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Interesting Ways | edte.ch
"My Interesting Ways to Use series has been really successful. I measure their success in how useful they are to teachers and other educators in helping with professional development."
Real World Math
A great resource using Google earth to teach math concepts.
Learning with 'e's: Teaching with Twitter
"Below are my 10 top uses of Twitter for education:"
100 Great Google Docs Tips for Students & Educators
"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.
Keyboard Shortcuts"
The Electric Educator: Google-Proof Questioning: A New Use for Bloom's Taxonomy
"So, what is a "Google-proof question?" It is a question that can not be directly answered via Google (or any other search engine) because it requires, analysis, interpretation, and investigation. Writing such questions can be challenging."
14 Ways K–12 Librarians Can Teach Social Media by Joyce Valenza
"For librarians, and for most other professionals, the game has changed. There is no textbook for new practice, and it is absolutely true that some of us are a little more retooled than others. Nevertheless, there are at least 14 retooled learning strategies that teacher-librarians should be sharing with classroom teachers and learners in the 2009–2010 school year."
Why Wordle-By Steven W. Anderson
"If you had to explain to some one why use Wordle, what would you say?"
100+ Google Tricks That Will Save You Time in School | Online Colleges
"With classes, homework, and projects–not to mention your social life–time is truly at a premium for you, so why not latch onto the wide world that Google has to offer? From super-effective search tricks to Google hacks specifically for education to tricks and tips for using Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar, these tricks will surely save you some precious time."
Twelve Essentials for Technology Integration
A free resource from Richard Byrne, author of Free Technology for Teachers.
How to Keep Kids Engaged in Class | Edutopia
"When students let their minds drift off, they're losing valuable learning time. Here are ten smart ways to increase classroom participation." This works for ALL students, even college students!
Eternal Egypt - Home
"Welcome to Eternal Egypt, which brings to light over five thousand years of Egyptian civilization. Eternal Egypt is a living record of a land rich in art and history, people and places, myths and religions. The stories of Eternal Egypt are told using the latest interactive technologies, high-resolution imagery, animations, virtual environments, remote cameras, three-dimensional models and more. "
From SMCEDU: 5 Steps to Make the Social Web Work for Higher Ed
"One of the questions posed was how those in academia can best put the social web to work for themselves. Far beyond Facebook and LinkedIn, how can this community harness the Internet to be smarter, more efficient, and more productive? Read on for our top five ideas."
Teaching and technology ~ presentations and resources for educators
"During the last six or so years I have created a number of 'how-to' documents and presentations for a variety of web based and related technologies. They are available from the various workshop web pages however I thought it might prove helpful to link to all the documents from a single page. Some of my workshop participants have referred to these documents as 'cheat sheets'."
25 ways to teach with Twitter by Sonja Cole
"Here are 25 ways that teachers can use Twitter to ask for help, get lesson plan ideas, book and professional resource recommendations, connect with other professionals, and even host an online book club."
100 Terrific Twitter Feeds for Teaching Advice | Online Universities.com
Twitter has evolved into a great resource for news and current events. Luckily, it’s also a great resource for other important information, such as awesome teaching advice.
K-3 Teachers Guide to Twitter
Twitter has been the single best source of my 'professional development' as a 'retired' Teacher, but continuing early childhood educator. My Twitter Network has become my daily source of up-to-date educational information, strategies, techniques, websites, thoughts, questions and answers, ideas and laughs.
Marking work in Google Docs | ICT in my Classroom
What is the best way to give feedback on a piece of work produced in Google Docs? What formatting tools are most appropriate to use when leaving comments? How do you organise 30 to 60 pieces of work handed in to you? How do children hand in work? What new possibilities does this process uncover?
Half an Hour: Whatever
We need to move students being knowledgeable to knowledge-able. This is not simply a technological revolution, this is a cultural revolution.
Guiding Principles for New Teachers : Stager-to-Go
I recently began teaching two new “methods” classes for preservice educators after a teacher-education hiatus of about a decade. While creating my syllabi, I decided to express some of the principles that I believe should guide excellent teaching. Here is that list of guiding principles.
Tweeting Your Way to Better Grades - US News and World Report
But on the education front in particular, some forward-thinking college professors are embracing it and finding ways to include it in courses, and teachers at the K-12 level are also experimenting with the social networking website. Using Twitter in a classroom setting can bring challenges, but some educators and students think it's a tool that can boost the learning process.
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