Ganelle Claxton
Grad Student Lindenwood University
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30 Open Wikis Every Educator Should Know About
Here are three (click through for the rest):
- http://palmbeachschooltalk.com/groups/ipadpilot/
iPad in Education- http://21stcenturyskillsnmteachercourse.wikispaces.com/home
21st Century Skills for Teachers- http://edcamp.wikispaces.com/
Ed Camp
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55 Interesting Ways and Tips to Support Writing in the Classroom
Found some interesting things in here…might be worth digging through once for all of you to get some ideas!
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25 Uses for Index Cards
Not all of these ideas are directly related to education, but several of them are and those that aren’t seem like great ways to help you organize your life outside of school.
I really like the idea of using index cards as a way to help students arrange papers or stories. They can write down the various parts of their stories on different cards and then rearrange them until they’re happy with the story line (or until it makes the most sense). The idea of creating a life size board game is also very intriguing.
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How to get enough space to save all your teacher stuff, lessons, etc!
Three things! Download them and you will have a free 14 gigabytes and possibly more if you get others to sign up.
Dropbox - 2gb+ (up to 18 gbs possible free)
Google Drive - 5 gb
SkyDrive - 7 gb
I’m thinking that this will be extremely useful this school year! I’m saving different things in each program to ensure I can keep it all organized never lose anything!
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Teachers are overworked and exhausted - according to new UK study from TES
This survey out of the UK reflects with what we see here in the US:
“Eight out of 10 teachers are concerned about the effect that the “hidden hours” spent working behind the scenes are having on their health. Research conducted for TES found that over two-thirds of the primary and secondary school teachers surveyed had sacrificed at least one night’s sleep over the past three months in order to complete all their tasks.”
We do need efficient ways to do things. This page has some great ideas about how to handle teaching furstrations, mental health as a teacher, and the collections that you can use to plan your lessons.
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4 Unique Ways That 1:1 Technology Can Transform Student Writing
Writing for real audiences: 1:1 technology also allows students to write for an audience that extends beyond the walls of the classroom. As a result, it forces students to think critically about reeling in a potential reader. Catchy titles, accurate post tags/categories, and well-crafted introductory hooks are essential in gaining a larger audience for one’s digital writing. There’s simply no way to fully replicate this when writing on paper for a captive, limited audience of just your teacher or even your classmates.
I’m excited for this aspect when our school becomes 1:1 next year! I tried this out a little this year with a blogging project and the students were amazed when people around the world were reading them!
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a little lamb: 12 Questioning Strategies that Minimize Classroom Management Problems.
Teachers know from their training and experience that questioning plays an important role in today’s instruction. Modern lessons are fast-paced and interactive, with teachers asking a lot of questions. Questions account for [about] 80 percent of classroom talk and that some teachers ask more than…
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