Asides
Church And State Argument Boiling Up Under Friday Night Lights
How You Read To Your Preschooler Matters
I ran across this recent story by NPR. In the story they highlight the fact that helping kids identify where letters and words are over just reading to them has a significant impact because you are teaching the child to find and follow words on the page, not just listen. My summary does not do the story any bit of justice so just listen already!
15 Fixes For Broken Grades – Webinar
I am a huge Ken O’Connor fan, his work on student grading is A+. Recently I stumbled upon this webinar via ETS. Watch and take notes! Also make sure you check out his book 15 Fixes For Broken grades.
photo credit: me and the sysop
John Hattie Video Worth Watching
5 Steps To Powerful Infographics
Check out this great post:
Google+ Announcement Will Further Collaborative Education
Today Google+ announced updates that will potentially bring collaborative education to more users than any other suite of tools ever has. With the way Hangouts now integrates with Google Docs you can truly have a real-time collaborative working and learning experience like no other.
Check out the announcement on Google’s official blog:
“Google+: 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99… 100.”
How do you see this being used in education?
Image: via Google.blogspot.com
Computer Science For Educators – GAFE Presntation
AASL's Top 25 Sites For Teaching and Learning
Dry Erase Boards On The Cheap…
This was posted @Lifehacker today. I would also like to mention that you can by sheets of tub/shower board for $10 and have your local Menards/Lowes/Home Depot cut them in the store for you, one sheet can make approx. 32 handheld boards.
Amplify’d from lifehacker.com
Make a Transparent Dry Erase Board for less than $6
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/a15d1u