Teacher Resources, Tools & Giveaways for the week ( Oct 27 – Nov 3, 2012)
TOOLS
Soshiku
A homework reminder app.
RESOURCES
Incredible Ideas
Ideas and tips for building classroom community, encouraging creativity in the classroom, ice breakers and cooperative learning.
GIVEAWAYS OF THE WEEK
BOOK: Wreck This Journal
Follow on Pinterest, create a board and ‘pin’ events to win a classroom set (up to 40 print copies).
Funnybone Toys
Enter to win your choice 3 art-based brain […]
What are the Benefits of Integrating Wikis in the Classroom?
Educators are constantly looking for tips, strategies or technology to make learning fun for their students in order to motivate them to participate actively and to enhance their performance. Various changes have been inculcated in the classroom to meet this need. The use of wikis is one such change.
Wikis are websites that allow […]
Raising up to new standards in teaching
As standards in education change each year we as teachers are expected adapt, change and push our teaching beyond that which we have been doing. Given this, there may be times when a teacher feels overwhelmed or even unable to handle the role that they may be now expected to carry out. Some […]
Teacher Resources, Tools & Giveaways for the week ( Oct 20 – Oct 27, 2012)
TOOLS
BubblePLY
Personalize videos by adding stickers, photos, text, animated bubbles, hyperlinks and more.
Transfer Big Files
A service to transfer files of size 100 MB to others.
RESOURCES
ReadWriteThink Notetaker
A hierarchical outlining tool that allows students to organize up to five levels of information for reading and writing activities.
Pocket Thesaurus
A printable that can be used to enhance vocabulary […]
How can I use a KWL Chart in the Classroom?
The world of education is moving to empowering students to self-advocate and become self-learners. This means that classrooms across America, possibly for the first time, are asking students what they (students) want to learn, how they (students) want to learn it, and how they (students) want to be graded.
Far out there? Maybe not. […]
How do I Teach Children with Autism about the “Big” Picture?
People on the spectrum often have issues with part-to-whole or whole-to-part thinking. This occurs due to defects in the Corpus Callosum, located in the Upper brain.
Many people on the spectrum see and hear the details but cannot see or understand the whole of what is being communicated. So many students with autism can […]
Teachers joining with parents to create change
The need to grow and provide a better educational experience has been recognized by both teachers and schools today. But, where do we start? And, how can we ensure that what we start carries on? So many schools and classroom try out new ideas and strategies, which fizzle out in a matter of […]
What are the Benefits of Podcasting in the Classroom?
The term “podcasting” is an amalgamate of “iPod” and “Broadcasting” and has been defined by Wikipedia as a type of digital media consisting of an episodic series of audio, video, PDF or ePubfiles subscribed to and downloaded through web syndication or streamed online to a computer or mobile device. Simply put, podcasting is […]
How can the Vocabulary Knowledge Scale be used to Assess Reading?
Vocabulary Knowledge Scale is a simple informal assessment that can be used to assess a student’s knowledge of words that they need to know. Students are given a list of words and are asked to rate the words depending on how well they know them. This process helps them recall words, and also […]
What are some Personal and Emotional Challenges faced by Talented and Gifted Students?
Talented and gifted students are alike in that they all have advanced cognitive abilities. Some gifted learners, however, have added social and emotional difficulties which might interfere with their learning.
For example, gifted learners might set unreasonably high standards for themselves resulting in a “paralyzed perfectionism” in which the student does not complete a […]
