Group Link Post 07/30/2011
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Five Reasons to Stop Saying “Good Job!”
Thought-provoking article on possible harms of praise if motive is simply to get child to repeat behavior. Should focus more on how child’s actions made others feel.
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Copy and paste characters into any document you would like! No need to remember special short cut keys!
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BBC – GCSE Bitesize – Games index
Virtual games
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http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/chapters/Future_of_Learning.pdf
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The Holy Sepulchre Virtual Tour - Jerusalem http://www.360tr.com
Very cool virtual 360, 3D tour of the Holy Sepulchre
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Discussions on what students are reading
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This site creates QR code treasure hunts. Just enter your questions, answers and a title and the site generates the code for you to print.
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99colors – Add cool effects to your photos.
A great image editor effects site. Capture your image with a webcam or drag from your computer and add some of the interesting effects until your image is just right.
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Creating an ePub Book Using Pages – How to Make the eBook Cover Look Good | iPad Academy
Creating ePub books
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video on 4 C’s – Comunication, Collaboration, Critical thinking, Creativity
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2aChromebooks for Education Overview webinar 7-19 2c 0f
Anyone interested in Chromebooks might want to take the 60 minutes to get a nice overview of Chromebooks in education. Presented by Google and includes sharing by a teacher who piloted them in his classroom.
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Panoramic, 3D Interactive Tour of the Hagia Sophia « Indiana Jen
A very cool 360° Tour of the rooms of the Hagia Sophia
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Teach | Learn – A Student Created Content Course Book
36 print optimized lessons based on the teacher / learner friendly methodology of SCC or Student Created Content.View samples here – Preface: http://bit.ly/geMws5 Lessons: http://bit.ly/gylisE Teacher’s Notes: http://bit.ly/dGSj16 Certificate: http://bit.ly/hnznO4 Extra Printables: http://bit.ly/eOousUWiki: http://teachlearnscc.pbworks.com/w/page/35979221/Teach%20%20Learn (all Lessons editable als doc-files)
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Are your students fed up with sharks eating their boats? Make sure it doesn’t happen again with this shark themed place value maths game. Set the ability level and choose the correct answer from three options.
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Help the University of Oxford translate ancient papyrus rolls – for real.
Part of the Zooniverse (ie Galaxy Zoo)
Posted from Diigo. The rest of Diigo In Education group favorite links are here.
