I have been thinking about "compiling" my own textbook for my classes so things are more user-friendly for both my students and myself. I found this website that I plan to do more looking into - some of you might find it interesting as well...
http://www.academicpub.com/
I haven't done a lot of research on it yet, but some comments say this site allows you to build a custom textbook using your own material and/or publisher content. It is free for faculty and the student can get the finished book in print or eBook format
Some other places that were mentioned along with this site were:
The Learning Mag (www.thelearningmag.com)
Gooru (www.goorulearning.org)
My Big Campus www.mybigcampus.com
Iversity www.iversity.org
Not sure how many of the above links are free -- but what a great place to start compiling your own information to a textbook that is created for your class!
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Beyond Edmodo - Great Discussion Platform that is User-friendly
Discussion platform for classroom use…free website that has been a “gateway” technology for some teachers...
Google Forms - including templates!
Google forms templates -- something to definitely check out - especially since it was a focus of one PD session…
For Writing Teachers
Writing prompt site that uses pictures - interesting spin on an old classic…
Persuasive writing versus argumentative writing...a teaching approach
Monday, December 2, 2013
Writing Tools - continued!
I just found out about this website - what a great editing tool to let students see at what level they are writing, and to encourage them to increase their levels!
I like the creative writing ideas provided on this site as well - check it out!
I like the creative writing ideas provided on this site as well - check it out!
Questioning Toolkit
I am constantly struggling with getting my students to engage in class and ask good questions about what they are reading and discussing -- maybe implementing something like this district-wide (or smaller scale in my classroom) would encourage students to know how to ask questions...
A Questioning Toolkit
A Questioning Toolkit
Each district should create a Questioning Toolkit which contains several dozen kinds of questions and questioning tools. This Questioning Toolkit should be printed in large type on posters which reside on classroom walls close by networked, information-rich computers.
Portions of the Questioning Toolkit should be introduced as early as Kindergarten so that students can bring powerful questioning technologies and techniques with them as they arrive in high school.
To Flip, or Not to Flip -- That is the Question...
I have an ongoing struggle within myself about whether or not I should try flipping my class again, and how that would look, and if it would be successful. This article includes some of the biggest hurdles in flipping the classroom - and also provides a lot of other links giving information about flipping -- I think that it will help me to make a more informed decision -- maybe it will be helpful to you too!
Backwards Design
Sometimes, lately, I have become overwhelmed by all of the "new" "cutting edge" ways of doing things, that I have lost sight of some of the "classics" that need to be at the base of what I do. I was really inspired by the idea of backwards design (UbD) when I last wrote curriculum -- however, I have not really used it since. This is a great interview, along with other links, that brings me back to what UbD is and how to apply it more usefully in my classroom!
Creative Writing
Looking for some suggestions for students to write creatively in your classroom? Here are some really cute suggestions from Pixar...really userfriendly!
http://adventuresinpd.edublogs.org/2013/11/27/make-a-powerful-point-pixars-22-rules-to-phenomenal-storytelling/
http://adventuresinpd.edublogs.org/2013/11/27/make-a-powerful-point-pixars-22-rules-to-phenomenal-storytelling/
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