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Teaching with QR Codes
Andrew Miller’s link on Edutopia gives you a number of ideas for using QR codes within teaching practice. As mobile learning becomes more and more prevalent, more effective ways are needed to leverage mobile tools in the classroom. Although the tool should be suitable for the task mobile learning can create both the tool and the…
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Stephan Turnipseed, President LEGO Education – Are we losing sight of creativity?
Driving Question: STEM learning is critical, but are we losing sight of what is even more important – creativity? As president of LEGO Education, North America and a member of the global LEGO Education leadership team, Stephan Turnipseed is responsible for facilitating LEGO Education’s role in STEM education through the development and dissemination of a continuum…
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Open Educational resources (OER)
Here are some Open Educational Resources recommended on the OER Commons site. You can use these resources to inspire you, in addition to your own lesson plans or to add variety and explore different approaches. Created by educators for educators you can contribute and share your own knowledge or those you come across. Common Core…
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Who is using open source and why it’s important
Open source and its popularity is increasing and this article ‘I didn’t know they used Open Source’ is aimed at businesses, but is quite a good insight into the widespread phenomena that is Open Source and its increasing popularity within mainstresm arenas. So what’s the potential of Open Source for Education? OERs are teaching, learning and research…
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MIcrosoft Education – Technology in the Classroom
Microsoft education offers a range of great teacher resources. Curriculum for faculty – these resources offer presentations, labs, exercises, software tools, programming tutorials, academic papers, research talks, and other reference materials for educators to engage students in Computer Science and IT . Technology in the classroom Teacher resources: Find lesson plans, free tools, training, and other information…
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Global Competence: Prepare Youth to Engage with the World
Global Competence: Prepare Youth to Engage with the World This article by Anthony Jackson (Vice President for Education, Asia Society) outlines the skills and knowledge necessary for young people to be globally competence. You can also download the free publication Educating for Global Competence, 2011 by Veronica Boix-Mansilla and Anthony Jackson. Asia Society is the leading global…
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American Modeling Teachers Association – Overview on the NExt Generation science standards
American Modeling Teachers Association (AMTA) Modeling Instruction has been under development since 1990 guided by David Hestenes (Emeritus Professor of Physics, Arizona State University). The method aims to address many of the limitations of more traditional methods e.g. lecture-demonstration method, the fragmentation of knowledge, student passivity, and the persistence of naive beliefs about the physical world. The…
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Next Generation Science Standards
Next Generation is dedicated to developing new K12 science standards for schools in the United States. Through a collaborative state-led process with the following partners American National Research Council, The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), and Achieve, a nonprofit education reform organization. The science standards will…
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Discovery Education – Resources
The Discovery Education website offers a range of free resources targeted at Administrators, Teachers, Students and Parents. Their content is aligned to state standards, or can be aligned to custom curriculum, and supports classroom instruction regardless of the technology platform. All their digital media content is created by established educators is immersive, engaging and brings the world into the classroom to give every student…
