3 Ideas That Will Not Transform Schools

3 ideas that will not transform schools

Technology Trend Infographic

technology trends

Flip

Why Integrate Technology into the Curriculum?: The Reasons Are Many | Edutopia

Why Integrate Technology into the Curriculum?: The Reasons Are Many | Edutopia

Why use technology

Audrey Watters

Questioning the flipped classroom

Daniel Pink

Flip Thinking

Flipping This Class: A Journey from Professor to Popularizer | Edutopia

Flipping This Class: A Journey from Professor to Popularizer | Edutopia

Integrating Technology

Blog post by Daniel Edwards with ideas for integrating technology into your classroom programme.

Your not doing an iPad project

Blog Article by Matt Pearson about iPads

New Flip .v. Old Flip

http://ipad4schools.org/2012/11/08/new-flipped-vs-old-flipped/

Flipped Classroom Blog Post

http://www.packwomantech.com/flipped.html

Learning Spaces

http://www.p21.org/storage/documents/le_white_paper-1.pdf

What makes a good presentation

Structure your presentation like a story

Do your slides pass the glance test?

Create a presentation your audience will care about

Tips for including everyone in 'flipped' learning

Myth: Students Without Access to Technology Creates a Digital Divide

iPads in Primary Education: Apps for Creativity in Primary Education

iPads in Primary Education: Apps for Creativity in Primary Education: This blog is going to look at a selection of apps, which can be use creatively in primary schools. These apps can be used for any subject in...

How do you like to write?

http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2012/07/binoculars.html#

Edmodo

How can using edmodo help you to be a ‘quality teacher’?

Bianca Hewes

iPads & 'LEARNING'

10 i pad projects students will love from Lamar Consolidated ISD

6 Top Teaching Trends Infographic

Infographic authored by Enterasys Networks. To view the original post, see the original K-12 Survey Infographic.

Learning Spaces

20 Things Educators Need to Know about Learning Spaces

Read more: http://newsroom.opencolleges.edu.au/features/20-things-educators-need-to-know-about-learning-spaces/#ixzz29dKKKhL0

What Does Student Blogging Exactly Do?

What Does Student Blogging Exactly Do?

The Flip: End of a Love Affair

The Flip: End of a Love Affair

An alternative point of view about flipping the classroom from a teacher who experimented with flipping her clasroom.

Infographics Explained Simply

by Hot Butter Studio. Learn about data visualization tools.

7 Ways to Transform Your Classroom

7 Ways to Transform Your Classroom

Education Rethink: 13 Ways to Engage Reluctant Writers

Education Rethink: 13 Ways to Engage Reluctant Writers: an example of a visual writing prompt I don't feel like a fantastic reading teacher. I'm still trying to figure out sixth grade math an...

Luria Learning Blog: If it has a dependent clause, it needs a comma!

Luria Learning Blog: If it has a dependent clause, it needs a comma!: I have noticed that many of my students have a difficult time with putting commas in their complex sentences. They just don't seem to know w...

Luria Learning Blog: Gestures for Editing

Luria Learning Blog: Gestures for Editing: Do you have a few students write like this without any punctuation or. instead they. put periods. and commas,  in random places (I ...

Luria Learning Blog: The Perfect Homework - 4th grade and up

Luria Learning Blog: The Perfect Homework - 4th grade and up: The research is actually pretty clear. Students gain very little when they do homework. Actually, according to a meta study by Hattie ...

QuadBlogging Connects Student Writers with Global Audiences | Edutopia

QuadBlogging Connects Student Writers with Global Audiences | Edutopia

Ted Ed Talks Flipped

Which one shall I use first? 

http://ed.ted.com/

OLDaily: Sweden’s Newest School System Has No Classrooms

OLDaily: Sweden’s Newest School System Has No Classrooms

Educators Evaluate 'Flipped Classrooms'

Educators Evaluate 'Flipped Classrooms'

Learning Places & Spaces

Stephen Heppell on virtual and actual learning places and spaces.

http://rubble.heppell.net/places/default.html

Open Learning Spaces: Stephen Heppell’s Rule of Three

http://rubble.heppell.net/three/

open learning spaces: Stephen Heppell’s rule of three: Stephen Heppell is somewhat of a guru when it comes to learning space design and the move to what he terms agile learning environments. In ...

Open Learning Spaces: Should our classrooms be more like coffeehouses?

open learning spaces: Should our classrooms be more like coffeehouses?: There’s been a few coffee connections in what I’ve been reading this week and it’s got me thinking. It started wit...

Flipped Classroom

Created by Knewton and Column Five Media

Stephen Heppell on learning environments

Getting rid of the desks!

Great blog posts by Stephanie @traintheteacher about rethinking the classroom environment and Emma Winder's learning environments.

Rethinking Learning: The 21st Century Learner | MacArthur Foundation

Classroom Design

Wow twitter is great! @sarahmartin74 just tweeted a link to the Mind Shift website.  Great practical and 'do-able' ideas for classroom designs.  I love the concept of the 'cave', the 'mountain' and the 'campfire!

Further food for thought (quotes from the article):

'Creating comfortable spaces that reflected the world outside of the classroom...'

'Teachers...took a close look at their own homes to see how they work and talk with their families.'

For back to school, reimagine classroom design

Math Movies

Math Movies




Excellent must connect with this project!  Flip that classroom!  As you can probably already tell I've been aggregating ideas on my blog for flipping my classroom and creating innovated learning spaces - this wiki is a neat idea :)

Social Media Ideas

Ten ideas 

Skyping in the classroom

How to Create Social Media Guidelines for Your School | Edutopia

How to Create Social Media Guidelines for Your School | Edutopia

Flipping the Classroom - Simply Speaking

Activity 4: Writing comments – What you need to know

Activity 4: Writing comments – What you need to know

Master Classroom: Designs Inspired by Creative Minds | Edutopia

Master Classroom: Designs Inspired by Creative Minds | Edutopia

Five-Minute Film Festival: Flipped Classrooms | Edutopia

Five-Minute Film Festival: Flipped Classrooms | Edutopia

Ideas for flipping the primary classroom

 Blog post with ideas for 'flipping' the primary classroom:

Patiently waiting for my copy of...

Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education

Podcasting

Must get into podcasting!  This weekend is playtime on the iPad!

http://learninginhand.com/blog/make-your-podcast-sticky-infographic.html

21st Century Learning Spaces

Helen Malcom

Waipahihi School

Research into learning environments that promote the same pedagogical and technical considerations, which enable successful 21st century learning.

Maori Language Class

Saturday was the completion of my basic Maori Language Course at Nayland Community College.  Our class visited the Whakatu Marae.  We were welcomed on to the marae with a Powhiri, shared some kai (great homemade scones - yum!) and shared our Mihimihi :)

That was the nerve wrecking part!  We all did really well. Then we learnt about the history of the marae and more about Maori Culture.  A great day :)  Thank you to our kaiako (teacher) Ani & to Mike who lead our group at the marae.

Outlook For Someday Workshop

Its the school holidays!  Enjoyed some PLD (professional learning development) at the Outlook For Someday Workshop in Nelson.

Outlook For Someday on Prezi

Blogging as E-portfolios

In the four years that I have been blogging with students I have always set up the class blog ready for the start of the year.   I would love to set it up individual student's blogs.  First we will look at a variety of class blogs and analyse which blogs work well.  The students will learn the processes for establishing a blog so that they can create their own blog.  I aim for the blog to become the students e-portfoilos, which hopefully they will continue next year.  Choosing an e-portfolios platform has been part of my thinking for about 3 years now!  I have played around with Google Apps  and now that blogger is linked I feel that this would be an avenue worth exploring.  There will be 'can dos' and 'must dos' for the students - I think there is a need for common features amongst the students' blogs to aid navigation for students, parents, whanau & teachers e.g. labels.

Screen shot of my last class blog @ Tahunanui School