6 Apps Educators Shouldn’t Live Without
Technology at your fingertips is amazing, but it can also be overwhelming. With innumerable apps being released on a daily basis, sifting through them for a few standouts could consume every extra minute of the day. We’ happy to share with you these 6 new releases in education to save you a little time.
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12 Things That Will Disappear From Classrooms In The Next 12 Years – The classroom is changing because the world is changing. That may not be as true as we’d like it to be–the pace of the change in education lags awkwardly behind what we see in the consumer markets. It could be argued that…
A flexible icon family for interfaces, diagrams, presentations — whatever, really. — Read on phosphoricons.com/ There is a never ending supply of graphics you can use in your multimedia projects, and here is another. Phosphor Icons is directed toward developers, but you can download the icons as PNGs and use them in your own creations.
Imagine you are 3 or 4 feet tall, a meter — give or take 10 cm — and you climb off this huge yellow bus (the vehicle that teaches you that seat belts are not important), or you climb out of mom or dad’s car, and — you are at your school. Imagine you are 16 or 17, frustrated, tired, angry…
Start with a Question: Teach the Way You Wish You Were Taught There is a difference. If our learners want to learn, they will dive deeper, think more, and be more creative. Instructional design, student voice, and questions that matter to students can make that difference. I was lectured to, took notes, practiced on worksheets,…
Source: The funniest TED Talks | TED Talks What can I say, it’s all in the title. Ok, maybe I will add a comment. These talks could be an incentive to get students to watch Ted Talks in a new light, one where the students realize that they could actually enjoy a Ted Talk.
Source: Teach Computer Science & Coding to Kids – CS First Google’s CS First computer science curriculum is a set of resources to help students learn about computer science. The materials are geared for students in grade 9-14 and use Scratch as the programming environment. The curriculum is free to use and students do not…