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Work Flow Management & a Gaggle of Geese: Week 2

My second week of work as a full-time online teacher had me lurking around Aventa Learning’s Teacher Resource Center in consideration of viewing an Elluminate Live! session titled "Stress Relief for Online Teachers (Time Management Tips)". This was the case not so much due to the fact that I was “stressed”, per se, but more resulting from the fact that it had become blazingly apparent that stress would soon be on its way to my online classroom door. She would come, clicking down the tiled…

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Added by Rashel Fitchett on January 17, 2011 at 11:15am — No Comments

3 Quick Lesson Plan Ideas That Utilize Technology

Letting students use technology to create presentations, reports, journals, etc., can be an easy way to introduce technology in a lesson plan or project.

Guest Post by Rebecca Garland

If you’ve been teaching longer than a few years, you already know that it can be tricky to be a “perfect” teacher all the time. While we might play the part of perfect when it comes times for evaluations and such, most of the…

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Added by Kelly Walsh on January 17, 2011 at 5:50am — No Comments

Research work in Cooperative Learning context by Robert Slavin

Here's a view from the exelente work research done by Robert Slavin and many other colleges, in the Center for Research and Reform in Education (Stº Johns Hopkings University School of Education, USA). Several experiments and avaliations studys about alternative programms, are made continualy - on new aproaches to teach and learn - in order to implemant in many public schools from around word. One of the main goal of this researchs, is to provide a more inclusive and equall…

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Added by Luisa Maria Pires Miguel on January 17, 2011 at 2:22am — No Comments

Understanding How Learning Works

Constructivism, behaviorism, pedagody, andragogy, Bloom Taxonomy, student-centered learning...?? I must humbly admit that, after more than 16 years teaching, I didn’t know much about the various learning theories and pedagogical aspects of teaching-learning. I’m not trained as a teacher – I’m a food technologist. My only experience in teaching was teaching my friends and a short stint teaching in a private school (secondary level). Soon after I completed my Ph.D. in Food Technology, I came back… Continue

Added by A. A. Karim on January 14, 2011 at 8:54am — No Comments

From the Labs: Google Tools You May Not Know

From Search to Maps to Docs, Google offers tons of free tools that have had a great impact on technology in the classroom. The best thing about Google, though, is that it is continually innovating. Here are some of my favorite educational applications from Google Labs, Google's test bed for new Internet technology.

Find out what my favorite Google Labs tools are here:… Continue

Added by Derrick Waddell on January 13, 2011 at 6:38pm — No Comments

Best Practices: Checklist for Online Instructors

Checklist for Online Instructors

This is a NEW resource listing best practices in online instruction from the… Continue

Added by Dennis O'Connor on January 12, 2011 at 6:21pm — No Comments

SpellingCity becomes Vocabulary SpellingCity.com

When everyone starts up in 2011 and checks into their favorite educational website (LOL), they'll see that the name has changed. We're now Vocabulary SpellingCity.com. Same URL (Still www.SpellingCity.com) just a new name. Why?

The name change reflects the rollout of a complete redo of the site in which we have, over the last year, added a massive amount of new features.

We have added a great amount of…

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Added by johnegood on January 12, 2011 at 1:23pm — No Comments

21st century teaching - Is there a place for chalk and board?

Much has been written about integrating technology into a classroom. The question that is usually asked is, is it really necessary - is it really useful? In my opinion, the traditional approach of chalk and board still has its place but I strongly believe that educational technology could offer myriad of pedagogical benefits. Technology today, in various forms, have grown tremendously and have permeated all areas of our lives. Similarly, students today are connected in ways that previous… Continue

Added by A. A. Karim on January 12, 2011 at 8:30am — No Comments

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Added by Polyakova Elena on January 11, 2011 at 2:41am — No Comments

Survey Results – Professional Development Is Top Education Technology Wish List Item

Survey provides a clear mandate: teachers want more professional development focused on education technology, and more exposure to tech for the classroom.

The brief, informal survey that I ran here this week provided insight into what educators are looking from education technology in…

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Added by Kelly Walsh on January 10, 2011 at 6:11am — 2 Comments

Interact with your students with online poll

Have you heard about Poll Everywhere? Basically it is an online polling application that tries to simplify the process of holding polls. It allows anyone to participate in the polls by using either a simple text messaging system, email, or twitter - and it is free for up to 30 voting. I have tried this successfully recently. Read about my experience (… Continue

Added by A. A. Karim on January 8, 2011 at 7:26am — No Comments

A Handsy Wrestling Match: Week 1

What a wild ride it’s been! The past week has proved both exciting and challenging. Becoming an online teacher is not for the faint of heart. Not if you are becoming an online teacher in a company as fast-growing as Aventa Learning.

After spending a couple weeks eating up my Mentor's online courses, I tip-tapped my fingers, charged and waiting at the gate, for my first course to open up. The training program was so complete and the time I was given to review another teacher’s…

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Added by Rashel Fitchett on January 7, 2011 at 8:55am — No Comments

Questions and Answers about implementing a 1:1 Laptop Scheme

Questions from a school thinking about implementinga 1:1 Laptop Scheme and my answers:

1. Was your school completely Mac-based prior to the 1:1 program? If not, how easy was the implementation of the Macs and what feedback did you get from staff…

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Added by Steven David Pearce on January 6, 2011 at 12:47am — No Comments

Inverting Learning

I came across an interesting article recently on a unique approach to teaching called “inverted learning.” According to the author, Meris Stansbury, this instructional model involves “mak[ing] the students the focus of the class, not the teacher, by having students watch a lecture at home and then apply the lesson with the teacher in the classroom.”… Continue

Added by Shawn Roner on January 5, 2011 at 10:18pm — No Comments

Interns Are Highly Qualified?

Get out your dictionaries. Here is…

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Added by Michael Dunn on January 5, 2011 at 8:51pm — No Comments

Public Executions or Public Education?

Cutting the Death Penalty Would Save… Continue

Added by Michael Dunn on January 5, 2011 at 8:49pm — No Comments

Myths About Public Employees

Myths About Public Employees…

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Added by Michael Dunn on January 5, 2011 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Edmodo

This week begins my experiment with Edmodo. I began with some netiquette guidelines in each of my classes. My intention is to start with using it for absent students and homework help. I'll incorporate it more as time goes on, beginning with my highschool general chemistry class. What will be the results? I don't know. But I do know that I'm glad I'm starting this experiment now before incorporating it full tilt next school year.

Added by Scott Beiter on January 4, 2011 at 5:49pm — 6 Comments