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Ten good Windows apps for teachers

Ten good Windows apps for teachers | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Similar to Mac Apps for Teachers, Educational Windows Apps is a resource section we created last year to help teachers using Windows in their instruction find and access educational Windows apps ..."

  1. Duolingo
  2. iMath
  3. Khan Academy
  4. Wunderlist: To-do lists and tasks
  5. Sway
  6. MathQuiz
  7. Lesson Plan Manager
  8. Essay Marker
  9. Phototastic Collage
  10. Markbook
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Fifty science projects for Book Creator classrooms

Fifty science projects for Book Creator classrooms | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Dr. Monica Burns has written another fantastic ebook to resource teachers using Book Creator. This time the focus is the science classroom. Read online or download for free ..."

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Digital and information literacy framework

Digital and information literacy framework | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"What is digital literacy and how is it different from information literacy? Digital literacy includes the ability to find and use information (otherwise known as information literacy) but goes beyond this to encompass communication, collaboration and teamwork, social awareness in the digital ..."

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Eight must have challenge-based learning apps, tools and resources 

Eight must have challenge-based learning apps, tools and resources  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"In 2008, Apple designed an education model appropriate for the learners of tomorrow. Their goal was to replace pencils with iPads, worksheets with real-world problems, and grades with societal growth. After implementing challenge-based learning into classrooms across the United States, young minds have accomplished incredible feats ..."

  1. Feedly
  2. Mindnote
  3. Instapaper
  4. Socrative
  5. gTasks
  6. Roambi Analytics
  7. Prezi
  8. Scribble Press
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A great resource to teach science through animated videos and hands-on activities

A great resource to teach science through animated videos and hands-on activities | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Mosa Mack is an interesting resource for science teachers and students. Mosa Mack provides students with a variety of short animated mysteries that they have to solve using knowledge gleaned from videos they watch ..."

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This is an incredible resource for teaching science in Junior Secondary.  It provides lessons that progressively move up the levels of Blooms Taxonomy.  With the free version you choose one topic to trial.  Complete lesson plans, video's, work sheets, hands on activities, worksheets and differentiation ideas are all provided.  All the work has been done to deliver engaging, ICT rich lessons that encourage higher order thinking and problem based learning.
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Evaluating websites as information sources

Evaluating websites as information sources | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Using a six-point strategy, teachers can help students learn about responsible web research by assessing the validity of most information that they’ll encounter online ..."

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The best resources about “culturally responsive teaching” and “culturally sustaining pedagogy” – Please share more!

The best resources about “culturally responsive teaching” and “culturally sustaining pedagogy” – Please share more! | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The majority of students in U.S. schools are students of color, and the vast majority of educators who teach them are white ..."

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Ten most engaging uses of instructional technology (with dozens of resources and tools)

Ten most engaging uses of instructional technology (with dozens of resources and tools) | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Are you looking for ways to integration technology in your lesson plans and courses that provide for an engaging experience for you and your students? ..."

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Fifteen resources for teaching with iPads

Fifteen resources for teaching with iPads | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

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Teachers as technology trailblazers: Great resource on connected learning from the National Writing Project

Teachers as technology trailblazers: Great resource on connected learning from the National Writing Project | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The National Writing Project is an amazing, participatory, grass roots organization that supports countless efforts to scale excellent pedagogy. Paul Oh and Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, two leaders of the group, think about teaching and learning in a truly connected way ...

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Here is a great resource of virtual manipulatives for math teachers 

Here is a great resource of virtual manipulatives for math teachers  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives is a digital library that provides K-12 teachers and students with a wide variety of math activities and virtual manipulatives. These resources are arranged into five main categories: Number and Operations, Algebra, Geometry, Measurement, and Data Analysis and Probability ..."

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Twelve educational technology coaches to turn to when you get stuck in the classroom #AskTheTechCoach 

Twelve educational technology coaches to turn to when you get stuck in the classroom #AskTheTechCoach  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"It can be said that a good Technology Coach is like having a box of band-aids in your car.  You really don't ever think you will need them … until you really need them. When done right, the Technology Coach position in a school district is an invaluable resource both for students, teachers, and administrators ..."

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Digital Promise Ed Tech Pilot resource updated -- THE Journal

Digital Promise Ed Tech Pilot resource updated -- THE Journal | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Just a year after its launch, Digital Promise's Edtech Pilot Framework has undergone a makeover. The purpose of the site is to help schools and districts run pilots to assess educational technology under consideration for adoption ..."

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The Smell Test: Educators can counter fake news with information literacy. Here’s how.

The Smell Test: Educators can counter fake news with information literacy. Here’s how. | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"In the era of fake news, librarians are our best hope for educating kids about bogus reporting, biased points of view, and more ..."

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Eight must-try coding websites and apps for students - Class Tech Tips

Eight must-try coding websites and apps for students - Class Tech Tips | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Coding websites and apps place valuable resources in the hands of students. With mobile and web-browser based tools, all ages can explore computer science ..."

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Free Technology for Teachers: Free annotated science research papers accompanied by teaching resources

Free Technology for Teachers: Free annotated science research papers accompanied by teaching resources | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Science in the Classroom is a free resource for teachers from Science Magazine. On Science in the Classroom you will find research papers containing interactive annotations to help students understand the content of the papers ..."

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The nine elements of digital citizenship Infographic

The nine elements of digital citizenship Infographic | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Digital access, commerce, communication, literacy and etiquette… What do these words have in common? Well, for starters, they are all components of digital citizenship. In fact, these concepts ..."

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The BBC taps Doctor Who to bring the basics of coding to kids

The BBC taps Doctor Who to bring the basics of coding to kids | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Tying in with the new coding and computing content initiative announced by the BBC last month, the British broadcaster has announced a new Doctor Who-themed game designed to teach the basics of programming to kids ..."

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Teaching computer science - without touching a computer - The Hechinger Report

Teaching computer science - without touching a computer - The Hechinger Report | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"A group of children on a playground, each kid clutching a slip of paper with a number on it, moves along a line drawn in chalk, comparing numbers as they go and sorting themselves into ascending order from one to ten ..."

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What are the hot teaching topics for 2013? Edutopia News Knows. And they will prepare you.

What are the hot teaching topics for 2013? Edutopia News Knows.  And they will prepare you. | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Have you made your list of New Year's resolutions yet? We've pulled together seven big ideas to try in 2013."


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Ken Morrison's curator insight, January 3, 2013 3:14 AM

This is a great resource about what you can expect to be changing education in 2013

Ken Morrison's comment, January 3, 2013 4:53 PM
Thank you for the rescoop Leona. I love Edutopia
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