Best content in UWCSEA Teachers

1More

10 Elements - Digital Learning Now - 0 views

shared by Adrienne Michetti on 17 Apr 15 - No Cached

1More

http://digitallearningnow.com/site/uploads/2014/03/Roadmap-for-Reform.pdf - 1 views

digitallearningnow.com/...Roadmap-for-Reform.pdf policy infrastructure

shared by Adrienne Michetti on 17 Apr 15 - No Cached

1More

Teachers: Embrace Twitter for Professional Development | Edudemic - 1 views

www.edudemic.com/itter-professional-development technology professional_development Twitter howto teachers education

shared by Keri-Lee Beasley on 20 Apr 15 - No Cached

1More

Ten Websites to Help Students Connect with Books | Edudemic - 1 views

www.edudemic.com/books-web-tools books reading literacy professional_development digital_literacy technology

shared by Keri-Lee Beasley on 20 Apr 15 - No Cached

4More

Teens, Social Media & Technology Overview 2015 | Pew Research Center's Internet & Ameri... - 1 views

www.pewinternet.org/...s-social-media-technology-2015 social_media technology teenagers teen statistics data

shared by Keri-Lee Beasley on 20 Apr 15 - No Cached

Boys are more likely than girls to report that they visit Facebook most often (45% of boys vs. 36% of girls). Girls are more likely than boys to say they use Instagram (23% of girls vs. 17% of boys) and Tumblr (6% of girls compared with less than 1% of boys).
...

Cancel
As American teens adopt smartphones, they have a variety of methods for communication and sharing at their disposal. Texting is an especially important mode of communication for many teens. Some 88% of teens have or have access to cell phones or smartphones and 90% of those teens with phones exchange texts. A typical teen sends and receives 30 texts per day2
...

Cancel
Teenage girls use social media sites and platforms — particularly visually-oriented ones — for sharing more than their male counterparts do. For their part, boys are more likely than girls to own gaming consoles and play video games.
...

Cancel

Keri-Lee Beasley on 20 Apr 15

Very interesting statistics on American teens' use of social media and technology.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Very interesting statistics on American teens' use of social media and technology.</div>

...

Cancel

How Video Games Taught Me Personal Accountability - 0 views

lifehacker.com/onal-accountability-1699984319 Gaming digital citizenship resilience grit

shared by Sean McHugh on 25 Apr 15 - No Cached

15More

11 Ways Finland's Education System Shows Us that "Less is More". | Filling My Map - 0 views

fillingmymap.com/...tem-shows-us-that-less-is-more teaching assessment

shared by Sean McHugh on 26 Apr 15 - No Cached

Finland follows the basic formula that has been performed by math teachers for centuries: The teachers go over homework, they present a lesson (some of the kids listen and some don’t), and then they assign homework.
...

Cancel
What if we didn’t force students who know that their talents reside outside of the world of formal academics to take three years of high school classes that they found boring and useless?  What if we allowed them to train in and explore vocations they found fascinating and in which they were gifted?
...

Cancel
This system allows the Finnish teacher more time to plan and think about each lesson.  It allows them to create great, thought provoking lessons.
...

Cancel
...11 more annotations...
Elementary students in Finland often have the SAME teacher for up to SIX YEARS of their education.
...

Cancel
Finland understands that the ability to teach isn’t something that can be gained from studying. It is usually a gift and passion.  Some have it, some don’t.
...

Cancel
They do not try to interfere or usurp their authority and decisions.
...

Cancel
Study after study
...

Cancel
Imagine all of the exciting things you could do with your students if there wasn’t a giant state test looming over your head every year.  Imagine the freedom you could have if your pay wasn’t connected to your student’s test scores.  Imagine how much more fun and engaging your lessons would be!
...

Cancel
teachers take their time.  They look deeper into the topic and don’t panic if they are a little behind or don’t cover every topic in the existence of mathematics in a single year.
...

Cancel
math ONCE a week
...

Cancel
The students get to actually understand the material before they are forced on to a new topic.
...

Cancel
Finnish students have the least amount of homework in the world.  They average under half an hour of homework a night.  Finnish students typically do not have outside tutors or lessons either.
...

Cancel
I won’t give you homework if you work on this while you are in my classroom.”
...

Cancel
Trust is key
...

Cancel

Sean McHugh on 26 Apr 15

...why are Finnish students succeeding and ours are failing? The difference is not the instruction. Good teaching is good teaching and it can be found in both Finland and in the US. (The same can be said for bad teaching.) The difference is less tangible and more fundamental. Finland truly believes "Less is More." This national mantra is deeply engrained into the Finnish mindset and is the guiding principal to Finland's educational philosophy.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">...why are Finnish students succeeding and ours are failing? The difference is not the instruction. Good teaching is good teaching and it can be found in both Finland and in the US. (The same can be said for bad teaching.) The difference is less tangible and more fundamental. Finland truly believes "Less is More." This national mantra is deeply engrained into the Finnish mindset and is the guiding principal to Finland's educational philosophy.</div>

...

Cancel