April 2010 Blog Posts (106)

Curriculum Mapping-Seeking collaborator for opinions

I teach middle school math and I am trying to do some curriculum mapping by using a wiki. I am new at this so i would like to collaborate with some other teachers. I am specifically doing 8th grade math for the 3rd 9 weeks. My wiki is http://michalsmath.wikispaces.com Thanks!!

Added by Michal Beauchamp on April 1, 2010 at 2:27pm — No Comments

Collaborative Intelligence ?

There is a discussion on Collaborative Intelligence going

on Future of Education Forum:http://www.futureofeducation.com/forum/topics/collaborative-intelligence.

I was informed about it by Steve Hargadon. May be some poeple would like to join it?

Added by Nellie Makarova-Cross on April 1, 2010 at 11:51am — 1 Comment

Mobile Learning: Easy, Effective, Affordable

You are cordially invited to join us for the 3rd in a series of 1 hr FREE webinars concerning the emergence of Mobile Technologies and its game-changing effects on how we learn.

This event features a panel of educators who are implementing mobile learning solutions within their organizations. Panelists include:

Dr. Fran Cornelius: Coordinator of Informatics Projects & Associate Clinical Professor at Drexel University College of… Continue

Added by Ajay Shroff on April 1, 2010 at 10:45am — No Comments

Students Interview Authors

Last week, as part of our ongoing series on Authors on Air, students in Jennifer Hubbell's English class at Marymount High School in Los Angeles interviewed Lucy… Continue

Added by diane burrowes on April 1, 2010 at 10:02am — No Comments

Teacher Help Needed for Focus Group on Documentary Films as Teaching Tools

One of ePals' partners, Snagfilms, is looking for some input from teachers. They are a website of free documentary films and would like to develop a specialized area of their site for teachers and classroom use. They are seeking input from teachers like you. Your help would be needed to complete a short survey, and if possible to join an online focus group. Learn more at…

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Added by Dr. Rita Oates on April 1, 2010 at 6:27am — No Comments

Games vs Handouts

from A Journey in TEFL

Last week I explained how to reduce relative clauses into phrases to my 11 graders and they were all confused. Then I distributed the handouts I prepared for them to practise and asked them to rewrite the sentences. While doing the exercises they were bored and they couldn’t even get the idea.

The following day I played a game with them and they were more confident in the end.

The game was one of my… Continue

Added by Eva Büyüksimkeşyan on April 1, 2010 at 3:30am — No Comments