Have you ever wanted to create a flipped classroom but didn't know where to begin. This blog post provides some steps in order to...
Understanding new educational innovations is essential for the improvement of the training and learning process. In order to effectively implement these new tools in the classroom, teachers and trainers need access to real-life cases in which these methods were successfully used. Innovative Trends in Flipped Teaching and Adaptive Learning is a critical scholarly resource that examines current advances in educational innovation and presents cases that allow for the improvement of personalized and active learning. Featuring a wide range of topics such as higher education, teacher education, and learning strategies, this book is ideal for educators, instructional designers, academicians, researchers, and students.
A Quick Visual Guide To Education Technology, from MOOC, Adaptive Learning, eLearning, Blended Learning, flipped classrooms, and gamification.
Have you ever wanted to create a flipped classroom but didn't know where to begin. This blog post provides some steps in order to...
Bottle Flip Fitness brings fitness to the home or the gym, only using two water bottles. Participants use water bottles to flip and depending how they land, determines what exercises they perform. This package includes 5 different colorful activity sheets, each with a printer friendly version to s...
Technology News & Innovation in K-12 Education
At first glance, "Feminism and Technology" sounds like another massive open online open course. The course will involve video components, and will be available online to anyone, with no charge. There are paths to credit, and it's fine for students to take the course without seeking credit. An international student body is expected. But don't look for this course in any MOOC catalog... http://www.scoop.it/t/easy-mooc
The Smart Parents series share information for parents, by parents who are navigating educational opportunities and making powerful decisions.
Soup spitting and unexpected peeing feature in The Standard’s new ads.
Examples of disruption in education range from the demand for eLearning to the soaring cost of college to adaptive learning technology.
Your students will be more engaged and you will be less stressed. These and other reasons you should flip your classroom today!
A former high school biology teacher shares what he learned from his mistakes in flipping his classroom instruction.
If you support students with blended learning in the classroom or distance learning at home, you’ll want to check out these read aloud eBooks.
Quizlet is a great study aid that many of our students already know and love. It is one of those tools that students are using whether or not their teachers are assigning Quizlet in the classroom, …
Spread the loveThe responsibility for teaching citizenship has always fallen on schools. Teachers show students how to be citizens of their communities, cities, and the world. Classroom instruction in social autonomy also includes digital citizenship. Digital citizens Today’s modern world demands that students become digital citizens. This citizenship requires that participants be respectful in communications, cautious in accepting all content as true, and attentive to safety and security. Digital citizenship teaches positive habits in using technology. Digital citizenship is about responsible technology use, but citizenship alone is not enough. As the way in which students engage with technology changes, the […]
Visual schedules are a great way to help students manage their school day and see what is coming next. Free flip schedule template only at Mrs. D's Corner.
This flip book is a great behavior management tool to give your special education students basic communication supports in the classroom. This book will become a resource the student can rely on to support their communication when they are frustrated, need rule reminders to stay focused, or are struggling to express their thoughts.Each book has 6 color coded tabbed pages with visuals for your students to reference throughout their day. This book is small and can easily travel with your student to specials or therapies.This visual was created with students with autism in mind but can be used in any special education, inclusion, or early childhood classroom. Savings Alert! This is part of a larger bundle. Check it out here and get all of my visual supports at a discount! Flip book pages include: Rule reminders Calming strategies Basic needs Sentence starters: requesting Sentence starters: commenting Sentence starters: questions Please note: This is a digital download. You will download, print, and prep as needed. No physical items will be sent to you.
How does African-American and Hispanic technology use in education compare to other demographics? This infographic might surprise you.
UPDATE (4/9/13): For an update to my math circles, click here. As you can see by the title of this post I am a bit conflicted on what I want to title my new math project...for now I'm going with Math Circles because the idea stemmed from Literature Circles. So here was/is my dilemma. I spend the majority of my time during math class having discussions about the videos the students watched the previous night. I do think this is valuable, but I want my students to take more ownership in this part of their learning. That being said, if I just told my 5th graders to go off & start sharing, they would either: A - look at me like I'm nuts or B - head off to discuss many things (very few being math related) Since I want neither of those things, I needed to find a way to make their group work both meaningful and spelled out for them. What I came up with was Math Circles. I have had success in the past using Literature Circles in my classroom. Each student had a job, and they held each other accountable. That is exactly what I want for my math kiddos as well, so why not take the idea of Lit. Circles and mold it into something that works for math. After talking to my co-teacher, we came up with the following "jobs" for our math groups: Discussion Director - Leads the discussion and keeps everyone on track. Calculator - Makes sure that the groups answers to the questions from the video are actually correct. Spokesperson - Is the voice of the group. This person summarizes the groups guiding questions (HOT question at the end of the video) and shares them with the teacher. Task Master - Keeps track of who did/didn't come prepared, and how often people within their group share. I have a list of procedures spelled out for the groups. I plan on beginning this after spring break with the students. I hope they get as excited as I am (although that's unlikely because I'm pretty dang excited about it). I'm not one to pimp my own stuff, but if you'd like a copy of my Math Circles information, you can get it here.
I am an idea junkie and thief. I seriously adore looking at ideas other teachers are using, and when I can, I 'borrow' them. So when someone pinned something from One Extra Degree's blog, I pinned it too, and then, I went on an all-day blog reading fest. I came across her "I Am Poem" freebie and adapted it for my needs, which happened to be quite pressing. My hallway bulletin board was blank, and conferences were the next week. I had the students complete the poem, and they framed them in a way that was quick but wonderful once they were all hanging. My BFF (and co-fourth-grade teacher) and I used our Cricut to cut the title (using two cartridges and a mix mash of papers). Considering how little time we gave to this particular board and writing assignment, I am thrilled with how it turned out. When I do it next year, I’d like to add black and white photos of the kids, framed the same way, and put the title at the top instead of the middle of the board.
Today's student desks must be flexible and adaptive to changing classroom environments. Specifically they must provide safe distancing accommodate sitting and standing promote healthy movement allow for fast reconfiguration of seating arrangements and easily stow away when not in use. Building on our proven line of classroom desks FSE's Pneumatic Adjustable Height Flip Top Student Desk/Nesting Desk is perfect for active learning spaces. It offers all the kid-friendly
9 Tips For Smarter Teaching With YouTube
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Here are some graphics, Thinglinks, and the slideshow I created for my Mindset of the Maker Educator Workshop:
While technology is an incredibly potent learning tool, poorly-implemented, it can act as a barrier to understanding more than something that improves it.
These diverse blended learning apps for iPad include learning management systems, screen capture software, and video creation tools.
...Nonetheless, the above framework can help support the teacher in a blended classroom in promoting student motivation
What The Data Says About Students' 21st Century Readiness
