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Tips and resources for the class EDUC 03IS: Computer / Media Technology at Briar Cliff University
Updated on Mar 21, 12
Created on Mar 20, 12
Category: Schools & Education
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TEMPERAMENT
Are you introverted or extroverted? Are your students high-reactive or low-reactive? How does their response to stimulation affect their performance in your class?
Web site for the book mentioned in class, with a couple chapters about Jerome Kagan's research on "high-reactive" and "low-reactive" children, in terms of introverted or extroverted tendencies.
A short 4-page summary of some of Kagan's research into temperament and behavior.
Researcher Jerome Kagan explains behavior patterns from infants into children.
GENERAL TIPS
Using web sites and mobile tools for class projects
texting commands to Google, IFTTT, Twitter
A guide to apps for various categories including writing, presenting, taking notes and more. Mentions Apple and Android apps.
Enter two terms with a vs in between them and you’ll get a comparison. For example, you could compare websites to see the differences in traffic between them.
Enter a type of food and Wolfram Alpha will provide you with its nutrition information. You don’t have to stop at one — enter multiple types of food and Wolfram Alpha will compare them for you.
EVERNOTE
Do you have lesson plans, activities, and resources scattered across a dozen different places? Get organized into one place - like Evernote; instantly feel better. It's amazing.
Videos and case studies about schools using Evernote with their students
Some very basic but helpful ideas about how to use a tool like Evernote for managing your courses and materials.
NEXT-GEN TEXTBOOKS
The way authors, producers, and readers look at books started changing with the web. Now it's changing even more with tablets. How will these features help you in the classroom?
As more school systems adopt online resources, the question of access at home becomes more of an issue. How will these school systems help students and their families?
"Duke research scientist David W. Johnston gives his students a virtual textbook, built for the iPad and assembled from open-source materials created by experts in the field of marine biology. Students tweet with Johnston, teaching assistants and each other through the app, to keep the class interacting even when they are away from the classroom."
17 items | 29 visits
Tips and resources for the class EDUC 03IS: Computer / Media Technology at Briar Cliff University
Updated on Mar 21, 12
Created on Mar 20, 12
Category: Schools & Education
URL: