Group Link Post 12/31/2013

• Why Do Teachers Quit? – Liz Riggs – The Atlantic

  Tags: teachers, teacher retention, turnover, article

• PD should be about learning, not control, compliance, and permission | Dangerously Irrelevant

  Let’s own our own Professional development, and begin an evidence based practice just as we are expecting of students.

  Tags: portfolio, teacher, researcher, pbl, project based learning

• 9 sources of news for kids that you may no know about

  Collection of 9 terrific websites for teaching kids about current events.

  Tags: learning, sources, news, currentevents, articles, common, core

• Sorting Algorithms

  Teach #cs4hs computational thinking with #scratch. Scroll down to see the sorting algorithm dancers.

  Tags: lessonplan, cs4hs, ComputationalThinking, programming, DigitalSchoolhouse, VCEIT, sorting, algorithms, dancing

• Don’t Blame Social Media if Your Teen Is Unsocial. It’s Your Fault | Wired Opinion | Wired.com

  “Are teenagers losing their social skills? Parents and pundits seem to think so. Teens spend so much time online, we’re told, that they’re no longer able to handle the messy, intimate task of hanging out face-to-face .. Now, I’m not convinced this trend is real.”

  Tags: socialmedia, teenage, behaviour, wired, socialnetworking

• Instructional Walkthrough Template v. 2.0 | Reading By Example

  Tags: instructional, walkthrough, template

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Group links post 12/31/2013

• Profit Detonator V 2.0 Review & Huge Bonus $1200 | Profit Detonator V2

  Tags: Profit, Detonator, V, 2.0, Review

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Group Link Post 12/30/2013

• International Reading Association (IRA) – ReadWriteThink

  “IRA offers members new approaches to teaching literacy, easy ways to stay up to date on the latest research, and opportunities to connect with local literacy leaders. The mission of the International Reading Association (IRA) is to promote reading by continuously advancing the quality of literacy instruction and research worldwide. The Association provides outstanding professional development and supports excellent teaching, critical research, and promotion of the lifetime reading habit.”

  Tags: literacy, reading, organisation, readwritethink

• Bill Gates and the Cult of Measurement | Diane Ravitch’s blog

  “This year, my letter focuses on the catalytic role that measurement can play in reducing hunger, poverty, and disease. Setting goals and measuring progress are obviously not new ideas. But over the last year, I’ve really been struck by the impact this can have improving the lives of the poorest.”

  Tags: assessment, schoolfunding, measurement, goals, standardizedtesting, Dianeravitch

• ‘We Are Creating Walmarts of Higher Education’ – Timothy Pratt – The Atlantic

  Examines how universities are changing, including lowering expectations, getting rid of programs, and considering the pressure that graduation rates will be used to judge institutions. An interesting connection to global ed reform and the various pressures in education. A disturbing discount of humanities and their import.

  Tags: education

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Group links post 12/30/2013

• My Languages: Turn your new year’s good resolutions into action and save money! Book now for Language World 2014

  Tags: languages, conference, UK

• I wish you all a fruitful 2014 ! My 2013 #curation year in review with more than 500 #edtools and #mlearning apps

  Follow https://twitter.com/web20education

  Tags: curation, lucianecurator

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Proj Based Learning Group 12/30/2013

• Enhance Project-Based Learning with These 10 Powerful Tools

  Tags: no_tag

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Group Link Post 12/29/2013

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  Tags: mandela

• 25 Awesome Virtual Learning Experiences Online – Virtual Education Websites | Ace Online Schools

  Virtual classroom

  Tags: no_tag

• “I Am Prepared to Die” (Nelson Mandela’s Statement at the Rivonia Trial in 1964)

  Tags: mandela

• Map Stack by Stamen

  Very cool little map editor. Has a lot of Photoshop flair for map layers. Very artistic rendering possibilities to visualize learning in History, Geography, Litertaure, etc…

  Tags: maps, tools

• Facebook’s so uncool, but it’s morphing into a different beast

  Where kids are turning today as they move away from Facebook.

  Tags: facebook, social media

• A Game With Heart, Gone Home Is A Bold Step In Storytelling : All Tech Considered : NPR

  Tags: game, storytelling, npr, tech, considered, grrrl, punk, videogames, gaming

• nelson mandela speech trial audio – Yahoo Search Results

  Tags: nelson, audio, trial, mandela

• mandela black pimpernel

  Tags: mandela

• Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: 10 Proven Strategies to Break the Ban and Build Opportunities for Student Learning with Cell Phones

  when it comes to preparing students for success in the 21st century you not only have to think outside the ban, sometimes you have to dive in head first and break it. The following is a collection of ideas each teacher implemented to successfully break and/or work within the ban where they teach in an effort to empower students with the freedom to use their cell phones as personal learning devices.

  Tags: mlearning, studentvoice, mobilephone, blog, list, classroom, rules, behaviour

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Group Link Post 12/27/2013

• Unity – Game Engine

  Tags: 3d, programming, development, game, software, unity

• The Great Brain Experiment

  This is a fun Android and Apple app from University College London were players complete a range of games to exercise the brain cells and provide researchers with real, but anonymous data to use in their study.
  http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science

  Tags: brain, science, citizen science, app, android, ipad, iphone

• Slides – Create and share presentations online

  Slides offers an interesting twist on the online presenter genre… literally. The presentation can roll in many directions like a virtual cube allowing multi-track presentations. The site uses html5, so it works on most computers and devices. Editing is simple and you can share or embed your creations easily.
  http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

  Tags: presentation, slides

• Scitation: Physics Exams that Promote Collaborative Learning

  Tags: teaching, education, physics, exams, collaborative, learning

• http://illuminations.nctm.org/assets/0/77/77570ffc-98f8-46b5-b4d1-aa8043e88c49.swf

  This is a wonderful resource for teaching the area of 2D shapes. Move and resize the shapes to change the values. It’s a great resource to use on an interactive whiteboard.
  http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

  Tags: shape and measure, shapes, 2D, maths

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Proj Based Learning Group 12/27/2013

• – Free Geometry Project Based Learning: Discover An Amazing Open Education Resource

  PBL lessons for Geometry teachers

  Tags: PBL, geometry, mathematics, teacher Resources

• Project Management Assignment Help

  Tags: Management, assignment, help, writing, essays, Solvemyassignment, projectbasedlearning

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Group Link Post 12/26/2013

• Was Dickens’s Christmas Carol borrowed from Lowell’s mill girls? – Ideas – The Boston Globe

  Fascinating read about Massachusetts connections in “A Christmas Carol.” This could definitely be used to teach claim and counter claim.

  Tags: christmas carol, English

• 29 great math websites for students of all ages

  29 great math based websites for kids.

  Tags: learning, great, math, websites, students, ages

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Group Link Post 12/25/2013

• Plagiarism vs. Collaboration on Education’s Digital Frontier

  Tags: plagiarism, education, web2.0, collaboration

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