education about manipulation and hoops instead of inspiring our students to pursue learning that matters to them — learning that can help them make a difference in our communities and the world.
  • I believe students are fully competent to be co-creators of their own learning environments. I believe that students can change the world; they are not the future; they are right now. I believe that students need skills that go far beyond the content of most curricula. I believe that students want to learn, but often they lack the environment that sparks the emergence of passionate, life-long learners. I believe that my students have a voice and it should be heard. I believe students can read at their appropriate grade level and still be illiterate. I believe that each of my students has unique talents and interests that should merge with our learning environment at school. I believe my students are not empty vessels waiting to be filled.
  • I believe that my students need to develop metacognitive skills and make their thinking visible. I believe that students are fully capable of differentiating their own learning. I believe my students are creative and can teach me important things. I believe school shouldn’t be a place where young people go to watch older people work hard. I believe, if given the chance and the right support, my students will become more than they ever thought they could be. I believe that once students begin to see their talents and gifts, they will grow in confidence.
  • As a teacher: I believe that my classroom should be a place of joy, engagement, learning and play. I believe that I should be less helpful. I believe that I should ask more questions, and offer fewer answers. I believe that I should model what learning, failing, grit & perseverance look like. I believe that I should take risks, even when I’m afraid. I believe it’s crucial to use content to teach skills. I believe that the most important question I often ask my students is, “What do you need?” I believe that I am not the all-knowing guru, nor do I want to be. I believe I need to be transparent with my learning and who I am. I believe that kids need a life outside of school, so I don’t believe in homework — at least not the rote, meaningless stuff that’s usually assigned.
Daniel Lang

Sheppard Software - 0 views

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    Fantastic website that has great resources for educators and for those wanting to learn about all kinds of subjects. Includes games for learning math skills, world geography, science, and more.
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    Great tool for teachers and students alike - especially if you're like me and want to brush up on some of the basics (though this has more advanced lessons as well)!
Nelson Rokke

MERLOT - Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching - 1 views

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    MERLOT is a free and open online community of resources designed primarily for faculty, staff and students of higher education from around the world to share their learning materials and pedagogy. 
Andrew Sorge

UNI continues to be ranked among the top Midwest public universities on the 'U.S. News ... - 0 views

  • The University of Northern Iowa is ranked second in the "Best Regional Universities (Midwest)" category for public universities
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    "The University of Northern Iowa is ranked second in the "Best Regional Universities (Midwest)" category for public universities"
Robin Galloway

Not Just the Facts, Ma'am - 2 views

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    How can you connect your students to the wider world around them?
Nikki Lyons

Student Response System - Learn From Your Students - GoSoapBox - 0 views

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    "GoSoapBox is a web-based clicker tool used by educators around the world to keep students engaged and gain real-time insight into student comprehension."
tuttleh

Search - 0 views

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    Tweet Chat is a great way for teachers from around the world to be able to connect and share great ideas.
tuttleh

TweetChat - 0 views

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    Tweet Chat is a great way for teachers from around the world to be able to connect and share great ideas.
Kim McCoy-Parker

Sir Ken Robinson: Why We Need to Reform Education Now - 0 views

  • In 1970, the U.S. had the highest rates of high school graduation in the world, now it has one of the lowest.
  • now around 75 percent, which puts America 23rd out of 28 countries surveyed.
  • They are mentors, coaches, motivators, and lifelong sources of inspiration to their students.
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  • 'drop out'
  • high schools every day, close to 1.5 million a year.
  • According to one estimate, if the numbers of young people leaving school early could be cut by 50 percent, the net gain to the U.S. economy from savings in social programs and gains in additional tax revenues could be around $90 billion a year - that's almost $1 trillion in just over ten years.
  • One of the themes of TEDTalks Education is that current policies are based on a tragic misdiagnosis of the problem. They treat education as an industrial process rather than as a human one. They are driven by a culture of testing and standardization that has narrowed the curriculum and sees students as data points and teachers as functionaries rather than as living breathing people.
  • To improve our schools, we have to humanize them and make education personal to every student and teacher in the system.
  • The key to personalizing education is to invest properly in the professional development of educators. As Bill Gates argues, teachers need mentors too.
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  • Teaching is an art form. Great teachers know they have to cultivate curiosity, passion and creativity in their students.
  • achievement soars when teachers fire the imaginations of their students with a true spirit of inquiry.
  • All students have their own stories, motivations and circumstances and teachers have to connect with them personally.
  • "Everyone has a story," she says. "Everyone has a struggle and everyone needs help along the way."
  • We have millions of young people walking away from education, he says. But "right now, we could save them all," if we're prepared to innovate fundamentally and not just do more of the same.
  • "Every child," she says, "deserves a champion who will never give up on them... and insists they become the best they can possibly be."
  • give them the creative freedom to innovate and do their jobs within a proper framework of public accountability.
  • There are those who say that we can't afford to personalize education to every student. The fact is that we can't afford not to.
Carrie Caffrey

Technology in the Classroom | US News & World Report - 1 views

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    News articles about technology in the classroom.
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    This page has different articles such as top 10 most connected classrooms, 4 tech tips for parents to embrace digital education, Twitter goes to College, etc. Good source of information and tips on how to deal with technology becoming a larger part of our life on a day-to-day basis.
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