Richard Byrne, Free Technology for Teachers shared this insightful resource. There is much value in what Keith Shares. Thanks to Richard for sharing another of many great finds.
Richard Byrne, Free Technology for Teachers shared this insightful resource. There is much value in what Keith Shares. Thanks to Richard for sharing another of many great finds.
Found via: Free Technology for Teachers
Re-envisioning Modern Pedagogy: Educators as Curators from Corinne Weisgerber
Thanks to Corinne Weisberger for sharing this visionary model of what teachers of today can provide for their students. There is certainly a substantial time and energy commitment up front but the payoff in preparing ourselves and our students for innovations that come daily is well worth the effort. The 8 step approach simplifies the many and overlapping thought processes that accompany the beginning of resource creation. The idea of information coming to you is appealing and critical for time-challenged educators.
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Thanks to Corinne Weisberger for sharing this visionary model of what teachers of today can provide for their students. There is certainly a substantial time and energy commitment up front but the payoff in preparing ourselves and our students for innovations that come daily is well worth the effort. The 8 step approach simplifies the many and overlapping thought processes that accompany the beginning of resource creation. The idea of information coming to you is appealing and critical for time-challenged educators.
Educanvas is perfect for the flipped classroom; students can view the material at home and deepen their understanding by discussions in class.
Found via: Free Technology for Teachers
The idea of creating a network of colleagues to collaborate (PLN) can make the task of providing our students with the widest range of tools possible less daunting. Stay tuned as the research and testing continues!
Resource shared by: B. Estabrook, Teacher-Librarian extraordinaire.
Resource provided by the University of Alberta
This concept highlights how quickly the meaning of being literate is changing.
My interest in and focus on this concept was stimulated by one of our Teacher-Librarians whose role has dramatically expanded from focusing on literacy, the ability to read, write and interact to transliteracy, which includes so much more. It is exciting and reassuring to know that in Yukon our Teacher-Librarians are working hard to incorporate new technologies into the daily lives of their students.
"Symbaloo is a visually based tool for managing and sharing links to websites and online sources. It gives the teacher the opportunity to curate collections of relevant links for students." ~ edidaktik
The simplicity of this tool is one of its great strengths.
Creat a bookmark webmix to share with your stuents.
Students will enjoy creating and sharing their projects with this intuitive tool and the result is a beautiful page that can be shared with the class.
As always students focus on privacy in the information they share.
Sriking.ly
Found via: Free Technology for Teachers
Meograph is a digital storytelling tool that allows you to create interactive stories using 4 dimensions.
The appeal of this Web 2.0 tool is its simplicity in combining maps, timeline, links, and multimedia to tell stories in context of where and when.
Check out Meograph's Education page that features examples of Meograph in the classroom.
Check out Meograph's Education page that features examples of Meograph in the classroom.
Images would work well as writing prompts.
Remember to credit the photographer if it is sited.
Found via TeachersFirst
Digging for Rare Earths: The Mines Where iPhones Are Born
Found via Free Technology for Teachers
Nanoogo’s digital canvas allows students to have fun while working on assignments.
Found via: TeachersFirst
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