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The first step we took in 1999 was to stop teaching isolated library skills classes. We began reinforcing information-literacy skills through class projects. At that time, we employed traditional strategies, including paper pathfinders and guided lab sessions.
Via Susan Bainbridge
Google Docs has revolutionised the way we create and edit content on the web. It is a genuine collaboration tool like nothing that has come before it.
In order to implement modern technology in your classroom, you better know about the important skills modern teachers must have in order to succeed.
Tips and tricks for students conducting online research.
Via Beth Dichter
Studyvibe is website that is designed to help students learn how to study. We offer study tips and resources for primary to high school students.
If helping your students write papers is a part of your school day, you probably already know that there are enough issues to focus on without having to spend a lot of time teaching your students how to build a bibliography and correctly cite their sources. Your time is likely better spent helping create a focused, concise piece of work that uses excellent grammar and sentence structure.
Via Dennis T OConnor, Louise Robinson-Lay
Printable Thinking Tools for teachers and students.
Six Reading Habits to Develop in Your First Year at Harvard... Reading critically and reading strategies
One of the basic aims of education in general is to teach us how to be a life long researcher, how to discover new fountains of knowledge and illuminate our lives.
Via Joyce Valenza
"Spring break is right around the corner so what a great time to load up your eReader with FREE eBooks! Free eBooks. Here is a list of places where you can download eBooks for free ..."
Via Fran Hughes
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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: Learning Theory, zone of proximal development The area of capabilities that learners can exhibit with support from a teacher., Montessori constructivism, Lave & Wenger...
Via Ana Cristina Pratas
Leadership is learned behavior that becomes unconscious and automatic over time. For example, leaders can make several important decisions about an issue in the time it takes others to understand the question.
Via Susan Bainbridge
The power of an inquiry-based approach to teaching and learning is its potential to increase intellectual engagement and foster deep understanding through the development of a hands-on, minds-on and ‘research-based disposition’ towards teaching and learning. Inquiry honours the complex, interconnected nature of knowledge construction, striving to provide opportunities for both teachers and students to collaboratively build, test and reflect on their learning.
Via Karen Bonanno, Rosa Martins
It has been good to see the varied interest in the 10 Tools Challenge both on my blog and Twitter as well as on other social channels – so here are a few updates.â?¦ [...]
A few posts and tweets recently have discussed how easy it is to get caught using copyright images and the consequences that can follow. This term I have been working with a few classes developing ...
I just got the wordonthewire.. WordontheWire is a new search engine where the results are displayed in visual columns. This engine mainly indexes through Bing, FB, Twitter, and YouTube.
Robin Good: If you are curating a special collection on services and tools in a specific industry, you may appreciate being able to find out easily other companies and services that operate in the same niche.
Via Joyce Valenza
Web 2.0 revolutionized the means at our disposal to filter and share information. Whether by managing information by social bookmarking or RSS reads and feeds, or communicating with our school comm...
Via Librarian@HOPE, Becky Palgi
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Great background reading to gain a sound understanding.