"So the challenge is to find ways to create online teacher professional development that seems both compelling in its content and also more convenient, easier to fit into the work life of a teacher than the face-to-face courses"
Google Wave is a new web-based collaboration tool that's notoriously difficult to understand. This guide will help. Here you'll learn how to use Google Wave to get things done with your group. Because Wave is such a new product that's evolving quickly, this guidebook is a work in progress that will update in concert with Wave as it grows and changes.
Organise your stuff - however you want to!
Remember important things, keep to-do lists, organise projects, track work and everything else that you need to do that we've never thought of
FlickrPoet is part of Stories In Flight, an ongoing exploration of storytelling in the age of the Internet.
Just enter a paragraph of text, a poem, some lyrics or even just a few random words and FlickrPoet will find matching photos on Flickr based on a search of tags, titles and descriptions of the photos.
- You can re-run the search with other images by clicking "Show Story" again.
- Poems and lyrics seem to work best, hence the title, but feel free to experiment.
- Please let us know if you have suggestions on how to improve FlickrPoet.
Lure of the Labyrinth is a digital game for middle-school pre-algebra students. It includes a wealth of intriguing math-based puzzles wrapped into an exciting narrative game in which students work to find their lost pet - and save the world from monsters! Linked to both national and state mathematics standards, the game gives students a chance to actually think like mathematicians.
Kubbu is an e-learning tool designed to facilitate teachers' work and enhance the learning process
*Free Teacher Account
*Create games, quizzes, or crosswords
*Make available to students or groups
*View and analyze results
U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra addresses participants at the Edustat University 2009 conference, hosted by Albemarle County Public Schools in Charlottesville July 20-22, 2009. Chopra discusses using data to help discover and overcome gaps in student learning and how to know what we teach and how well it is working. (2:24 minutes)
We designed these applets for NCTM's Illuminations website to help improve the teaching and learning of mathematics. They work great on your interactive whiteboard for whole class instruction. Give them a try!
it means FOR TWO and indicates the collaborative character of mind42. Manage all your ideas, whether alone, twosome or working together with the whole world - collaborative, browser-based and for free.
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To make positive change, there is a formula that can work.
1. The center of curriculum revolves around the Common Core State Standards.
2. Common formative assessments are developed and analyzed measuring the students' abilities of the standards.
3. An engaging and relevant content curriculum that matches the skills we are teaching our children.
4. Use proven research-based instruction in the classroom.
It sounds easy, but we tend to focus too much on content and testing as opposed to skill development.
RCampus is a comprehensive Education Management System and a collaborative learning environment.
At RCampus, you can do all your school-related work from building personal and group websites to managing your courses, eportfolios, academic communities, and much more.
This is really KOOL. It even has a "vocational" section in the rubric area!
Get the Math is a multimedia project about algebra in the real world. See how professionals working in fashion, videogame design, and music production use algebraic thinking. Then take on interactive challenges related to those careers.
Whether it's to get more out of your classroom, work on projects or plan events, your group needs the right tools to be successful. ETG has a lot of features to help your group communicate and get organized.
Shared CalendarSite EmailFile SharingInstant Chat & Message BoardsPrivate Classrooms & GroupsTasks and AssignmentsPollsBlogging, Twitter and our Q&A ForumIt's Free!
I think this is a great way to talk to kids who are not able to attend class today, or to have a group session visually to work on a collaborative project.
If you don't have the Kindle device, you can still enjoy any of these Kindle books on your Windows computer using the free Kindle for PC application. Amazon is also working on a Mac version of Kindle Desktop but until that happens, you can download the free Kindle app from iTunes store and read books on the move using your iPhone or iPod Touch.
Verifiable allows users to upload, mash and visualize data. Verifiable just launched earlier this year and has fewer publicly available data sets, but it does offer greater flexibility on how the data is styled and presented. Graphic designers will appreciate the ability to change and tweak the presentation and add details like custom labels and shading. Verifiable is free to use if you keep your charts public, but also has a inexpensive pricing plan for those who want to keep their work private.\n