The Long-Term Effects Of Skipping Your Homework Not every student loves reading, there’s no argument on that. We’ve talked about a lot of resources for learning to read and making reading fun and easy for students, but we haven’t really talked about where that reading fits in to the larger picture of a students’ education. Though the information in the infographic below isn’t very new (the reference notes 1987), the numbers still hold true. A student who reads 20 minutes per day will read 1,800,000 words by the end of the sixth grade, compared with a student who reads one minute per day, who will read only 8,000 words. The student who reads one minute per day will only read .004% of what the 20 minute reader will read. I think this lesson is important for adults, too. (Thanks to the Perry Lecompton School District in Perry, KS, for the infographic!)
5 iPhone Apps for Students With Disabilities Photo Credit: smh.com.au You may not realize it, but people with disabilities are also at a disadvantage when it comes to education. Studies show that 54 million Americans have disabilities. 28% of those with disabilities aged 25 and above barely even finished high school. More than 16 million people in America have a mental illness or a cognitive function problem while 3 million people have difficulty with speech communication, thus hindering them from learning independently. If you’re a parent of a disabled child or a teacher for disabled students, you can make learning more interesting for them with the help of these apps! ArtikPix One of the best learning methods for children is the use of pictures and graphics, one thing that modern technology such as the iPhone can now offer for free. In My Dreams If you don’t have an iPhone 5, you can always opt for apps that are great for older iPhone versions. ADHD Angel TapToTalk Learn Braille Alphabet
4 Ways to use Online Resources to Keep Advanced Students Engaged and Learning Post collaboratively written with Abbas Hussain. Just yesterday morning, there was an article in USA Today discussing how many of today’s students don’t feel particularly challenged by their school work. In this technology-enabled age, it is easier than ever to give advanced students the opportunity to pursue learning outside of the standard curriculum. Below are a few different ideas for providing direction and resources to advanced students to keep them engaged and let them pursue a higher level of knowledge about the content you’re covering in class. Khan Academy and similar resources A great resource for learning more about an impressively wide range of topics is the Khan Academy. Online Debate Discussion Forums There are a variety of free discussion forums available online, like Proboards.com or QuickTopic.com. MOOCs Online training courses and academic classes have become very popular over the last decade. About Kelly Walsh Print This Post
The Top 10 Books In The World Why TED Talks Have Become So Popular 5.67K Views 0 Likes TED talks are useful and free ways to bring high-level thinking and through-provoking ideas into the classroom and your home. 5 Things To Know About SXSWedu 5.65K Views 0 Likes The real story for anyone reading this is SXSWedu, the education-oriented version of the conference that's turning into a force of nature. How Social Media Is Used Around The World 8.05K Views 0 Likes In a fascinating infographic, we get a look at how social media is used around the world by a variety of countries.
The Best Education Tools: A Crowdsourced Guide We showcase the best education tools which consist of a myriad of apps, tools, and other resources on a daily basis on Edudemic. It’s what we do. It’s fun, useful, and lets us help connect you with interesting new ways to do things. But what if you miss some posts because you’re off having a life, on vacation, or just don’t check Edudemic every minute of every day. It’s okay, we don’t either. That’s why we (Jeff and Katie) built “ The Best Education Tools For Teachers ” area of the site. How It Works First, head over to this page and then read through the introduction. To add to a list, just use the big pink ‘Add To List’ button and follow the instructions. If you want to just browse, no need to sign in. Now comes the fun part. So that’s about it. Click Here To View The Best Education Tools For Teachers
21 Simple Ideas To Improve Student Motivation - 21 Simple Ideas To Improve Student Motivation by TeachThought Staff The best lessons, books, and materials in the world won’t get students excited about learning and willing to work hard if they’re not motivated. Motivation, both intrinsic and extrinsic, is a key factor in the success of students at all stages of their education, and teachers can play a pivotal role in providing and encouraging that motivation in their students. Even the most well-intentioned and educated teachers sometimes lack the skills to keep kids on track, so whether you’re a new teacher or an experienced one, try using these methods to motivate your students and to encourage them to live up to their true potential. 1. While guidance from a teacher is important to keeping kids on task and motivated, allowing students to have some choice and control over what happens in the classroom is actually one of the best ways to keep them engaged. 2. 3. 4. 5. Not all students will respond to lessons in the same way. 6. 7. 8.
CASE - A teacher in social media - Pearltrees Mobiluck in BETT 2013 — CASE - A teacher in social media - Pearltrees “So, how did Pearltrees win me over?” This time I thought I could write about Pearltrees from a teacher’s perspective. I started to use the web curation tool Pearltrees during my autumn holiday (in 2012) and I’m still amazed by the possibilities it has to offer. It was the head teacher of our upper secondary school Kari Rajala who first introduced me to social media. Inspired by Timo Ilomäki and other tweeters’ prolific use of Scoop.it, I decided next to explore the world of curation. So, how did Pearltrees win me over? To sign up to Pearltrees all you need is an email address. You can search for ”similar pearltrees” anywhere in the program. In essence, Pearltrees allows the user to make a personal collection of the internet and structure it at one’s own will (mind mapping). 10 tips for teachers: Make Pearltrees your own professional digital library.
8 Ways To Show Your Support For Newtown getty images “Newtown, you are not alone.” –President Obama People all over the world continue to send an outpouring of support to the community of Newtown, CT. While youth and teens may not have their own funds to contribute towards the cause, there are many other ways to support this community in need of support. Lemonade Stand : Have a lemonade stand or bake sale and donate all the proceeds to the Sandy Hook School Support Fund. Write your local U.S. CNN iReport : What are your thoughts following the Newtown tragedy? Wall of love : Submit a message to the Wall of Love. Make a Card and Send it to Sandy Hook Elementary School: Even young children can make and create cards to support the Newtown community. Sandy Hook Elementary School 12 Dickenson Drive Sandy Hook, CT 06482 Wear Green and White: Talk to your school principal and set up a fundraiser at school.
classroom engagement strategies | The LectureTools Blog | LectureTools LectureTools provides an active learning platform that makes it easier for professors to teach more interactively, engaging students with laptops during class. Matt Stearmer, an instructor at Ohio State, however, finds that LectureTools helps engage his students not only during, but also before and after class. Here are the 3 ways Matt uses LectureTools to teach his Introduction to Sociological Theory class: 1. Provide content before class Matt posts the material the class will be covering for the week on LectureTools in advance. Giving students exposure to the concepts for upcoming lectures allows Matt to teach beyond a surface understanding. 2. Matt uses the interactive activities in LectureTools as a way to create times for telling . 3. Because students see changes made to published lectures, Matt also uses activity slides to put practice quizzes online on Friday. Learn How to Improve Engagement in Your Classroom In 2005 Dr. LectureTools: An Active Learning Platform on Vimeo .
Swedish School Now Has A Mandatory Minecraft Class Should School Days Be Longer? A 7th Grade Class Weighs In 4.76K Views 0 Likes An old post on Edudemic just got an interesting comment from Jamie Baird, a middle school teacher in North Carolina. Her students laid a Pros and Cons list on the topic of school days being longer. Here's her comment. How One Girl Created A Reddit Meme For Her School Fundraiser 9.26K Views 0 Likes The phrase that comes to mind is 'work smarter, not harder' and that's exactly what one father and his daughter, Ruby, did. Cambridge University Shares Free Guide To Raspberry Pi 3.42K Views 0 Likes If you want your students to tinker with the inner workings of computers, smartphones, and other electronics, you've probably heard of the Raspberry Pi.
12 Digital Tools To Implement Exit Slips This year our district implemented the use of exit slips to assess student daily learning. So, what are exit slips? Quite simply, exit slips are used to help students reflect on their learning and express their ideas and learning about a topic. Exit Slips can serve as 2 purpose: (1) It can be used to document student’s understanding of a lesson, (2) as an informal assessment, and (3) the effectiveness of the teacher’s instruction. At first, I was not excited about doing one more thing in my class. The 3 Categories There are three categories of exit slips (Fisher & Frey, 2004): Prompts that document learning, (Example: Write one thing you learned today, Discuss how today’s lesson could be used in the real world.) Prompts that emphasize the process of learning (Example: I didn’t understand…, Write one question you have about today’s lesson.) Prompts to evaluate the effectiveness of instruction (Example: Did you enjoy working in small groups today?) Other exit prompts include: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Student Engagement and Optimizing Learning Pearltrees makes Web curation a joy with its 'magical' new iPad app Not many tech CEOs would have the guts to describe their products as “magical” and as delivering “pure happiness”, but that’s exactly how Pearltrees‘ Patrice Lamothe describes the startup’s iPad app released today. You know what? He may just be right. Pearltrees is a service that takes a visual approach to Web curation. Launched late last year with its browser-based version, it allows you to create networks of ‘pearls’ on screen. Everything’s public on Pearltrees, so searching for ‘iPhone’, for example, will bring up all the iPhone-relates pearltrees created by 200,000 users the service has amassed so far. Now the iPad app brings a whole new dimension to both curation and content discovery. As with the browser-based version, all the pearltrees you create are public, meaning that you’re contributing to a huge ‘interest graph’ that Pearltrees is building up behind the scenes. That’s where the discovery element of the app comes in. That’s where the discovery element of the app comes in.
Why Education Matters. 5 Ways Schools Are Already Using 3D Printing 7.77K Views 0 Likes We've already looked at MOOCs, tablet computing, gamification, and learning analytics. For the first part of the 'third horizon', (or entering mainstream use in four to five years), 3D printing tops the list. 4 Free Ways To Start Your Own Blog 6.67K Views 0 Likes Blogging is a digital skill that every teacher and student should have. 6 Technologies That Will Change Higher Education 6.28K Views 0 Likes The New Media Consortium and EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) have jointly released the tenth NMC Horizon Report > 2013 Higher Education Edition.