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Monthly Archives: January 2015

Rethinking Teacher Time Infographic – e-Learning Infographics

The Rethinking Teacher Time Infographic presents 3 recommendations from 15 teacher leaders and one administrator from CTQ-KY, a virtual community of more than 140 educators from across Kentucky

Source: elearninginfographics.com

I like these ideas and am happy that my current school implements many of them.  Some key points include time for planning, teacher-driven professional learning communities, and classroom structures.

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12 Mistakes Schools Make When Introducing The Next Big Thing –

12 Mistakes Schools Make When Introducing The Next Big Thing by Grant Wiggins Ed note: This post by Grant focuses on mistakes schools make when introducing Understanding by Design in schools. Certainly for that focus,…

Source: www.teachthought.com

I would argue that these mistakes lend well to many things beyond just Understanding by Design (UbD).  For example, these ideas could transfer to system switches of things like computer course management, student reporting, or assessment systems.

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Instructables – DIY How To Make Instructions

Instructables is a place that lets you explore, document, and share your DIY creations.

Source: www.instructables.com

Along the same lines as DIY.org, this site teaches anyone how to make almost anything.  Search for something according to a theme, technology, workshop, living, food, play, and outside.  There are forums, answers, and groups to join.  What more could a teacher or parent ask for to send kids to for ideas about what they would like to make.

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Kids Learning Skills and Being Awesome. – DIY

Online community for learning skills and being awesome.

Source: diy.org

You can learn almost anything through this site, but best of all it is also a social network that allows people to earn new levels and get badges and all that.  Cool.

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