Articles+of+Interest

=Articles of Interest=

This page is for anyone to add a link to an article that they found online that is of interest. In order to stay up to date when adding a link insert your link, with a brief overview at the top of the section - so the latest news appears.

Lets see what we get 16/5/2011 - I am currently learning how to build a tag cloud, I haven't tagged any articles yet, but will learn and then this feature will hopefully be very useful, bear with me Grade 3 looked at this page at 11:46 on Friday May 27th 2011 =include component="tagCloud"=

What I Found
9/6/2011 - [|Internet Pirates Extorting Thousands $ from International Teaching Candidates] - Came to me from a friend, a very cautionary tale

1/6/2011 - [|Moreno Valley school switches to virtual frog dissections] - wave of the future? I know I don't miss the smell!

1/6/2011 - [|It's the Last Dance] - Ideas to reflect back on another wonderful year of reading

1/6/2011 - [|Team Teaching: How to Work with a Partner] - interesting blog entry about how to pick the right peer to work with

30/5/2011 - [|New Study Sees Little Benefit for Staff Development in Math] - The research set up is interesting to consider in this piece. Not sure I agree with the outcomes, I truly believe more knowledge increases confidence in the delivery of learning in the classroom

27/5/2011 - [|'Play first' lunch gaining ground in Pleasanton school district] - Here is an idea worth a thought or two.

26/5/2011 - [|Tests for Pupils, but the Grades Go to Teachers] - Here is what NYC is moving into for teacher appraisal, what do you think?

25/5/2011 - [|Teaching Grammar: There Has to Be a Better Way (And There Is!)] - A fresh approach to the tricks of forming and teaching sentence formation. Let me know if you try it with your students

25/5/2011 - [|Principals Call for Mobile and Social Technologies in Schools By David Nagel] - Short piece but one that interested me but reinforcing the idea that we need to educate students in all tech not look at ways to block them off

19/5/2011 - [|Passion-Based Learning: An Interview with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach] - You can never get enough passion

17/5/2011 - [|How the Flipped Classroom Is Radically Transforming Learning] - Read how two teachers 'flipped' their practice and got excited!

17/5/2011 - [|The future of the library] - An interesting look at the future for the library, nice connection to passion in the blog

16/5/2011[| New report cites need for more arts integration] - More support for what we know is good for learning

16/5/2011 - [|Schools see rising scores with iPads] - Not only are scores increasing so too is the use of this tool to assist and support so much content

16/5/2011 - [|When Parents Help in Your Classroom] - An article for new teachers, but a nice reminder if you feel you want more parental involvement

16/5/2011 - [|Desire to Please Parents Motivates Kids at School] - A look at the cultural differences connected to motivation, good link to the range of students we work with

13/5/2011 - [|Coal Curriculum] - A disturbing look at how produce placement is entering schools in the US - case study here is the coal industry

13/5/2011 - [|Trust, Professionalism, and Truth] - An interesting look at Education in Finland and the US. The part on mistakes is very thought-provoking

11/5/2011 - [|Can Learning Really Be Fun and Games?] - A game based curriculum - the next leap forward? You decide

11/5/2011 - [|Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness] - This article looks at the effectiveness of observing teachers and explains what a group of schools in the US are doing to improve their system, quite timely for our needs!

6/5/2011 - [|Five Simple Techniques to Incorporate Social and Emotional Learning] - Wellness can be a buzzword or it can be an approach to support all our learners - even ourselves

4/5/2011 - [|How to Unleash Your Creativity] - An article from Lauren, from O magazine - Oprah will save us all.

4/5/2011 - [|Going Beyond Teacher Appreciation Day]- Hmmm, what do you think? Looking at developing our appraisal and mentoring the role of appreciation is interesting

4/5/2011 - [|Parents and teachers struggle with how to discuss Osama bin Laden's death] - Not the greatest insight into this event, but could help upper grades with a discussion - refers to a Disney school (the future?)

4/5/2011 - [|Educational Sites Provide Ample Fodder for Plagiarism] - A look at where students are copying from. New IBO standards and practices reinforces academic honesty, so this article is a good update

28/4/2011 - [|Unanswered questions about standardized tests] - Some more information for those of us who need more about testing

27/4/2011 - [|A System of Learners] - part of a series of articles about school reform for the future

27/4/2011 - [|Myth of Bell-to-Bell Instruction Vs. "Golden Rule of 15 Minutes"] - How do you structure you learning experiences? Here is one teachers approach

26/4/2011 - [|A Better Way to Teach Math] - Love the opening paragraph about the shame of saying I'm illiterate, but everyone says I can't do maths!

26/4/2011 - [|Nine Hot Web Tools for Students] - Take a look and see if these help to make a change or innovate your practice

8/4/2011 - [|Published Online: April 6, 2011 collection logo Complete Coverage More Helping Students Motivate Themselves] - If you like Daniel Pink and motivation then have a look at this

8/4/2011 -[|The Knowledge Funnel: A New Model for Learning by Elliot Washor and Charles Mojkowski] - an interesting look at trying to work from mystery to algorithm

6/4/2011 - [|Skype Creates Exchange Platform For Teachers] - This is very interesting and very exciting - have a go

6/4/2011 - [|Role of Science Learning Outside of School Grows] - I have a theory that all our questions are based on our pursuit of a science - check what your students are thinking about outside of school and see how my theory goes

5/4/2011 - [|Blogging encourages writing] - Looking at a school using blogging to promote writing with young writers

4/4/2011 - [|International school typifies Sendai's community spirit] - Article from Dan,Alice from their old school, sad but wonderful insight into the recent Japanese earthquake

4/4/2011 - [|New Tricks for Little Fingers] - Short artlcle looking at new approaches to Math teaching for young ones

4/4/2011 - [|Building Imaginary Worlds and Learning] - Looks at a teacher who has integrated an open-ended video game into their learning environment

1/4/2011 - [|Anonymous Bullying on Social Network Seeps Into Schools] - Further look into cyber-bullying

1/4/2011 - [|Ipads put tech in schools] - A look at the discussion around Ipads being used in schools