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From kindergarten all the way to grad school, Legos are being used to help students learn about science, math, engineering, and even social interactions. Read on to learn more about the many ways teachers and students are engaging with these timeless plastic blocks to learn, explore, and have fun.
in list: The Art of Teaching
“Today kids are sealed in a silicon bubble. They don’t know how anything works.”
Sharing student work on a course blog is an example of what Randall Bass and Heidi Elmendorf, of Georgetown University, call "social pedagogies." They define these as "design approaches for teaching and learning that engage students with what we might call an 'authentic audience' (other than the teacher), where the representation of knowledge for an audience is absolutely central to the construction of knowledge in a course."
in list: Social Networking
Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #fresno_ca #football #education #fresno #technology #apple
"This article is the first of a three-part series taken from a forthcoming book, Education and the Crisis of Public Values to be published by Peter Lang Publishing Group."
in list: The Art of Teaching
"While the classes you take through online college are a great resource, you can augment your learning by taking some time to see what entirely free courses are out there offered by universities. Taking these courses can be a great way to get a foundation of knowledge or expand on what you already know. Here are 100 open courses that are designed for beginners, so you can start your educational journey on the right foot."
in list: Higher Ed
"So, the big question as we try to understand what students learn becomes: How do we know what broad mix of learning experiences away from the teacher is best for learners (from among all the choices today)?"
in list: The Art of Teaching
1. Excellence in schooling requires a vigilant focus on learning - and, specifically, learning for understanding. 2. All education is local. 3. Schooling needs to be grounded in more authentic forms of learning. 4. Education succeeds if and only if everyone in schools gets constant and powerful feedback, and is obligated to seek it and consider it.
in list: The Art of Teaching
"The following 50 online university professors on Twitter worth following have a large number of followers for a reason — they are worth following!"
in list: Social Networking
"These apps are all educational in nature and will have you learning about math, science, geography, history, English, and foreign languages; help strengthen your skills with brain exercises and quizzes; provide reference material; and offer opportunities to boost your productivity so you can devote more time to your studies."
in list: Ed Tech
This is a phenomenal idea! Using Google Maps Street View to illustrate a story of your life. What a fun student activity!
in list: Lesson Plans
"With Gliffy online diagram software, you can easily create professional-quality flowcharts, diagrams, floor plans, technical drawings, and more.
Our online diagram editor makes it easier than ever to create great looking drawings. "
in list: Productivity
"An urban sociologist, Noguera’s scholarship and research focuses on the ways in which schools are influenced by social and economic conditions in the urban environment. Noguera has served as an advisor and engaged in collaborative research with several large urban school districts throughout the United States. He has also done research on issues related to education and economic and social development in the Caribbean, Latin America and several other countries throughout the world."
"The OER Center for California provides support for community college educators to find, create, remix, use, and share openly licensed learning content. Together, as knowledge workers, we can learn to share...and share to learn."
in list: Open Source
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is a public voice of mathematics education, providing vision, leadership, and professional development to support teachers in ensuring mathematics learning of the highest quality for all students. With 100,000 members and 250 affiliates, NCTM is the world’s largest organization dedicated to improving math education in preK‑12.
Illuminations is designed to:
* Provide Standards-based resources that improve the teaching and learning of mathematics for all students.
* Provide materials that illuminate the vision for school mathematics set forth in Principles and Standards for School Mathematics.
Illuminations is part of the prestigious Verizon Thinkfinity program.
in list: Homeschool
"This wiki was created to easily help educators find other educators on Twitter that have the same interests as them (that teach in the same content area). Check out the list of educators on the pages linked below and add your Twitter name to the appropriate list too. "
in list: Twitter
"there is something even more profound in what has happened to Twitter over the past two years, something that says more about the culture that has embraced and expanded Twitter at such extraordinary speed. Yes, the breakfast-status updates turned out to be more interesting than we thought. But the key development with Twitter is how we've jury-rigged the system to do things that its creators never dreamed of. "
in list: Twitter
"Getting people to interact with others and upload content to a community-driven site enough may sound easy, but engagement doesn’t happen automatically. It takes time and work, and much of the right formula is deduced through trial and error. Here are 10 tips for increasing user engagement that work for news community web sites, but can apply to all types of online user-engagement communities."
in list: Social Networking
"Take your old worksheets, slide shows, and web quests and add a twist of Google to make creative, collaborative, and engaging lessons!"
in list: Homeschool
"The Top Eleven Things All Teachers Must Know About Technology"
in list: The Art of Teaching
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