Hard to believe it is March 1 already. This has been quite the busy week. Snow apparently coming to Virginia tonight. Here are my weekly Diigo sites. I am working on another blog post today that will hopefully be up before tonight. Enjoy!
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3 Ways to Make Meaningful Connections with Your Students | Edutopia
Some idea on building relationships with your students
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How to Screencast in 3 Simple Steps
Here is s cool tool that you can use to record what you do on the promethean board. You can then save it and post it to YouTube.
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When, And How, To Let Learners Struggle « Annie Murphy Paul
Some interesting thoughts on the benefits of failing
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Read With Me: 5 Tips to Foster a Love for Reading | Edutopia
These tips can apply to EVERY subject
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Five steps to a successful blended learning program | eSchool News | eSchool News
Some ways to ensure your blended learning efforts are successful
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Top 100 Apps of the Year | Tech Learning
There is something for everyone on this list
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– Top 20 Sites and Apps for Creating Timelines
Some great apps for creating timelines in your classrooms
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10 elements of great digital content for young learners | eSchool News | eSchool News
Here are some tips for vetting digital content
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Getting to grips with project based learning | Teach them English
Here are some guidelines for setting up project based learning
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Free Technology for Teachers: Learn Spanish With Spanish Is Your Amigo
Spanish teachers, here is a resource to help reinforce the language with your students
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Free Technology for Teachers: 60 Second Civics Offers Great Civics Lessons Starters
Civics lesson ideas.
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Free Technology for Teachers: An Interactive Story About the Dust Bowl
Great interactive resource for the dust bowl period for English and Social Studies teachers
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Padlet is s great tool for students rouse when organizing thoughts and planing a project
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Free Technology for Teachers: Lots of Great WWI Lesson Materials from the BBC
Social Studies teachers, here are some really good WWI lesson plan resources
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Free Technology for Teachers: Hemingway Helps You Analyze Your Writing
English teachers, this looks like a promising site to help your students evaluate their writing
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Free Technology for Teachers: Students Learn About the Science of Hearing on The Interactive Ear
Science and Health/PE teachers, this one is for you
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Free Technology for Teachers: How to Add Free Apps to Your Edmodo Group
Looking for a few ways to spice up your Edmodo page? Try some free apps
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Free Technology for Teachers: Browse Hundreds of Old Newspapers in the Google News Newspaper Archive
Some resources for research and background information from primary source materials
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Free Technology for Teachers: How to Use Google Slides to Organize Research
Here are some tips on using Google Slides to organize a research project
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10 vetted resources for education apps | eSchool News | eSchool News
Here are some great sites for education apps
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