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November 8, 2014
How Ebola Works: Resources for Teachers [Video]
Students want to understand how ebola works. Can you get sick from ebola if someone in your state has it? How does it spread? Why is it so deadly?
This simple to understand video (H/T Laughing Squid) about the Ebola virus is trending on YouTube. It is a video for science teachers to use to explain viruses.
It also helps us understand why we shouldn’t be scared of ebola.
“The most infectious thing about ebola is the media hype around it. You could learn something about the immune system, tho...
November 4, 2014
We Will Do Marvelous Things @mrdearybury1 [Video]
A big shout out to Jed Dearybury@mrdearybury1 and his second grade students! They debuted their version of “We Will Do Marvelous Things” on YouTube this week.
Great job kids!
Listen to what Mr. Dearybury tells his students at the beginning of this video!
Tips for Teachers
Your expectations MEAN EVERYTHING.
What do you expect of your students?
Could you sing this song with your students?
Do you believe it?
Let me tell you a secret. If you don’t believe it, you can’t do it. If you can’t see it, yo...
5 Ways to Leverage Technology to Meet Common Core Standards @techsavvyed
Ben Rimes talks about connecting technology and Common Core standards. As a Technology Coordinator in Michigan, Ben is passionate about technology in the classroom, digital storytelling, and social media.
Add Ben Rimes to your PLN
@techsavvyed
The Tech Savvy Educator
Show Notes: Ben Rimes – #61 – Five Ways to Leverage Technology to Meet the Common Core Standards
Ben took every standard related to technology in the Common Core standards and created a word cloud. He found several r...
November 3, 2014
8 Great Ways to Level Up Your Life
Michelangelo defines great art. He carves the human form in marble as if it is caught between breaths. Muscles glisten with sweat. Agony shows on eyebrows as taut fingers curl.Oh to live as a master like Michelangelo! We know from his own words his desire to level up. His prayer:
“Lord, grant that I always desire more than I accomplish.”
If you’re great –good enough is never good enough. The arch enemy of greatness is our own complacency. An insatiable desire to innovate lives in the DNA of the...
October 24, 2014
Helpful Google Search Modifiers Poster [Link]
Helpful Google Search Modifiers Poster
Google Downloads for educators
Here’s a handy handout that you can use as you teach Google search modifiers. It is amazing how many don’t know how to search. (See my Search Engine Math video for how I teach this.)
Link: Get the PDF
Google modifiers handout
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What is a blog? [Video]
So many teachers are teaching blogging. I thought it would be helpful to see how I teach blogging to my students.Here’s my in-flip video.
Listen tothe Every Classroom Matters interview with Jon Bergmann, flipped classroom pioneer if you don’t know about the in-flip method.
You’ll also see starting at minute 7 how I teach my students to begin blogging using our private Ning and a glimpse into the Ning. You’ll see the initial skills I teach students. (Titling, embedding, and writing style.)
E...
October 23, 2014
Minecraft and Common Core Literacy Project: Givercraft starts Nov 17 [Link]
Minecraft and Common Core Literacy Project: Givercraft starts Nov 17
GiverCraft Weebly
October 21, 2014
Minecraft and Common Core Literacy Standards meld in one free project for kids grades 6-12:Givercraft.
Click to visitthe Givercraft website
Dr. Lee Graham of University of Alaska Southeast is at it again. Her masters students combine the Giver and Minecraft to create a powerful 2 week experience called Givercraft starting November 17, 2014.Enroll your class in this free project now! What...
October 22, 2014
K12 Online: Networked Intergenerational Learning #gamifi-ed #k12online [Video]
Verena Roberts does a masterful job of telling the story of powerful intergenerational learning through her K12 online Conference presentation: #Gamifi-ED Networked Intergenerational Learning. Can ninth graders and masters students in college have a symbiotic mutually beneficial learning network? Yes! Here’s how.
Take time to watch this and all of the other incredible K12 Online Video Presentations. It is a wonderful conference with so many resources!
The post K12 Online: Networked Interg...
October 21, 2014
Universal Design (UDL) in Online Spaces with @BethRitterGuth
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) helps us design learning to reach every student. Today’s guest, college professorBeth Ritter-Guthteaches us about usingUDL in online learning spaces. Whether you’re flipping your classroom, blending learning, or teaching online, every teacher can learn from Beth’s techniques to reach every learner.
Beth Ritter-Guth became interested in Universal Design for its potential to increase student success. She believesif everyone uses UDL in online education then al...
October 17, 2014
Why I Now Friend My Students on Social Media [Video]
Being unpopular and saying things people don’t want to hear isn’t fun. Neither is admitting you’re wrong. Perhaps that is why this 5 minute speech I felt compelled to give was so hard for me.
I’m convinced that we’ve isolated students in a world without teachers on social media and every day we are reaping the consequences. We need to rethink this now so we can move forward to a better tomorrow.
Sometimes unpopular, uncomfortable things need to be said and positions should be reversed in o...
