My Diigo 05/14/2012
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Worldometers – real time world statistics
An interesting and shocking site which shows live statistics for world population, economics, the environment, and many more. Useful resource for sparking debates.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE%2C+RE%2C+Citizenship%2C+Geography+%26+Environmental- – By Martin Burrett
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A good maths website from the US with online questions, worksheets and factsheets on a range of numeracy topics.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths- – By Martin Burrett
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Zimmertwins is a widely used animation maker. It’s easy to use. Just click the scene/actions you want and make changes. View other users creations. No sign in is needed to make a movie.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Video%2C+animation%2C+film+%26+Webcams- – By Martin Burrett
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Think differently
- – By George Hess
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Authors@Google: Dr. John Medina – YouTube
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In Brain Rules, molecular biologist Dr. John Medina shares his lifelong interest in how the brain sciences might influence the way we teach our children and the way we work.
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A great collection of play scripts for children. Browse 100s of plays on a range on topics.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English- – By Martin Burrett
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A Parent’s Guide to Twitter | Education.com
Great to share with parents in your district…
- – By Steven Engravalle
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Awesome collection of resources, broken down by grade level or grade band.
- – By meldar
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A very good one-stop shopping spot for short video clips about how teachers are using technology in their classrooms. It is split out by grades, and then subject areas. Pass it on to anyone, but especially those teachers who ask you, “So, how do I get started using technology in my practice?” Great ideas.
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WikiPaintings.org – the encyclopedia of painting
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- – By Jac Londe
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The Next Generation Science Standards | Next Generation Science Standards
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10 Ways to Use Social Media for Professional Development – SimpleK12
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A fun HTML5 word game where players connect letters to spell words. Just enter a name in the bottom box to get started.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English- – By Martin Burrett
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Math Games – Fun Online & Free Maths Games for Kids in Elementary 2nd Grade 3rd 4th
Tremendous list of skills practiced here.
- – By meldar
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53 Tips on Using the Cloud for eLearning by News Editor : Learning Solutions Magazine
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11 Tech Tools to Teach the Common Core Standards | Catlin Tucker, Honors English Teacher
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Great infographic about teachers in the US.
- – By Trevor Cunningham
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An important read for anyone who truly wants to understand what’s really important in education and the false reform strategies of our current (and past) administration.
- – By Steve Ransom
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Richard Rothstein
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In truth, this conventional view relies upon imaginary facts.
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Let me repeat: black elementary school students today have better math skills than white students did only twenty years ago.
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As a result, we’ve wasted 15 years avoiding incremental improvement, and instead trying to upend a reasonably successful school system.
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But the reason it hasn’t narrowed is that your profession has done too good a job — you’ve improved white children’s performance as well, so the score gap persists, but at a higher level for all.
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Policymakers, pundits, and politicians ignore these gains; they conclude that you, educators, have been incompetent because the test score gap hasn’t much narrowed.
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If you believe public education deserves greater support, as I do, you will have to boast about your accomplishments, because voters are more likely to aid a successful institution than a collapsing one.
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In short, underemployment of parents is not only an economic crisis — it is an educational crisis. You cannot ignore it and be good educators.
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equally important educational goals — citizenship, character, appreciation of the arts and music, physical fitness and health, and knowledge of history, the sciences, and literature.
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If you have high expectations, your students can succeed regardless of parents’ economic circumstances.
That is nonsense.
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health insurance; children are less likely to get routine and preventive care that middle class children take for granted
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If they can’t see because they don’t get glasses to correct vision difficulties, high expectations can’t teach them to read.
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Because education has become so politicized, with policy made by those with preconceptions of failure and little understanding of the educational process, you are entering a field that has become obsessed with evaluating only results that are easy to measure, rather than those that are most important. But as Albert Einstein once said, not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted, counts.
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To be good educators, you must step up your activity not only in the classroom, but as citizens. You must speak up in the public arena, challenging those policymakers who will accuse you only of making excuses when you speak the truth that children who are hungry, mobile, and stressed, cannot learn as easily as those who are comfortable.
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The Best Resources For Creating Infographics | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
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Note on Door | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
What an awesome sentiment!
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Tech Talk for Teachers: Play with Purpose
- – By Sue Bailey
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Deep Time : A History of the Earth – Interactive Infographic
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Best Photo Editing Apps for Google Drive Available in Chrome Web Store
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Video reviews of social studies and science topics
- – By Martha Hickson
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Randi Weingarten: Financial Knowledge Can Be Economic Destiny
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