Post by @annemirtschin. Reflecting on some recent presentations about technology in education " This was a trial session held in eT@lking recently. Five presenters produced 20 slides and spoke to each slide for 20 seconds. See this post for more details on the schedule and presenters.
Links to many useful forms for teachers to facilitate the use of technology with students. Templates include: questionnaires, permission forms, preparation sheets, outlines, reflection, self-assessment, guideline contracts. From Ed Tech & Mobile Learning
Post from "Blogging the fourth dimension" by teacher Pernille Ripp. Gives links to many useful forms for teachers to facilitate the use of technology with students. Templates include: questionnaires, permission forms, preparation sheets, outlines, reflection, self-assessment, guideline contracts
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In well designed infographic that lists some of the possible applications that could help foster skill development in today's language learners specifically but could also apply to other areas.
Word mover is designed to help students develop poems and short stories. When students open Word Mover they are shown a selection of words that they can drag onto a canvas to construct adesigned to help students develop poems and short stories. When students open Word Mover they are shown a selection of words that they can drag onto a canvas to construct a poem or story. Word Mover provides students with eight canvas backgrounds on which they can construct their poems. poem or story. Word Mover provides students with eight canvas backgrounds on which they can construct their poems.
The author has created an infographic with ideas about how you could use Instagram in an educational environment. This is a way of using the tools that students are using. it could be as simple as "posting on prompts that teachers assign."
Some simple steps to help cultivate intelligence in students are listed. The post emphasises that mindset is a huge factor. Going on the research from top cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience labs, it has been demonstrated that fundamental aspects of intelligence, and even intelligence itself, can be altered through training. Five classroom strategies for improving student achievement across the broad group are set out.
Storify - list of useful tweets from paticipants.