A must-see for every parent and teacher. Education guru Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. Sir Ken Robinson is author of "Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative," and a leading expert on innovation in education and business.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Monday, April 7, 2008
April Showers
Step right up and we will kick things off with:
Creating Life Long Learners shares his new video Mr. Winkle Goes to School: Movies for Professional Development about the need for modernizing schools in the face of a changing world to include technology integration, project based learning, etc.
Active Learning News
Life-Long Learner, Life-Wide Learner urges that we imagine 1 day - lowering the barriers to education
Heather Johnson submitted her suggestions for free online courses available from Yale.
LJworld reports on a study that seems to verify homework’s value.
Red Orbit reports on an ANOVA’s student descriptions of the ideal professor .
TES reports on a teaching programme adapted from a school in the Basque country in northern Spain that has helped St Timothy’s Primary in Glasgow’s east end win accolades.
ABC news reports that “The PBS Kids Web site has long been a go-to destination for parents looking for quality online content for preschoolers. But now that same organization has come up with a more robust option, called PBS Kids Play! “
Thoughts about Teaching and Learning
Thoughts outside the Indonesian Box reminds us of how important Thinking Outside the Curriculum is.
Pair of dimes for your thought reflects on Synthesize and Add Meaning .
Digital Digs critiques writing assignments that discourage critical thinking in More Tales from the Third Grade Classroom .
Life, Love and Learning poses Three Types of Action.
Active Learning Techniques
ALPS – Harvard universities website on Active Learning Practices for Schools
Andrew Rondeau has written a guest post about using Story Telling to Inspire Audiences .
College degree shares 15 Facebook Apps.
Coms 4771 shares a list of active learning techniques for Teaching Computer Science.
90 Low Cost Activities that might inspire ideas for the classroom.
Smart Brains submitted a brain teaser on how to Exercise our Visuospatial Skills/ Parietal Lobes, by Pascale Michelon.
Stepen Downes recommends How to Create a Great PowerPoint without Breaking the Law .
University of Minnesota has a great tutorial on Active Learning with PowerPoint.
Zaid Alsagoff discusses Coaching Critical Thinking to Think Creatively!
Preschool
Mesoj encourages parents to actively involve their child in reading and learning a new language in How to Encourage Early Language Development .
Primary
Caroline Gibso describes her experiments with Children Teaching Each Other.
University
Academic Technologies claims Want to Record your Lecture? I’ll Try to Talk you Out of It!
Psych Matters shares great suggestions about Preparing for an Essay Exam.
E-Learning
Rika provided some great examples of Evaluation Methods.
E Learning 4 Schools was prolific this month, he submitted
Lesson Plans submitted Reading Log For Activators And Other Assignments .
Teachers Call shares Pronunciation Software to Improve English Pronunciation
Next Edition
Thank you to everyone who submitted this month. Submit your blog article to the next edition of active learning blog carnival using our carnival submission form before May 9th.
Creating Life Long Learners shares his new video Mr. Winkle Goes to School: Movies for Professional Development about the need for modernizing schools in the face of a changing world to include technology integration, project based learning, etc.
Active Learning News
Life-Long Learner, Life-Wide Learner urges that we imagine 1 day - lowering the barriers to education
Heather Johnson submitted her suggestions for free online courses available from Yale.
LJworld reports on a study that seems to verify homework’s value.
Red Orbit reports on an ANOVA’s student descriptions of the ideal professor .
TES reports on a teaching programme adapted from a school in the Basque country in northern Spain that has helped St Timothy’s Primary in Glasgow’s east end win accolades.
ABC news reports that “The PBS Kids Web site has long been a go-to destination for parents looking for quality online content for preschoolers. But now that same organization has come up with a more robust option, called PBS Kids Play! “
Thoughts about Teaching and Learning
Thoughts outside the Indonesian Box reminds us of how important Thinking Outside the Curriculum is.
Pair of dimes for your thought reflects on Synthesize and Add Meaning .
Digital Digs critiques writing assignments that discourage critical thinking in More Tales from the Third Grade Classroom .
Life, Love and Learning poses Three Types of Action.
Active Learning Techniques
ALPS – Harvard universities website on Active Learning Practices for Schools
Andrew Rondeau has written a guest post about using Story Telling to Inspire Audiences .
College degree shares 15 Facebook Apps.
Coms 4771 shares a list of active learning techniques for Teaching Computer Science.
90 Low Cost Activities that might inspire ideas for the classroom.
Smart Brains submitted a brain teaser on how to Exercise our Visuospatial Skills/ Parietal Lobes, by Pascale Michelon.
Stepen Downes recommends How to Create a Great PowerPoint without Breaking the Law .
University of Minnesota has a great tutorial on Active Learning with PowerPoint.
Zaid Alsagoff discusses Coaching Critical Thinking to Think Creatively!
Preschool
Mesoj encourages parents to actively involve their child in reading and learning a new language in How to Encourage Early Language Development .
Primary
Caroline Gibso describes her experiments with Children Teaching Each Other.
University
Academic Technologies claims Want to Record your Lecture? I’ll Try to Talk you Out of It!
Psych Matters shares great suggestions about Preparing for an Essay Exam.
E-Learning
Rika provided some great examples of Evaluation Methods.
E Learning 4 Schools was prolific this month, he submitted
- So what is eLearning?
- Students today
- An Overview of the Changing Landscape
- Ideas for using ICT
- The Role of VLEs within the new Education Landscape
Lesson Plans submitted Reading Log For Activators And Other Assignments .
Teachers Call shares Pronunciation Software to Improve English Pronunciation
Next Edition
Thank you to everyone who submitted this month. Submit your blog article to the next edition of active learning blog carnival using our carnival submission form before May 9th.
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