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If you’re a science teacher, you’re going to want to bookmark this as soon as possible.
If you’re not a science teacher, heck, you’ll still love this and learn a thing or two. The University of Nottingham has created ‘The Periodic Table of Videos‘ and it’s just what the title would imply. 118 videos that explain each element. Video journalist Brady Haran and working chemists from the University of Nottingham assembled these videos for the world to enjoy. Now, they say they’re going to start improving and beefing up each video with new stories, better samples, and bigger experiments.
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Valve releasing free movie-making tool. The technology Valve used to create its "Meet the Team" videos for Team Fortress 2 will be made available to the public.
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In this piece she describes what happens in a school devoted to personalized learning.] Well-known author and speaker Sir Ken Robinson was in Vancouver during the summer (2011) talking about Personalized Learning, which teachers, administrators and government officials are reported to be considering putting into practice in B.C. schools.
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The project provides a data-driven interface to explore the stories and facts behind the U.S. Civil War. Exoplanets. The American Dream: Phase II. Lago Vista, Tex., March 2006 by Stacy Arezou MehrfarWhy must there be only one vision of the American dream?
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The Why does not come from looking ahead at what you want to achieve, it is not born out of any market research and it doesn't come from extensive interviews with customers or employees. The Why Discovery Course consists of 14 online self-directed sessions combined with a library of exercises. They are designed to help you recall and examine the times in your life when everything just “felt right”; when you were at your best, when you loved working on a project or loved a job. Edmodo: resource sharing, collaboration, lessons, communication, assessments and organisation. Over the last couple of days I have found myself introducing edmodo to a range of people – from both overseas and within Australia.
As I was running through the features of edmodo yesterday, I realised that it might seem a little overwhelming to the uninitiated – there is so much to see and I am always so keen to show it all. So, to counter my chaotic mind and my accidentally unhelpful zeal for edmodo, I have decided to write down the features of edmodo that I use every day and why I use them. After a two minute pen and paper brainstorm I decided that I use edmodo for six specific purposes: resource sharing, collaboration, lessons, communication, assessments and organisation. I will outline these in more detail below, indicating what specific features of edmodo I use for each purpose and why. Collaborize Classroom – Online Education Technology for Teachers and Students. Collaborize Classroom is designed to complement classroom instruction and engage students in online activities, assignments and discussions that allow for deeper participation inside and outside the classroom.
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Their subjects include daily life, construction, crime, city business, aerial photographs, and more. I spent hours lost in these amazing photos, and gathered this group together to give you just a glimpse of what's been made available from this remarkable collection. [Update - 50 additional photos added: More from NYC.]
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This form of learning emphasizes critical thinking and personal reflection while encouraging a heightened sense of community, civic engagement, and personal responsibility. The Community Service Act of 1990, which authorized the Learn and Serve America grant program, defines service learning as: Service learning offers students immediate opportunities to apply classroom learning to support or enhance the work of local agencies that often exist to effect positive change in the community.[2] The National Youth Leadership Council defines service learning as "a philosophy, pedagogy, and model for community development that is used as an instructional strategy to meet learning goals and/or content standards.
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