Number Rack by The Math Learning Center Overview Number Rack facilitates the natural development of children's number sense. The movable, colored beads encourage learners to think in groups of fives and tens, helping them to explore and discover a variety of addition and subtraction strategies. About Us Animatron Is A New Site Where Students Can Create Online Animations – With Voiceovers! Thanks to David Kapular, I learned about a new site where users can create animations. It’s called Animatron. You can create five animations for free, but after that the cost is $15 per year. The feature that made it stand out to me was its audio recording capability, even though the sound quality isn’t top notch. How do I create a lesson page on TED-Ed? TED-Ed offers a set of tools that allow you to create interactive lesson pages around great YouTube video content. Follow these three steps to create your own! To get started, visit our video search page to select a video. You can search by keyword, or paste in a YouTube URL. TED-Ed Lessons can be created around either public or unlisted YouTube videos.
iOS - Collaborative Whiteboard, Ipad Education App Introduction 1. Design Tools Introduction to design features Introduction 2. Collaborate Work Smarter, Not Harder... a #sunchat reflection For as long as I can remember, I’ve spent weekends and mornings and all day for that matter making sure I was/am prepared for teaching. I prepare, over prepare, change my mind and then re-prepare from scratch. I work a lot. Fortunately, I LOVE it. But I should never sweat more than the kids. These are, after all, their learning experiences. Webtools: No Registration Needed for Students Welcome to my list of webtools that don’t require student registration. This started off as a simple curation for myself and has ballooned into something that I never thought would get this big. And it is still growing. I started added comments to each link, but that is taking a long time to complete.
Learning transport - modes - English lesson What will I be learning during the English lesson modes of transport? The first part of the lesson explains what modes of transport. The second part of the lesson using pictures will show you the different types of modes of transport with explanation of each. What does modes of transport mean? Mode of transport means, ways of getting to some where or getting back from some were. Effective educational videos Video has become an important part of higher education. It is integrated as part of traditional courses, serves as a cornerstone of many blended courses, and is often the main information delivery mechanism in MOOCs. Several meta-analyses have shown that technology can enhance learning (e.g., Schmid et al., 2014), and multiple studies have shown that video, specifically, can be a highly effective educational tool (e.g., Kay, 2012; Allen and Smith, 2012; Lloyd and Robertson, 2012; Rackaway, 2012; Hsin and Cigas, 2013). In order for video to serve as a productive part of a learning experience, however, it is important for the instructor to consider three elements for video design and implementation: One of the primary considerations when constructing educational materials, including video, is cognitive load.
vocabulary-lessons-using-google-apps If your students are anything like mine are, you understand the hassle and frustration of learning vocabulary. They absolutely hate copying vocabulary words and definitions. I absolutely hate hearing their complaints about it too. What exactly does just copying terms and definitions on a piece of paper really accomplish, anyway? I believe all that does is make our students master-memorizers. But is that really helping them?
Icebreakers that Rock We’re coming up fast on the beginning of another school year. That means a new batch of students to get to know, students who need to be made comfortable in your classroom, and who need to get to know each other. It’s essential to start building relationships with your students right from the start. And how to accomplish this? Icebreakers. I planned to create a nice big post with dozens of icebreaker ideas you could choose from.