Google SketchUp is 3D for everyone
Google SketchUp is software that you can use to create, modify and share 3D models. It's easier to learn than other 3D modeling programs, which is why so many people are already using it.
We designed SketchUp's simplified toolset, guided drawing system and clean look-and-feel to help you concentrate on two things: getting your work done as efficiently as possible, and having fun while you're doing it.
With everything you need to perform the entire Flip process in one beautiful and easy-to-use app, Verso does more than give you back classroom time. Verso takes the flipped classroom to the next level by delivering key data about your class right into your hands just when you need it.
Oftentimes these "professional growth plans" are scribbled out in 15 minute meetings with your principal, then "revisited" at the end of the year as a kind of autopsy. What would happen if we flipped this model on its head? What if instead we created a teacher-centered, always-on, and social approach to teacher improvement? One that connected them with dynamic resources and human communities that modeled new thinking and possibility, and that crucially built on their strengths?
SAMR Model with Bloom's and Example Technologies. This new Padagogy Wheel (which honestly is less about iPads and more about technology integration now) should encourage you to focus on redefining your current standards, the current role tech plays in your classroom, and just about everything else. The new visual wants you to start creating, not just understanding or analyzing.
The Substitution Augmentation Modification Redefinition Model offers a method of seeing how computer technology might impact teaching and learning. It also shows a progression that adopters of educational technology often follow as they progress through teaching and learning with technology.
Molecular Workbench offers interactive, visual simulations and activities that have been widely used in science teaching for students of all ages.
Our database is designed to provide teachers and students with easy access to our model-based activities. The activities are derived largely, but not entirely, from projects of the Concord Consortium sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The models are primarily of interactions of atoms and molecules, or rule-based genetics.
Our team of teachers and designers focused on creating the next-generation model for Web based teaching tools. Your focus is teaching and you need to include manageable student Web experiences in your classroom.
SideVibe has revolutionized the classroom handout model by putting it online and delivering it with a world class, data base powered solution.
Now you can take your students to any destination on the Web, interact with them, guide them, collect and assess their work seamlessly.
Known as the andragogical model, the use of
learner-centered instruction--which supports addressing the needs and interests
of learners--is regularly championed in the literature as the most effective way
to teach adults.
Adults
have a rich reservoir of experience that can serve as a resource for learning.
tend to have a life-, task-, or problem-centered orientation to
learning as opposed to a subject-matter orientation
motivated to learn due to internal or intrinsic factors
herefore, adult
learning in formal institutions can be viewed in terms of the direction and
support needed by the learner in the following ways: learners need both
direction and support, learners need direction, learners need support but are
reasonably self-directing, or learners are moderately capable of providing their
own direction and support
Even though learners
may need both direction and support, they can still be involved in designing and
directing their learning in meaningful ways.
Adult learner involvement in needs assessment initiates a partnership with the
instructor
WWW question: Who needs What as defined by Whom, in which Who is
the learners, WHAT are their needs, and WHOM are the definers
"How do we listen to adult learners before we design a course for them, so
that their themes are heard and respected?
Developing an atmosphere in which adults feel both safe and challenged should be
the goal
An ideal adult learning
climate has a nonthreatening, nonjudgmental atmosphere in which adults have
permission for and are expected to share in the responsibility for their
learning.
Capitalize on the first session
Incorporate group work
Break the traditional classroom routine
-Use humor
Support opportunities for individual problem solving
equitable learning environment.
Consider their attitudes toward and knowledge about the variety of people
they teach.
nstructors have a professional responsibility to accept
every adult learner as of equal worth regardless of race, gender, ability, or
background.
Think through the way they present their subjects or topics. T
Instructors must act on the belief that change and development are possible for
all people and that their role is to assist the process in all learners
"Learning is part of
a circuit that is one of life's fundamental pleasures: the [instructor's] role
is to keep the current flowing" (p. 38). Instructors who have successfully
engaged adults as partners by providing direction and support will have
succeeded admirably.
""Adults vote with their feet," a favorite adage of adult educators, is frequently used to describe a characteristic of adult learners. In most circumstances, adults are not captive learners and, if the learning situation does not suit their needs and interests, they will simply stop coming. In discussing adult education, Knowles (1980, 1984) distinguished between teacher-centered and learner-centered instruction. He promoted the latter because it viewed learners as mutual partners in the learning endeavor (Merriam and Caffarella 1991). Known as the andragogical model, the use of learner-centered instruction--which supports addressing the needs and interests of learners--is regularly championed in the literature as the most effective way to teach adults. However, Merriam and Caffarella (ibid.) assert that "adult learning in formal settings, for the most part, is still instructor designed and directed" (p. 26). Given the wide support for learner involvement, the discrepancy between adult education theory and practice is perplexing. How can instructors of adults become more learner centered in their practice? This ERIC Digest suggests guidelines and strategies that can be used in formal settings by instructors of adults to involve learners more effectively. "
Welcome to GreatBuildings, the world of architecture online at the leading architecture reference site on the web. This gateway to architecture around the world and across history documents a thousand buildings and hundreds of leading architects with photographic images and architectural drawings, integrated maps and timelines, 3D building models, commentaries, bibliographies, web links, and more, for famous designers and structures of all kinds
CK-12 Foundation is a non-profit organization with a mission to reduce the cost of textbook materials for the K-12 market both in the U.S. and worldwide. As a leading member of the OER movement, CK-12 is using an open-content, web-based collaborative model termed the "FlexBook." With these free, common core aligned and NSES aligned digital textbooks, CK-12 intends to pioneer the generation and distribution of high quality educational STEM content that will serve both as core text as well as provide an adaptive environment for learning through the FlexBook Platform™.
" For the past three years, Digital Wish has been studying the process of implementing one-computer-per-child programs in 28 schools. Digital Wish is an educational non-profit on a mission to bring technology to American classrooms in order to prepare students to thrive in the global economy. The team just completed a $1.125M Federal ARRA stimulus grant, delivering computers, weekly educator trainings, a complete IT curriculum, and support to the 28 schools. Their trainers modeled the entire process of technology adoption and progressively reduced the initiative planning time from 18 months to just 6 weeks, saving schools tremendous amounts of time and money. Both teachers and students are reporting a wide range of gains including increased engagement in learning, technological proficiency, and dramatic improvements in the understanding of internet safety issues. The 2011-2012 data report is attached.
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FlippedPD is a modern approach to professional development. It is a way to maximize and respect teachers' time for professional learning. FlippedPD was developed specifically to meet the instructional and technology integration needs of classroom teachers and is based on a blended learning model that combines personalized and on-demand digital resources with face-to-face coaching support for technology integration to meet instructional goals.
We created a flipped PD model because we believed face-to-face time with technology integration experts should not be spent learning how to use technology. Instead that valuable time should be focused on the development and implementation of curriculum and learning activities that are transformed by the integration of technology.
"Students improve their reading skills by:
* Listening for modeled fluency
* Reading for practice
* Recording their reading
* Checking comprehension with quizzes "
This slideshow provides the framework for a discussion about how educators can model 'creative integrity' and how they can assist students in leverage the Creative Commons as content creators
Web 2.0: What does the future hold for schools?
TCEA panel says Web 2.0 marks a complete shift from the old models of instruction ... and schools need to shift accordingly
Welcome to Yenka
Yenka is a new generation of educational modelling software from Crocodile Clips, which let you simulate concepts and create content easily. (Find out more...)
ABCya! is a leader in free & exciting computer activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All educational computer games and activities were created or approved by certified teachers! Activities are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way to learn. The activities incorporate content areas such as math and reading while introducing basic computer skills. Many of the kindergarten and first grade games are equipped with sound to enhance understanding. You can also find great elementary holiday activities here! Holiday activities available in grade level sections
Even if you have a 21st Century classroom (flexible and adaptable); even if you are a 21st century teacher ; (an adaptor, a communicator, a leader and a learner, a visionary and a model, a collaborator and risk taker) even if your curriculum reflects the new paradigm and you have the facilities and resources that could enable 21st century learning - you will only be a 21st century teacher if how you teach changes as well. Your pedagogy must also change.