ScreenChomp Creative Writing Prompts Write a scene that includes a character speaking a different language, speaking in a thick accent, or otherwise speaking in a way that is unintelligibe to the other characters. (Note: You don't necessarily need to know the language the character is speaking—be creative with it!) Describe a character's reaction to something without explaining what it is. See if your fellow prompt responders can guess what it is. Write a story or a scene about one character playing a prank on another. Writing Prompt: Write a story that involves confusion over homonyms (words that have the same spelling but different meanings) or homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled differently). For World Storytelling Day, share the best story you've ever heard or told by word of mouth, or have a fictional character recount their favorite story. You're making your way down a cobbled street when a stocky, red-bearded man beckons you into an alley. Consider your handwriting, or a character's handwriting.
High School Students Showcase How Edmodo Promotes Blended Learning [Video] Tagged with: Blended LearningVideo When students at Meadowbrook High School were asked to show administrators how their teachers incorporate the digital world into their classes, the students chose to highlight how their teachers use Edmodo both as an instructional support tool and a tool for professional development. Rather than writing an article for the school newspaper, the students produced a video as part of their MBK411 news series. Under the direction of teacher Randy West, the students presented their video to the Chesterfield County School Board to show evidence of how teachers are incorporating blended learning into their classrooms. Big shout out to Brittany, Brenton, Jeremiah, Joseph, Maricela, Kane, Linda and Joshua for doing an amazing job producing the video!
Huzzaz Makes it Easy to Create and Share Online Video Collections | SocialTimes Startup: Huzzaz.comFounder: James YangLaunched: August 2013Based: Dallas, TX The internet is a useful tool but sometimes it can feel like a giant black hole, sucking you in as you search for information. Google is great for searching for brands but the information isn’t well organized. For niche content, Google search isn’t very functional at all. According to James Yang, an electrical engineer turned self-taught web developer, YouTube is much the same as Google. “YouTube is a hosting site but as far as organization it doesn’t really do the job. This is precisely the problem Yang set out to solve when he created Huzzaz, a video curation platform that enables users to create video collections and embed them on other websites. Yang says this can be particularly useful for the education industry. Ryan Drury, a 21-year-old junior at Southern Methodist University says Huzzaz is useful for exactly this purpose. “It’s so useful. Ultimately, he says Huzzaz is a passion project.
I've Been Using Evernote All Wrong. Here's Why It's Actually Amazing Windows Movie Maker The sights, sounds and action of a movie are a great way grab your students' attention and bring subjects to life. But who has time to teach and make movie magic? You do - with Windows Movie Maker. In just minutes, you can turn photos and video clips on any subject into interesting movies with special effects, sounds, and captions. Then share them with your class, on the Web, or DVDs so everyone can enjoy. Like57 Kelli Etheredge, educator at St. The simple, easy, fast way to make movie magic in class It takes just a few minutes to import still pictures, video clips, and music from your PC to Windows Movie Maker and create a polished movie. Engage, entertain, and educate by creating movies to teach varied subjects: System requirements: Operating system: 32- or 64-bit version of Windows 7, or 32- or 64-bit version of Windows 8 Release Preview, or Windows Server 2008 R2.
8 Fantastic Social Media Tools for Teachers Written by Sandra Miller Teachers use social media to engage students in creative ways that encourage collaboration and inspire discussions, especially among soft-spoken students. The number of social media tools for teachers in this respect are numerous and include the following. Plagiarism checker Plagtracker is a social media tool for teachers with the noble ability to detect plagiarism in written content. TeacherTube This app is like you tube for teachers. Edublogs Common uses for Common uses for blogs in classrooms include group projects, reflection journals, school newspapers, class web pages and parent newsletters.edublog provides plenty of other creative options for integrating the blogs into curriculum. Edublog has an option to keep blogs private which is one of its safety features thus reduces exposure to other blogs. Collaborize Classroom Classroom discussions tend to be really boring as normally most students rarely participate and will keep quite up to when the discussion ends.
“Flipped classrooms”: You keep using that word... SmartBlogs … but I do not think it means what you think it means. One of my favorite lines from “The Princess Bride.” If you’re not familiar with the movie, this clip should help. We can’t help but talk about flipped learning (flipped classrooms, inverted classrooms, reversed classrooms), and that’s not totally our fault. Unfortunately, it doesn’t always mean what you think it means. Without getting into a debate over the name, let’s talk philosophy. Flipped learning requires intentional content. Flipped learning shifts the learning culture in schools. Flipped learning demands a flexible environment. Flipped learning requires professional educators. Flipped learning does not have a how-to list associated with it.
Girls in STEM: A New Generation of Women in Science Girls in STEM: A New Generation of Women in Science (07:53) Provider: Youtube Girls in STEM, featuring young women scientists and engineers who wowed the President and the nation at the White House Science Fair in February, shines a spotlight on these extraordinary young role models and their exciting projects -- ranging from a machine that detects buried landmines, to a prosthetic hand device, to a lunchbox that uses UV light to kill bacteria on food. Date Uploaded: January 24, 2014 See all vialogues of this video Create Another Vialogue from this video Link Embed Code Note: Making embedded height less than 700 will cut off the comment window. Comment Density