Passions can also be governed by fixed or growth mindsets
In a paper entitled “Implicit Theories of Interest: Finding Your Passion or Developing It?”, researches shared five studies that examined the difference between people who subscribe to the fixed theory versus the growth theory of interest. They found that people who believe that interests are fixed are more likely to: Lose interest more quickly in areas…
unDraw is a collection of free, open source illustrations
Source: unDraw unDraw works a lot like the illustrations gallery on ManyPixels. You select a topic and a color, and unDraw will show you matching clipart that is open source and free to use in any project.
Ableton’s Learning Synths website teaches how synthesizers work
Source: Get started | Learning Synths This article is for all of the music teachers out there. Ableton is a software and hardware company that creates products to be used in music production. Their website, Learning Synths, teaches the reader all about synthesizers with a series of interactive activities.
Read text with the Reader Pen
Source: C-Pen Reader Although it is pricey at $250, the C-Pen Reader could be very useful for people with reading difficulties. The C-Pen Reader is a device that can read printed text to the reader just by scanning the text with the pen. That’s pretty cool!
Using only a Google search you can listen to sounds of animals from around the world
Source: animal sounds – Google Search If you’re not a kindergarten teacher, I doubt Google’s animal sound search will be much of use. Well, that is unless you are a middle school student and are looking for that right sound to play in class during a lecture. In that case, I would recommend the hyena…
Communicating effectively requires the right tool for the job
We spend all day communicating, and we’ve invented myriad ways to do it. You can buy a stamp, press a button, rent a room or use a microphone. Choose wisely. Source: The appropriate medium | Seth’s Blog Seth can say so much in so few words, each post is amazing. This post reminds the reader…
Another archive of free illustrated children’s books
Source: Enter an Archive of 6,000 Historical Children’s Books, All Digitized and Free to Read Online | Open Culture This collection may be more of interest to history classes versus primary and intermediate classes. The books look really interesting, I really like Elfin Rhymes (mentioned in the article). Since these books are in the Public…