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Essay Writing Wizard. College Special (8 apps in 1)The name says it all.

Essay Writing Wizard

If you are in college, this app will take you a long way. It has all the essays required to write in-depth, logical, and analytical essays for just about any class. It even includes how to write an excellent business cover letter so that you get that summer internship or first job. In this app you receive Analysis Essay, Brainstorming, Business Cover Letter, Cause and Effect, Critical Essay, Deductive Essay, Evaluation (Source vs. Source), and Historical Analysis. Community College Edition (10 apps in 1) Many students attending community college also have full-time jobs or are transitioning between jobs.

Creative Writing Value-Pac (6 apps in 1)This app is for the short story writer. Lessons Worth Sharing. 25 TED Talks Perfect For Classrooms. The 50 Best Sources of Free STEM Education Online 12.05K Views 0 Likes. - Facebook, Edmodo, & Schoology. Oh my! Choosing a social network platform for learning. Collaboration and learning - for educators by educators. Films For Action: Watch the Best Social Change Documentaries, Read Independent News, Take Action.

5 Excellent Web Tools to Teach Collaborative Writing. Collaborative writing is a great way to to teach students the writing skill while enjoying it.

5 Excellent Web Tools to Teach Collaborative Writing

Now that technology and web 2.0 tools are ubiquitous, you can use a plethora of awesome tools to enhance collaborative writing in your class. Natalia et al. paper on collaborative writing sheds some light on the importance of this skill for students: In the classroom, collaborative writing increases student participation, facilitates discussion of readings and enhances critical thinking (Chan, 1996). Awesome Poster on Bloom's Revised Taxonomy. Our Bloom's Taxonomy section here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning is growing richer in materials and resources.

Awesome Poster on Bloom's Revised Taxonomy

I am so grateful to everyone of you for generously contributing with your ideas and links. I just got this poster from a fellow teacher featuring the 6 thinking skills as outlined in the revised taxonomy. Research and Documentation Online 5th Edition. Vaughan Memorial Library : Tutorials : Plagiarism. Notetaker. This hierarchical outlining tool allows students to organize up to five levels of information for reading and writing activities.

Notetaker

During or after reading, the Notetaker can be used to compile and organize reading notes, research, and related ideas. During the writing process, students can use the tool to organize their information and plan texts in the prewriting stage and to review and structure their ideas during writing and revision. Students can choose the format that the outline will use (e.g., bullets, Roman numerals, letters) as well as enter up to five levels of information. The Notetaker includes a tutorial, which demonstrates how to use the tool, as well as a Notes area where students can track information that does not fit into the outline. A list of animal idioms from A to Z with meanings. Choose a letter and click on it to view the list of animal idioms for that letter.

A list of animal idioms from A to Z with meanings

Under the alphabet is a list of idioms for some of the more common animals. How are the idioms listed? The idioms are listed in 3 parts: work like a dog = The idiom.- to work very hard = What it means.The boy worked like a dog on his school project. = An example of how to use it. Microsoft Photo Story - Download. Using Microsoft Photo Story for Digital Storytelling in the Language Classroom.

September 2011 – Volume 15, Number 2 Introduction Digital storytelling, simply speaking, is the use of digital technology to tell stories (Ohler, 2008; The University of Houston, 2011).

Using Microsoft Photo Story for Digital Storytelling in the Language Classroom

It combines traditional storytelling with modern technology (Lowenthal, 2009). Films For Action: Watch the Best Social Change Documentaries, Read Independent News, Take Action. Welcome to the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) Brainstorm and mind map online. Vaughan Memorial Library, Acadia University : Help : Tutorials. Using Technology Vs Technology Integration- An Excellent Chart for Teachers. Are you using or integrating technology in your teaching ?

Using Technology Vs Technology Integration- An Excellent Chart for Teachers

At the face of it, it seems like a game of semantics but in fact it is more than that. When we talk about technology integration in the classroom we are talking about a planned and highly structured and purposeful use of technology with students whose ultimate goal is to engage students and help them develop new thinking skills. Using technology, on the other hand, is a random and sporadic process whose main goal is to instruct students on content not to engage them with content. The chart below from Teachbytes , offers a more detailed explanation of the difference between Using Technology and Integrating Technology. Have a look and, as always, share with us your feedback in the comment form below. Check out the full chart from this page.

Awesome Chart on " Pedagogy Vs Andragogy " Adult learning is a vast area of educational research and probably one of the most complicated.

Awesome Chart on " Pedagogy Vs Andragogy "

Adults learn differently and have different strategies in learning. Adults Learning Theory and Principles explain in details these strategies and sheds more light on how adults cultivate knowledge. Talking about adult learning brings us to the concept of Andragogy. According to the article Malcolm Knowles an American practitioner and theorist of adult education, defined andragogy as “the art and science of helping adults learn”.