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Practical PILHow is PIL’s research applied in the trenches by librarians and educators? Practical PIL features examples of outreach projects from different campuses that have drawn on PIL research. If you have an example of applying PIL research you would like us to consider, drop us a line and share what you have done. No comment yet.
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Our classrooms are culturally diverse with students coming from different racial, linguistic, and ethnic backgrounds. Diversity is a pedagogical strength which we should draw on to prepare culturally responsive spaces where students learn about the importance of respecting and accepting each other's cultural practices. As the adage goes, diversity is the spice of life and cultural awareness is the antidote to prejudice, racism, bias, sexism, homophobia, ableism, and discrimination.
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An important part of responsible digital citizenship, according to ISTE Standards for Students, is the respect for "the rights and obligations of using and sharing intellectual property". Students need to learn that accessibility of information online does not necessarily make it copyright free. Unfortunately, I myself have learned this the hard way. I believe, the best and safest way to deal with the issue of copyrights online is to always seek permission from content owners.
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Historical photographs, paintings, sketches, and maps can inspire all kinds of history questions. That is why for more than a decade I’ve used and recommended images from Today’s Document from the National Archives to prompt classroom discussion as the introduction to U.S. and World History lessons. There are dozens, perhaps hundreds, of other similar galleries on the web today. A list of some of my favorites is included below.
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VirtualNerd is another great math resource for teachers and students. that I am adding to our Math section here in ETML. It features tons of instructional videos with a focus on middle school and high school mathematics. More specifically, the site's library contains over 1500 video lessons covering middles grades math though Algebra 2. VirtualNerd features five main courses:
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Creating multimedia projects like videos, podcasts, and audio slideshows is a great way for students to develop a variety of skills. Some of those skills are technical skills while others are soft skills that they can carry over into all aspects of academic life.
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Interactive presentations are key to creating engaging learning experiences. Polls, quizzes, and live Q&A are important interactive features that can liven your presentations and turn your audience into active participants. If you use Google Slides to create your presentations Slido is definitely a great add-on to consider. I
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Students must understand how to recognize reputable information and how to identify credible, high-quality journalism. Bias is everywhere, and it’s necessary for young people today to identif…
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If you are looking for a free file transfer tool to help you send large files WeTransfer is a good option to try out. WeTransfer allows you to send up to 2 GB for free. There are two ways to send in big files: either through a generated link or through email transfer. Sending a file through generated link allows you to share a unique download link with anyone.
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Aimed at teachers to help them consider recognition and inclusion in language teaching, in development with LGBTQ+ Equality Steering Group (UCL LESG) and colleagues across UCL. Via Nik Peachey 
Nik Peachey's curator insight,
July 16, 2021 1:17 AM
This is a really useful toolkit, especially for teachers who write their own classroom materials.
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What does it mean to infuse equity, inclusion, and diversity into your classroom? Most importantly, what does it mean to your students to provide them with a sense of belonging? These questions aren’t easy, but they are necessary to foster an inclusive classroom and to diversify your content. From culturally responsive teaching, inclusive classroom strategies, teaching diverse learners, gender diversity, and more, we’ll cover an array of topics and strategies you can learn about and start implementing in your own courses to help students feel seen and heard. From articles, free reports, programs, seminars, and courses, this resource guide will present ideas, tools, and techniques that you can start using right away.
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InsertLearning is a tool that allows you to create engaging lessons through adding interactive media to any webpage. You can insert questions, discussions, videos, and links to other resources into any website and share it with your class. Students can easily access your annotations by visiting that website. |
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The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework allows us to understand the importance of utilizing web 2.0 in teaching and learning. Social annotation tools such as Hypothes.is allow teachers to fulfil the three essential UDL components: engagement, representation, and action & expression through thoughtful use of the platform.
Social annotation tools such as Hypothesis and Voice Thread, when used well, boost student engagement, enhance critical thinking, expand reading comprehension, and increase student interaction. Of the several social annotation tools currently available, our institution uses Hypothesis. Hypothesis’ motto—“Making reading active, visible and social”—sums up why we think social annotation is so valuable for our students: it engages students and invites them to read and think together as a group by sharing real-time annotations of websites or PDFs (Hypothesis, 2021). The richly multimodal, interactive nature of Hypothesis offers instructors a platform through which they can employ the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to improve engagement and accessibility for all learners.
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Earlier this year I published some reviews and videos about a few new mind mapping tools. As the new school year begins I think it's time that I add those new tools my list of mind mapping creation tools for students and teachers. Here's my updated list of mind mapping and flowchart creation tools.
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Britannica ImageQuest offers students, teachers, and schools access to a huge media library encompassing over 3 million rights-cleared images that can be used to support teaching and to enhance students learning and engagement.
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Every year as the new school year begins I'm asked for recommendations for helping students improve their ability to discern good information from bad when conducting online research. One of the first recommendations that I always make is help them understand logical fallacies. To that end, I frequently recommend Your Logical Fallacy Is. It is a website that provides short explanations and examples of twenty-four common logical fallacies. Visitors to the site can click through the gallery to read the examples. Your Logical Fallacy Is also provides free PDF poster files that you can download and print.
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Trinka IA is an online grammar checker for academic and technical writing. From advanced English grammar errors to scientific spelling, Trinka corrects it all! Via Nik Peachey
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iPlayText is a cool app that can play text as a podcast. It works with Wikipedia articles or you can upload your own text and have the app read it outloud for you.
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A few days ago I shared with you Radiooo which is a tool that enables you to travel through time and discover popular hits during various temporal eras. In today's post I am sharing with you a similar web tool called the Nostalgia Machine I discovered through Music for Makers page on Wakelet.
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A couple of weeks ago I published a video about how to create your own chatbot with a free tool called Acquainted. This morning I discovered another tool for creating your own chatbots. Collect Chat is a free Google Forms add-on that you can use to turn a Google Form into a chatbot. I gave it a try and found that it is very easy to use. With the add-on installed you simply have to open a Google Form then open Collect Chat and choose to convert the form into a chatbot.
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Welcome to the Remote Teaching & Learning Lightning Talks 2020-21 speaker series video library. Co-hosted by Digital Learning & Innovation (DL&I) and The Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL), the Lightning Talks are a reflection and learning forum where Boston University faculty and invited guests identify areas of challenge and opportunity and share strategies for engaging educational experiences in the remote-learning environment. In this expanding video library, you will find complete versions of each topical event as well as individual video presentations.
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Wakelet is a powerful curation platform that allows you to make the best of the educational web. Wakelet promotes collaborative teamwork by offering users the ability to co-construct collections and sub-collections . As a teacher, you can create a collection and then invite your students to contribute. You can simply share the collection's code, a generated link, a QR code, or via email.
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ClipDrop is a great Augmented Reality app that allows you to transform the physical world into the virtual space. Using ClipDrop you will be able to easily capture any visual from your physical surroundings and paste it right into your digital documents. Drawing on AI technology,
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The world is changing quickly, and education systems must either adapt or change completely to keep up. Luckily, there are many viable solutions to this issue. Several applications are available right now for both teachers and students to get acquainted with. |
