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Relationships are the key foundation to the success of students in our schools. The more we connect with them, the more likely they are to succeed. This is not only true with our students, but also essential with our staff. If we know those we serve, the more likely we are to all be successful.

"teacher-ready tips for stimulating curiosity in others. First, she suggests starting with the question, rather than the answer-which teachers will recognize as the foundation of inquiry-based or discovery learning (see: math teacher Dan Meyer's take on how to make math "irresistible" to students). She then suggests offering some initial knowledge on the subject. "We're not curious about something we know absolutely nothing about," she writes. Again, teachers may know this as "activating prior knowledge" or "setting the stage" before a lesson. Finally, she says it helps to require communication, or "open an information gap and then require learners to communicate with each other in order to fill it." The think-pair-share technique and vocabulary activities that require students to teach each other their words both exemplify this. What would you add to the list? How does stimulating curiosity gel with other motivation tactics-or should teachers think of curiosity and motivation as one and the same?"

giant list of tools. Not sure which will be troublesome for filters.

Giant list of tools

I recommend you take a look at WiZiQ's virtual classroom. Mark Cruthers Link to March 17 Demo Replay. http://www.wiziq.com/Replay_Session.aspx?key=t&id=73125 WiZiQ is an online teaching platform, which provides a free virtual classroom environment for teachers to interact online and teach students in real time. Teachers can also build a profile, keep an availability schedule, and maintain a content library, which is associated with their profiles, by uploading PowerPoint presentations and PDF Files. Works in Flash format and needs no downloads 2-way live audio/video delivery Whiteboard with Math tools Synchronous Content sharing such as PowerPoint (retains animations and transitions), PDF, Flash, MS Word, MS Excel files and videos Records all sessions to be played back in Flash format (needs no downloads) Share PowerPoint presentations asynchronously even with narrated audio in slides WiZiQ's Blog http://wiziq.typepad.com/ Feedback from Nellie, English Teacher http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7sJ-RsWMI4 http://wiziq.typepad.com/wiziqcom/2007/12/collaborating-o.html Wiziq YouTube Presentations: http://ww

Preparing a dissertation is a long and tedious process that requires significant effort. At this point, it is critical to understand the common mistakes students do not address while writing their dissertations. Understanding these mistakes can help avoid them to get a high grade for the dissertation. Although this article is mostly directed at doctoral students, many of the recommendations given here can also be useful for other students, especially undergraduates.

"Blekko, a new search engine, is trying to provide more relevant search results that are spammer and content-farm free. Described as "Wikipedia meets search", the engine will use human oversight to separate that trusted content from that of spam. They also use the slashtag, /, to limit the results to only those of trusted sites. Blekko has predefined slashtags that you can use, like "/people" for a people search or /blog for a blog search. There are also topics and other categories like /basketball or /android. Since many of these tags are predefined, you might have to create your own slashtag if Blekko does not recognize what you are searching for. As you name your slashtag, you can list keywords and then enter the sites you want Blekko to search. You can share or browse slashtags of other users, too. This engine is heavily based on its users, much like Wikipedia is. Since it is still in beta testing stages, it is very likely that the site will improve sometimes in the near future. This search engine would work well in a classroom. With the safe environments that teachers want to provide with children who are searching the Internet, Blekko would help ensure that they are yielding appropriate results. It would also be a great tool to use with parents at home when browsing the Internet with their children."

"Writing appropriate emails is part of being a good digital citizen! Students (even digital natives) are not born with knowing the rules and responsibilities. Just as they need to learn to answer and talk on the phone, they need to learn about e-mail writing in an academic setting (to their teachers, Skype partners, project collaborators, administration or their classmates regarding school business)."

"The Teacher Challenge is made up of free 30 day professional development challenges where participants are stepped through weekly tasks that increase their skills while working together as part of a global community. The Challenge is open to anyone who wants to increase their skills - blogs will be used for reflecting your progress while learning and connecting with each other. We've observed success of any use of online technology is strongly related to the teacher's abilities. The greater we support and increase a teacher's skills, the better they are able to support their students use of web 2.0 technologies. However blogs don't need to be hosted by Edublogs to participate!* Participants can complete as many of the tasks as they like and in any order."

"For students and teachers, the Google Docs collection provides a streamlined, collaborative solution to writing papers, organizing presentations and putting together spreadsheets and reports. But besides the basic features, there are lots of little tricks and hacks you can use to make your Google Docs experience even more productive. Here are 100 great tips for using the documents, presentations and spreadsheets in Google Docs."

In the current education system, there are so many courses that students pursue but as a peer, the latest research majority of the students chose Management as their course and then they chose marketing, finance, human resource, etc as their specialization.

SchoolRack Helps You, Your Students, and Parents * Share information, documents, and files * Hold discussions online, outside of class * Report grades online to students or their parents * Keep in touch with private messaging * And much more! (don't forget it's easy to use!)

Education is a field that aims to assist future teachers in developing a deep understanding of various learning processes and approaches. Students pursuing their studies in the field of education are supposed to be the educational experts in the near future. So, during their stay at universities they are trained to effectively handle all teaching and learning problems in order to improve the overall educational standards nationwide. Research in education must also revolve around identifying the problems in the current educational systems and finding their solutions. Throughout the research project, the only thing that must remain under discussion is the topic of the dissertation. So, if someone chooses a good topic for an education dissertation, the chances that the overall impact of th

Funding is the major obstacle for students aspiring to enrol in a PhD degree programme in international universities. Reputed universities are expensive, and as an international student, it is costly to study in an international university. Many students find it impossible to achieve their dream of doing PhD from a reputed university. The UK is the most expensive country to go to for a PhD programme without any question. Britain is one of the most developed countries to live in, and it is the best place to study. Many students dream of going to the United Kingdom for higher education because of its state of the art universities, premium faculty, and multiple job opportunities.

A scientific essay is a scientific process that undergraduate students complete based on their knowledge. Using scientific concepts, students conduct research and write about a specific topic. The students must understand the process. Graduate students have to submit their scientific essays before the deadline. Writing a scientific essay is a technique where you solve a scientific problem. You provide an authentic solution to the problem that society faces. Your advice or opinion on the specific issue matters significantly to the audience. It is an article of about 1000 to 2000 words. If you think that writing a scientific essay is difficult for you? Then this blog will help you a lot. This article provides you with ways that you can use to write different types of scientific essays and how to write them.

Psychology is the study of mind and behaviour and students across the globe pursue psychology as their major and professional field. What makes it interesting to study is that it allows you to obtain insights and explanations for why people behave the way they do. Many students want to study more about this field through books, journal articles, blogs, and web pages. To assist students in their psychology assignments and writing, books are the best source. Students can