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Keri-Lee Beasley

Teach Yourself Graphic Design: A Self-Study Course Outline - Tuts+ Design & Illustratio... - 1 views

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    Design resources - links to online self-study
Keri-Lee Beasley

Smart-Camera Photography: Enrich Students' Creative Writing Skills | Edudemic - 0 views

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    How photography can help improve students' writing.
Keri-Lee Beasley

10 Ways Principals Can Use Twitter | Mr. Carter's Office - 0 views

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    Really neat, concise article about advantages to Twitter for principals.
Sean McHugh

Why Scientists Say Wi-Fi Signals Won't Give Your Kids Cancer - Forbes - 0 views

  • readers might be misled into thinking that the scientific community or bodies such as the American Cancer Society are raising concerns about wireless devices. They aren’t.
  • the story made much of the fact that the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IRIC), part of the World Health Organization (WHO), classified RF radiation as a “class 2B”, or possible carcinogens. What the story doesn’t say is that same category includes pickled vegetables (some epidemiological studies link them to stomach cancer), Styrofoam cups, and coffee.
  • It’s not just that we don’t know exactly how RF waves would cause cancer. It’s that there’s no plausible way for it to happen without rewriting the laws of physics and biology. It’s by the same reasoning that most scientists dismiss homeopathic medicine – at least the genuine kind that’s so dilute there’s nothing in it.
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  • Cell phone radiation is more powerful than that emitted by Wi-Fi devices and the predominant concern is brain cancer, since people tend to hold cell phones against their heads. If cell phones caused brain cancer, the scientists say, we should already be seeing an increase in overall cases. We don’t.
Keri-Lee Beasley

BBC News - Digital skills should be core subjects, says report - 1 views

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    "From an early age, we need to give digital literacy as much importance as numeracy and literacy. "While we welcome the introduction of the computing curriculum, we are concerned about the ability of teachers to deliver it - with more than half of our IT teachers not having a post-A-level qualification relevant to IT.
Keri-Lee Beasley

9 Mobile Apps for Poetry Month | Edutopia - 0 views

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    Apps for Poetry
Keri-Lee Beasley

Free vector icons - SVG, PSD, PNG, EPS & Icon Font - Thousands of Free Icons - 1 views

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    Can download images as fonts and/or copy PNG files. Attribution is straightforward for web presence. 
Keri-Lee Beasley

10 Tech Tools for Writers - 0 views

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    Super ideas for writing
Keri-Lee Beasley

Speech-to-Text in a Fifth-Grade Classroom * The Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity - 1 views

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    Using speech-to-text takes time to practice. Great article explaining the impact it had on one young learner.
Keri-Lee Beasley

Explaining graphic design to four-year-olds - Medium - 0 views

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    Excellent article explaining concepts of Graphic Design to 4 year olds.
Keri-Lee Beasley

Why Self-Publishing May Be the Best Writing Lesson Ever | Edudemic - 1 views

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    A great case-study from a teacher who published his first novel by himself. Lots of helpful lessons along the way, including how he got his cover designed, and suggestions on marketing.
Keri-Lee Beasley

Trust No Sources - Books vs Internet - The Learner's Way - 3 views

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    It's not one versus the other - it's thinking critically about all information, regardless of the source.
Keri-Lee Beasley

Thinking Visually: Keyword Searches and Images | Ms. Pana Says - 1 views

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    Pana has a great lesson plan for linking keywords, searching and visuals for G1 students.
Keri-Lee Beasley

Suggested Readings to Inspire Teaching - The Learner's Way - 0 views

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    Great list of interesting books to read
Keri-Lee Beasley

'The Best Damn Band in the Land' overseas for first time with NFL - video | Sport | The... - 0 views

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    Marching band - amazing! They use iPads to learn their routines.
Keri-Lee Beasley

Filmmaking for everyone - Learn about film - 0 views

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    Great overview for filmmaking. Lots of resources for teachers and students alike
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