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world-shaker: This is one of four new tools on the list. I...

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 01:06:27 -0400

This is one of four new tools on the list. I strongly recommend a click-through.

StudyEgg is a new tool that can be used to augment already existing educational content on the Internet by adding new learning features. With StudyEgg teachers can create quizzes based on YouTube videos like Khan Academy or any other freely available lesson/material.
The student starts watching the video, the teacher can choose to stop the video at a certain time to show a multiple choice test to verify if the student actually learned something.
Each question has a timer counting down. If the student does not get the right answer, they can click on the “Teach Me” button and the video will jump to the section where the answer is given.

On the teacher’s side, you get, of course, detailed reports on the student’s performance and one click lesson assignment.

(via 4 Brand New EdTech Tools For Teachers And Students)

world-shaker: EduClipper lets you build clipboards into which...

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 01:05:53 -0400

world-shaker:

EduClipper lets you build clipboards into which you can post links, images, videos and documents and upload files to share with others. These clipboards can be private or public – that’s a key dfferentiator between eduClipper and its competitors– clipped for one’s self and/or shared to Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Evernote, and Edmodo or via email.

(via (Edu)Clipping, Pinning, Linking and Sharing Educational Resources)

Fragments: Favorite Digital Teaching Resources (2nd version)

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 01:05:12 -0400

Fragments: Favorite Digital Teaching Resources (2nd version):

jasonmkelly:

Thanks to all the helpful tweets the other day, I have updated my Favorite Digital Teaching Resources. Here they are.

Favorite New (and not so new) Teaching Technologies

Online resources

ProfHacker on The Chronicle of Higher Education

Free Technology for Teachers by…

englishteachingtoolbox: Responding to non fiction #pinterest...

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 01:04:09 -0400

englishteachingtoolbox:

Responding to non fiction #pinterest post

Sun Prints

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:43:55 -0400

Sun Prints

The SQ3R Method: Survey, Question, Read, Recall, Review

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:14:02 -0400

The SQ3R Method: Survey, Question, Read, Recall, Review:

coolcatteacher:

This method of reviewing a book will save you a lot of time.

1- Survey the book by reading the table of contents, the introductory chapter and the introduction and summary of each chapter. This determines whether you want to read the book at all and gives you an overview knowledge of the book.

2- Question. Write the questions you have about the book. These then become your study questions or learning goals about the book.

3- Read. When you Read the book, it is very helpful to take notes in the form of a mindmap. (I do this and then save each mindmap to evernote.)

4. Recall - IN this case you work to recall what is in the book. The key phrase or notes that summarize each section. You should use your own words and can note it at the beginning or end of the chapter if you have a Kindle (then you can take these notes and export them as well.) It also helps to share these with another person verbally or with a group.

5. Review. As you review what is in each chapter, you can look at the key phrases. This is when I like to make a blog post or journal entry.

This very important method is used by Mrs. Grace Adkins who runs our learning lab at the school. She’s 85 years old and an incredible inspiration. She can recall and remember so many books and reads four or five of them a week.

While this method of getting the most out of a book was based on initial research done in the 1930’s, I find it very helpful today. Good writers are good readers and this method helps you prepare to read well.

awesomestuffwomendid: Disobeyed a bus driver’s orders to give...

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 23:55:05 -0400

awesomestuffwomendid:

Disobeyed a bus driver’s orders to give up her seat for a white man. Was sequentially arrested and fined for violating a city ordinance, Leading to the Montgomery Bus Boycott and became a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement. A long time Civil Rights activist, she also fought for justice for black victims of rape perpetrated by white men, which were almost always ignored by the police and justice system. After her death at 92, her casket was placed in the rotunda of the United States Capitol for two days, so the nation could pay its respects, an honor usually reserved for Presidents of the United States. (Rosa Parks)

bbglasses: Mind. Blown.

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 23:48:59 -0400

bbglasses:

Mind. Blown.

Video

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 23:45:31 -0400

Photo

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 03:49:26 -0400