Happy Teacher Appreciation week, Round Uppers! We've got a full post lined up for you today to celebrate. First up, over at Edudemic, a new post on "5 Powerful Social Media Tools for Your Classroom." They talk about Wikispaces Classroom, Edmodo, 123ContactForm, Edublogs, and WDWDT and give some great ideas on how to use these tools in the classroom for discussions and assessment.
Edudemic's second post from the day is entitled, "Sir Ken Robinson's New TED Talk about 'Education's Death Valley.'" If you're not familiar with Ken Robinson or his other TED Talks, he is an absolutely amazing speaker, thinker, philosopher, educator, etc. This talk is no exception, in it he outlines "3 principles that are crucial for the mind to flourish." Set aside 20 minutes and give it a watch!
Edudemic's second post from the day is entitled, "Sir Ken Robinson's New TED Talk about 'Education's Death Valley.'" If you're not familiar with Ken Robinson or his other TED Talks, he is an absolutely amazing speaker, thinker, philosopher, educator, etc. This talk is no exception, in it he outlines "3 principles that are crucial for the mind to flourish." Set aside 20 minutes and give it a watch!
Next up, Free Tech for Teachers has a heap of new material from today. First, a review of "ActiveNote - Organized Sticky Notes & Reminders." Active Note comes free with Windows 8 and lets you create and organize your own sticky notes. You can assign dates and times and mark off when tasks are completed. If you're fortunate enough to have Windows 8 computers at your school, this program is a great tool to help students keep tasks organized.
Next is a review of Music Maker Jam, the free music making software that is included with Windows 8. Free Tech suggests using the program to have students make music for soundtracks, podcasts or videocasts. The program comes with four free music styles to modify, but more are available for purchase.
Free Tech also has a review of "Depression Quest - An Interactive Story About Depression." They suggest utilizing the web quest within a high school health class so students can have a better understanding of what it's like to suffer from depression. Plus, it helps student identify the signs of depression and learn how to help friends who may be suffering.
They end their day with a short but solid video entitled "10 Expectations" about the expectations that students have of their schools...
Free Tech also has a review of "Depression Quest - An Interactive Story About Depression." They suggest utilizing the web quest within a high school health class so students can have a better understanding of what it's like to suffer from depression. Plus, it helps student identify the signs of depression and learn how to help friends who may be suffering.
They end their day with a short but solid video entitled "10 Expectations" about the expectations that students have of their schools...
Now let's head over to EduTech for Teachers with a guest post on "Cometdocs: Manage & Store Files Online." Cometdocs allows for the storage of documents in the cloud, but there's a twist. They also allow you to convert to and from a wide variety of file types (over 30 types are currently supported). Free accounts come with 1GB of storage and you can upgrade from there.
Over at the Ed Tech Review there's a new post on the "Positive Impact of Blogging in Kindergarten." If you think kindergarten is too young to start learning to blog, this post may convince you otherwise. The article discusses 5 major benefits to blogging at an early age: Connections, Feedback, Audience, Communicating and Self-Esteem. Definitely worth reading and considering.
If you're looking for some great professional development, head over to Moving at the Speed of Creativity and watch their 40-minute Google Hangout on "Elementary STEM Idea Sharing." A huge range of topics is covered as the four teachers address standards, blended learning, 1:1 schools, and a ton more.
Lisa Nielsen has a new post up today entitled, "Could PBL be the Solution to Education Reform?" It is an incredibly thorough and thoughtful analysis of Project Based Learning. She walks the reader through a series of 13 questions, providing research, data, tips, and techniques on how to begin using PBL within your school or district.
Almost there! Our second to last stop for today is Educational Technology. Their first post is "A Step by Step Tutorial on how to Flip Your Classroom with Ted Ed." They provide a 9-step guide to not only using Ted Ed in your classroom, but flipping your class so that students can learn their material at home. It's a great tutorial.
Educational Technology's next post is about the importance of understanding your Digital Footprint, "Your Online Life: Permanent as a Tattoo." The article discusses the importance of emphasizing to students that everything they do online leaves a footprint. Students must understand the importance of leaving positive footprints as they make their way through the digital world.
Ed Tech also has two great infographics up today to close out their posts:
Ed Tech also has two great infographics up today to close out their posts:
- MOOCS - Are they a threat or opportunity
- Google Glass - How does it work?
And for you science educators out there, let's take a look at Gizmodo. They have an excellent article entitled, "How Chris Hadfield Made Us Care About Astronauts Again." For any science or space fans out there, this is a great read. And if you haven't seen Chris Hadfield covering Bowie in space... check it out, and then enjoy the rest of his videos as well!
Finally, we'll end today's Round Up with two excellent resources (embedded below as well). Thank you for reading and see you all tomorrow!
- An Infographic on "Getting More out of Google" from Hack College
- 30 Flipped Classroom Tools & Apps from Edshelf
Courtesy of: Hack College
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