Enhancing Education: The 5 E's
The 5 E's is an instructional model based on the constructivist approach to learning, which says that learners build or construct new ideas on top of their old ideas. The 5 E's can be used with students of all ages, including adults. Each of the 5 E's describes a phase of learning, and each phase begins with the letter "E": Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate. The 5 E's allows students and teachers to experience common activities, to use and build on prior knowledge and experience, to construct meaning, and to continually assess their understanding of a concept.
toolkit
This toolkit is categorized into different activities that you may want to undertake with your students ranging from communication to sharing material to online lectures and so on. Each category contains our recommendations for the tools to use, with a description of the tool, a text based user guide as well as instructional videos. Your feedback is essential to us and any suggestions or comments can be made to the CLT email, clt@aucegypt.edu. Communication with Students There are several platforms that allow you to communicate with your students in and out of class. Some of the tools mentioned below can perform several functions and so you may find them under a different category as well. Blackboard Learning System is a course management system housing different features, which allow an instructor to share course materials with students, communicate with them, host a grade book and calendar, share external multimedia, and conduct online discussions among the many other options.
Classroom Alarm Clock
Classroom Alarm Clock At seminars I've been sharing with secondary teachers the idea of using a short song as a cue to indicate that it's time for students to pack up. (The Mission Impossible theme song that comes on the CD with the book, Eight Great Ideas, is forty-nine seconds long and works really well for this.) There are several advantages to using a song. Advantage 1: The Certainty Principle Without a consistent cue, students are on their own in determining when to pack up. This uncertainty will eventually create an environment in which they begin to pack up earlier and earlier each day.
15 Conflict Resolution Tricks Every Educator Should Know
Teachers wear many hats: counselor, coach, referee, probation officer. With the pent-up energy and (later on) the raging hormones wreaking havoc on students’ sanity, conflict is bound to occur in classrooms and on school playgrounds, meaning teachers have to be ready to put on their “mediator” hat at a moment’s notice. If you’re a young educator and want to have some conflict resolution tricks up your sleeve before you’re thrown into the ring, or you’re an experienced educator looking for some new ideas, we’ve lined up 15 techniques to help you win the fight. Like your students: Isn’t it true that we treat people we like differently than people we can’t stand?
Tech Tools by Subject and Skills
Every year, so many new technology tools for teachers are launched into the market that it can be nearly impossible to keep up with them all. In order to keep you up-to-date with the latest and greatest educational tech tools, our team of edtech specialists has put together this list of the best edtech resources and technology tools for teachers. Clicking on the links below will take you to hundreds of apps, websites, extensions, and more. Whether you're looking for a specific tech tool or just trying to find something new and interesting for your class, we encourage you to browse around all of the different categories to see how many wonderful resources are available for your students. Also, if you have a tool that you'd like to see added to the list, please feel free to contact us at admin@edtechteacher.org.
TECHY TEACHER – WHAT THE TECH? » Book Trailers
See A Book Come to Life! See A Book Come to Life! Day 1 – Discussion DirectionsDivide into pairsLog onto TitanpadSign in with BOTH team mates FIRST names – i.e. Judy & CarleneAnswer the question below.Plant the cursor and begin writing.Everyone will be writing at same time in real time – enjoy the creative space but it is limited to only 15 people at a time.Use chat box in bottom right hand corner to discuss which comments from others that you agree with and which you do NOT. Question : What is the difference between book reports and book trailers?
Large collection of Free Microsoft eBooks for you, including: SharePoint, Visual Studio, Windows Phone, Windows 8, Office 365, Office 2010, SQL Server 2012, Azure, and more. - Microsoft SMS&P Partner Community Blog - By Eric Ligman
Throughout the year I try to share resources and information with you that I think will be helpful for you. Often times these resources will include links to free eBooks that we make available on a variety of topics. Today, I thought I would post a large collection of eBooks for you here so that you can find them in one place and consume them as you see fit.
Web 2.0 Guru - Web 2.0 Resources
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. WEB 2.0 RESOURCES FOR 21st CENTURY INSTRUCTION This has gone from 10 to 20 in less than a year. I have more, but wanted to share some of my favorites here!
43 Book Trailers Sites to Inspire, Instruct, and Share
The Best Info About Book Trailers I’ve followed the book trailer phenomenon for a couple years and wanted to do a post. In 2003, it was just beginning; in 2006, there was lots of experimenting; in 2009, it seems here to stay and writers should take it as a given that they need a book trailer for trade books. Here’s some of the best about book trailers from around the web.
