Teacher Resources, Tools & Giveaways for the week (July 26 – Aug 2, 2014)
TOOLS
WordWriter
A tool to enhance vocabulary in students.
RESOURCES
Funbrain
Educational games for students.
Input output Tables
A worksheet to reinforce the math concept of input output tables.
As always before using tools or resources be sure to conduct due diligence regarding alignment of the material and content with your local values, curriculum, and standards.
Team Synergy
In the last few weeks I have been reminded a few times that when we work as an effective team, one plus one equals more than two. It has been exciting to be a part of a team where we are able to do more together than what we could have done individually. […]
How Can SWOT Analysis be Used in the Classroom?
Primarily used by organizations, SWOT is an analysis tool that is used for planning and problem solving. The acronym SWOT stands for strength, weakness, opportunities and threats. Using this tool, we can analyze and identify the positive and negative internal (strength and weakness) and external (opportunities and threats) factors relevant to a situation, […]
How Can I Support a Shy Student in the Classroom?
Being shy is not a cause for worry. But, when shyness, limits a student’s participation in the classroom, then it becomes a concern. Students who are shy, mostly take great effort not to be noticed and rarely engage in group discussions. On the off chance, they do participate; but their responses are softly […]
Rethinking Education
Education today is so focused on helping children decide on what they want to “do” when they grow up, and equip them for that. Education helps children become better doctors, engineers, or scientists. Last week I was watching a TED talk by a teenager who was suggesting that maybe the focus of […]
Teacher Resources, Tools & Giveaways for the week (July 12 – 19, 2014)
TOOLS
VoiceThread
An interactive collaboration and sharing tool that enables users to add images, documents, and videos.
cram
Find or make your own flash cards.
Diffen
Compare any two things easily.
RESOURCES
thatquiz
Math quizzes adjustable by number of questions, difficulty, and feedback.
Neok12
Educational videos, lessons and games for K-12 students.
Imaginative Narrative Topics
Writing prompts for students.
GIVEAWAY OF THE WEEK
Headphones
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What is the Hot Air Balloon Strategy?
In this strategy, a diagram of a hot air balloon is used as an aid for learning. The different components making up the image, i.e. the balloon, burner, and the basket, are used for illustrating or representing all important elements of a topic. The strategy incorporates two fundamental study techniques; Questioning and Visualization, […]
What is iPad Fluency?
Like when learning a foreign language, simply knowing individual vocabulary words (knowing which specific app to use) and individual grammar rules (the skill of how to actually use the app in the context of learning targets or objectives) will not make you a fluent speaker of a target language.
Hearing (watching or reading about […]
What is Text Annotation?
In simple words, reading comprehension is the act of understanding what you are reading. Reading comprehension is one of the pillars of the act of reading. It is an intentional, active, interactive process that occurs before, during and after a person reads a particular piece of writing.
Students are likely to increase their retention […]
Something New
Most people have preconceived perceptions about themselves. They may think of I am “a sports person,” or “an arts person.” Very often they can get stuck within this vision box. Imagine the person who considers themselves to be a “stay-at-home-and-relax” type of person who “never really travels.” I once worked with a woman […]
