Scoop.it! Ed topics

By now you've heard the great news about the 1:1 device program Common Sense Media launched last week. Here are a few ways you can get even more out of this great resource:

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Great explanation for students in a flipped classroom.

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"We often hear complaints about what students say and do online, but we often neglect to look into educators helping them manage their online reputation."

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In a traditional classroom, when a teacher asks a question, "Who can tell me … ?" usually four or five hands go up. The teacher will call on one student, and perhaps on another few to see if their answers agree with the first, but the teacher will have no way of knowing what is going on in the heads of the other 20 students.

The kinesthetic teacher has a different approach. "Show me … " Twenty-five students are being asked to respond physically to the question: Show me what comes first, the comma or the closed quotation mark. Show me if this is a series or parallel circuit. Show me an animal that lives in the rainforest; show me how the character feels just before the story's climax. Immediately, all of the students respond, and their learning is made visible. They have to think about what they are going to do, and literally take a stand. If they want to change their answer, they don't have to erase anything, they just change their pose."

Before we ask how, I think we should address why social media should be taught in schools.

Students may appear to be comfortable using social media, but don’t assume that they know how to use it appropriately in a classroom setting.

(Thinking about that statement in regard to using Edmodo)

Includes Audioboo, Mad Libs, Word Libs, SparkNotes, and M-W Dictionary HD.

An experiment to give up email resulted in challenges and surprises.

"By not sitting behind my computer screen “working on email” I have actually been somewhat liberated.  I’ve been able to go out and visit campuses, talk to people and have discussions that would have never have happened if I was behind the wall of email. The amount of face to face interactions have increased nearly five fold."

Free eBook!  Collection of tips, resources, and ideas for Common Core.

Getting students "hooked" to reading is what is important--use every tool in the literacy toolbox!

"In 2013, technology has become not just a tool, but a standard and matter of credibility. While learning by no means requires technology, to design learning without technology is an exercise in spite—proving a point at the cost of potential. And it’s difficult to forget how new this is."

Just 15 years ago, Google was born  As fast as things have moved since then, where will educational technology be in another 15 years???

"Beyond textbooks and worksheets, at the core of every basic lesson lies the key to teaching students anything and everything–student engagement.

hese are just quick tricks to step up the beat so that students stay interested."

Through a collaborative, state-led process managed by Achieve, new K–12 science standards are being developed that will be rich in content and practice, arranged in a coherent manner across disciplines and grades to provide all students an internationally benchmarked science education. The NGSS will be based on the Framework for K–12 Science Education developed by the National Research Council.

"Hangouts, the social media feature of the Google+ platform, are online spaces offering teachers and students a great forum to connect with one or many participants and engage in a real-time dialogue. If you are a school that uses Google apps for education, then all of your teachers have the ability to set up their own Google+ page and use the Hangout feature. I have seen examples of department meetings taking place via Google Hangouts and noticed a growing number of online presentations happening via this forum."

"The key is to provide feedback in different formats. It keeps students alert to your message, and it keeps you from going out of your mind. Here are just some tips, some old, some new, to help you towards your own grading sanity."

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