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The WoW Factor -- THE Journal
For a growing group of educators, the online role-playing game World of Warcraft is a place to go to relax, network, and discover potential learning strategies-- and slay a few monsters if they get in the way.
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For a growing group of educators, the online role-playing game World of Warcraft is a place to go to relax, network, and discover potential learning strategies-- and slay a few monsters if they get in the way.
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"Does anyone know where
to find best practices for a unit on reptiles?" - 2 more annotations...
Repetition of flawed schooling models will not improve education | Education | guardian.co.uk
England's education system contains elements of "insanity" in its repetition of models of schooling which have been demonstr
podcastingpd / Audacity | educator wiki
A fantastic resource on using audacity for podcasting from a dedicated teacher.
"Street Crawl" Gallery (York Media AQ Project)
This is a selection of images taken with a 1.3 megapixel cell phone camera for a professional development media teaching course I'm taking. The object was to collect media of a specific location. We were assigned to Church street, which is the heart of Toronto's gay community and other urban locations.
- The purpose of this project was to document a public location using only the technology we have access to. Since my good camera is out of commission, I used my cell phone (which has very limited image capability). Despite my "low tech" gear, I managed to get some decent pictures - mostly due to techniques (cropping and moving the camera to eliminate need for focus) and some minor tweeks in Irfanview, changing colour to B&W and pushing up the contrast. Most of our time was spent walking down Church street which is the heart of Toronto's gay community - thus all the LGBTQ content. We ended our walk in China town - unfortunately only two images (we were tired and it was cold!) - melmcbride on 2009-10-18
Back to School: 10 Terrific Web Apps for Teachers
From keeping track of grades to sharing lesson plans, from helping students collaborate to communicating with parents, teachers now have a host of web-based tools at their disposal to help them stay organized and make their jobs easier.
SpeEdChange Blog
via @intrepidteacher
Curriculum Unit Planner: Media Arts Open (Ontario)
Complete unit planner for Media Arts Open courses
The Compassionate Classroom: Chapter 1, Safety and Trust
Kids learn in communion. They listen to people who matter to them and to whom they matter.
Nonviolent Communication - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is a process developed by Marshall Rosenberg and others which people use to communicate with greater compassion and clarity.[1] It focuses on two things: honest self-expression — exposing what matters to oneself in a way that's likely to inspire compassion in others, and empathy — listening with deep compassion. Formal NVC self-expression includes four elements: observations (distinguished from interpretations/evaluations), feelings (emotions separate from thoughts), needs (deep motives) and requests (clear, present, doable and without demand).
A Comfortable Truth: Well-Planned Classrooms Make a Difference | Edutopia
Truth #1: Comfort Matters: A considerable body of research about environmental design shows the positive effect comfort can have on learning, human productivity, and creativity
Encouraging Students' Intrinsic Motivation
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Knowing
what background your students bring to class and starting the course at an
appropriate level can increase students' success and, thus, positive feelings
they have about your subject matter. I have found the use of non-graded pre-
and post- tests to be a useful strategy for obtaining such information. In
addition, giving a post-test and showing students how much they have learned
(the difference in their pre- and post-test scores) is, even without a grade,
rewarding to many students. -
Find out what interests
your students and use that information in class examples and assignments.
Negotiate guidelines or norms for meaningful but appropriate classroom discussion.
Think about how your course could impact your students' future lives. - 3 more annotations...
Teachers TV: Behavioural issues in the secondary classroom
Progressive strategies for challenging behaviours in the high school classroom.
Strategies for differentiated instruction
Within the four ways for differentiating instruction there are embedded several other learning strategies which are used in conjunction with each other.
Building effective classrooms | Beginning teachers, TDSB
Building effective Classrooms is such a powerful part of our work. Below you'll find some practical "teacher tested" ideas and resources to assist you in creating a classroom community.
NTIP Beginning Teachers TDSB
Information & Resources for Beginning Teachers & Mentors - 2009/2010
Beginning Teachers Program | TDSB
Our Beginning Teachers bring a tremendous amount of enthusiasm for learning and a genuine commitment to meeting the diverse needs of the students they work with. Working together, our goal is to provide a continuum of professional learning and growth opportunities for the first 5 years of their teaching career.
Opening Up the Backchannel with Microblogging (Pedatek)
Excellent collection of links and resources about Twitter - includes critical responses, overviews, how tos and many teaching specific links.
Lesson plans based on multiple intelligences
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