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Science Tube

miksherlock wrote 2 days ago: Yes, it is what you think! Like YouTube but for Science! A massive range of videos showing science e … more »

Tags: Science, Teaching Resources, ICT and Science, KS2, Teaching Ideas, Video Clips, videos

Area and Perimeter

miksherlock wrote 2 days ago: While trawling the BGfL (Birmingham Grid for Learning) for more numeracy stuff, I found this. Everyt … more »

Tags: Numeracy Ideas, Teaching Resources, area, ict, maths, Numeracy, Perimeter, Resources, Shape

If You Can Dance on the Wind, the Fall is not so Bad

randomyriad wrote 5 days ago: We flew our kite at school today and the wind took it high into the blue. It shone bright yellow and … more »

Tags: All part of the process, can't really complain but, Dancing on the Wind, Paying Attention, Philosophy, Playing Games, Wonder World, Working World

10 Secrets to Great Teaching (Part 1)

zaidlearn wrote 5 days ago: TeacherTube version YouTube Google Video PART 1 In part 1, I explore 4 (of 10) secrets to great te … more »

Tags: Learning Series, OER/FREE

LEARNING BY TEACHING

Peter wrote 6 days ago: One can say that I’ve aquired some experience since I’ve started to teach German and Eng … more »

Tags: English, language, Students, Teaching, Learning, german

This Should Be More About Me1 comment

randomyriad wrote 1 week ago: I realized this morning that I hadn’t just written about my life in a while, and it seems as t … more »

Tags: Art in Nature, Continuous Story, developing relationships, lazy daze, Music, Paying Attention, Philosophy, Playing Games, Poetry

Research on ICT/GLOW - so far so good.

mimanifesto wrote 1 week ago: I’ve just finished the first phase of my GCTS teacher-researcher programme study on embedding … more »

Tags: ict, glow, VLE, Research, GTCS, Teacher-researchers, AIFL, raising attainment, Teacher-researcher programme

Behavioral economics podcasts and webcasts

lombardini wrote 1 week ago: Here is a list of lectures and interviews on behavioral economics, which can be used as additional m … more »

Tags: Behavioral Economics

Design Squad and thoughts on this Saturday’s session

connors934 wrote 1 week ago: On PBS, WGBH Channel 2, there is a great show based on engineering challenges where teenagers compe … more »

Tags: Design Process, Design/Process, Reflection, t2l, smarthouse, smart house

There's No Doctor in This House, Just Someone Who Asks a lot of Questions: Where I'm Headed, Part One7 comments

bgblogging wrote 1 week ago: “…for most [people], the right to learn is curtailed by the obligation to attend school. … more »

Tags: CCDL, Community, Creativity, emergence, leaving school, Local Community, projects, Questioning, Transitions

Web 2.0 for teaching

00elan00 wrote 1 week ago: I am currently thinking about how different types of social media can be used to as a teaching appro … more »

Tags: del.icio.us, digg, facebook, Google Lively, Learning, Metaverse, Pedagogy, Second-Life, SNS

Honouring Memory3 comments

unifyingpath wrote 1 week ago: I lost someone a week ago; not a person I was particularly close to, though my partner was. This was … more »

Tags: Community, death, Ministry, Rituals

CFP 1st Intl. Symposium on Lexicography & L2 Learning, Guangdong, Nov 26-28, 2008

phdchannel wrote 1 week ago: Call for papers: First International Symposium on Lexicography and L2 Learning, Guangdong University … more »

Tags: Conferences, Seminars, English, Lexicography, L2 Learning, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Chinese, China, Symposium

Setting standards for economics degrees

lombardini wrote 1 week ago: What should be the nature and characteristics an economics degree? Which skills and capabilities sho … more »

Pluralism in economics: rethinking the teaching of economics

lombardini wrote 2 weeks ago: Conference Pluralism in economics: rethinking the teaching of economics in London, United Kingdom fr … more »

Diploma mills

richard brisebois wrote 3 weeks ago: Diploma Mill Concerns Extend Beyond Fraud [Free registration may be required] Bill to crack down on … more »

2 Million Minutes

deweysghost wrote 3 weeks ago: –. That’s the amount of time our 8th grade class will have from the last day of school t … more »

Tags: Teaching Technology, 21st Century Skills, Secondary instruction, Technology Integration

Supporting with common skills

deweysghost wrote 3 weeks ago: As one who has worked in middle schools where grade levels are teamed in core content classes, I hav … more »

Tags: 21st Century Skills, Collaboration, grade-level teaming

Reflections on a busy year1 comment

mimanifesto wrote 4 weeks ago:   It’s certainly been an eventful year for me. Looking forward to a beach in Turkey next week … more »

Tags: ict, glow, VLE, Finland, Research, GTCS, Teacher-researchers, AIFL, Gaming