Creating Muppets out of household materials with Jim Henson
Absolutely delightful!
Source: Louvre site des collections If you are studying art or historical periods, then the Musée du Louvre and Musée National Eugène-Delacroix have a site for you! You can search for specific pieces of art, select art by media type, search for art of specific periods and more. I tried searching for the Mona Lisa but…
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,…
Stop educating students for jobs that won’t exist The robots are coming – and they may put your friendly neighborhood retail staffer out of work. Home-improvement superstore Lowe’s recently began employing robot sales assistants in some of its stores. The robots can answer questions in multiple languages and take customers directly to what they’re looking…
What is an error in English? The concept of language errors is a fuzzy one. I’ll leave to linguists the technical definitions. Here we’re concerned only with deviations from the standard use of English as judged by sophisticated users such as professional writers, editors, teachers, and literate executives and personnel officers. The aim of this…
An educational puzzle game. Solve a series of tasks where you build increasingly powerful components. Starts with the simplest logical components and ends up with a programmable computer.— Read on nandgame.com/ If you teach programming or computers, then you will want to take a look at nandgame.com. The site breaks computers down to the logic…
Source: Seterra Geography Games Seterra Geography Games is a great site for helping you teach geography. There are games and resources for all sorts of geography related lessons. Best of all, everything is free, including the iOS and Android apps. The site consists of online games, printables, and the ability to create your own quizzes….