Top 10 resources for 5/13/11

10. Museum of mathematics, SWEEET!

http://momath.org/

9. 5 fastest ways to improve your teaching

http://www.theteachinggameblog.com/techniques/top-five-fastest-ways-to-improve-your-teaching/

8. 4 mistakes educators make when integrating technology http://goo.gl/TEqpf

7. 40 awesome sites to improve your skills

http://goo.gl/pFTq

6. Why I flipteach!  A great post in the wall street journal

http://goo.gl/AIU2N

5. Surprise, Surprise, working in pairs, actually good!

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2011/05/13/surprise-surprise-study-says-cooperative-learning-is-more-effective-than-lectures/

4. Google Template for Student projects

http://sites.google.com/site/uteachwithtechnology/google-templates

3. 8 ways to support teachers to integrate technology

http://edtechtoolbox.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-to-support-teachers.html

2. Mindsets and the end of the year slump

http://blog.brainology.us/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70:carol-dweck-on-mindsets-and-the-end-of-year-slump&catid=43:news-and-tips-items&Itemid=58

1. 32 ways to use google apps in the classroom

https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=0AV_Pgq_ZxwvSZGR3d3FxNnRfMjJnN3Jtc2pnaw&hl=en&ndplr=1

VIDEOS of the week

Two more TED-like sites for your motivational and big thinking pleasure

http://www.gelconference.com/

http://the99percent.com/videos

education is broken

  

Search, browse, check out various tutorials on how to do stuff on your computer or iOs.

http://thinktutorial.com/

Diane Ravitch on our own education system

Star Wars and Blooms taxonomy

Radiolab presents symmetry

5 for Friday 1/21/11

Snow days, shortened schedules, missed doctoral classes.  You'd think we've never seen snow before.


Here's what I ran across this week.  The 5 best resources out there:

Your 5 best resource I ran across this week:

Livebinders:  Is this the new way students could be (OR should be) completing and compiling  work?

http://jswanski.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/118-tech-talk-livebinders/

Free online searchable database of already made rubrics (light shines down from heaven and angels sing).  Sweet!  Even a great place to make your own rubric.

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

Video on how to use it:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqfzDpcgAX0&feature=player_embedded

PuzzleFast is a great site for making different types of puzzles (word, crossword, etc).

http://www.puzzlefast.com/

What do you think about homework?  Here’s what kids think…  I might be at a point where I'm over assigning homework, I might want kids to start deciding what they need to do.

http://www.principalspage.com/theblog/archives/homework-flowchart

11 New Math resources for 2011

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/01/11-mathematics-resources-to-try-in-2011.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+freetech4teachers/cGEY+(Free+Technology+for+Teachers)

Your video of the week

What is Project-Based Learning?  It's the new hot trend in education.  This is well put together!

Is this the future of education?  How does this pair with Standards-Based Grading?