Group Link Post 01/31/2012
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60 Resources and Job Search Websites | Job Search Tips and Advice – Applicant
A wealth of resources for anyone looking for a job. Links to articles on resumes, interviews, job searches.
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Smories – new stories for children, read by children
An amazing digital storytelling project. Watch videos of children telling original stories.
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This is a superb random word generator split into nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. Great for infusing a little magic into creative writing sessions.
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A beautifully made Twitter-like social network for schools that supports photos, videos, files and embed html. The site also has a blog feature, calendar and many other fab features. You can set your class to private or public.
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Online Laboratory Safety Courses | Flinn Scientific Safety Certification eLearning
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Moving at the Speed of Creativity – Use Appointment Slots on a Google Calendar
What a great tool to use for parent-teacher conferences, or student-advisor appointments!
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Boston Review — Carlos Fraenkel: Citizen Philosophers
In 1971 the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985 eliminated philosophy from high schools. Teachers, professors in departments of education, and political activists championed its return, while most academic philosophers were either indifferent or suspicious. The dictatorship seems to have understood philosophy’s potential to create engaged citizens; it replaced philosophy with a course on Moral and Civic Education and one on Brazil’s Social and Political Organization (“to inculcate good manners and patriotic values and to justify the political order of the generals,” one UFBA colleague recalls from his high school days).
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Study: Class size doesn’t matter – The Washington Post
Two Harvard researchers looked at the factors that actually improve student achievement and those that don’t.
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Keeping Students Engaged in a 1:1 Project-Based Classroom [guest post] | 1 to 1 Schools
“When laptops first arrived in my classroom, I worried about classroom management. How could I create an environment where students used their computers as tools rather than toys?”
Great practical tips here!!
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“The YouTube Trick” – Videos – Viddler
how to show a Youtube video without ads (still includes related videos when movie ends)
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iPad Academic – Animating and Explaining Meiosis with iPads
Great use of multiple apps to get students thinking in creative ways about meiosis. Has potential to be applied in a number of different settings – I’m thinking about drama to show dramatic power of movement, or in interesting digital story-telling applications. High School level.
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