#EdTech Resources 06/08/2014

• The 7 characteristics of a digitally competent teacher - Daily Genius

  tags: education teacher

• Making Games: The Ultimate Project-Based Learning | MindShift

  tags: games education pbl

• 11 Bad Teaching Habits That Are Stifling Your Growth

  tags: education teaching

• Demystifying Creativity: Four Ways to Easily Foster Student Creativity | ASCD Inservice

  tags: education creativity

  • Here are some ways teachers—no matter their circumstance—can foster student creativity.

     

  • . Ask better questions. I
  • Assign more projects.
  • Let students explore and struggle.
  • Let kids design their own assessments.

• The 8 Skills Students Must Have For The Future - Edudemic

  tags: education skills

  • So what are the things that are becoming just as important as the ever-traditional ‘Reading, Writing, and Math’?

  • Necessary Skills For The Future

     
     
    1. Leadership
     
    2. Digital Literacy
     
    3. Communication
     
    4. Emotional Intelligence
     
    5. Entrepreneurship
     
    6. Global Citizenship
     
    7. Problem Solving
     
    8. Team-Working

• 7 Reasons Why Blended Learning Makes Sense | edtechdigest.com

  tags: education blended learning

  • [Blended learning] integrates face-to-face classroom time with online learning (facilitated at all times by a classroom teacher), combining the effectiveness and socialization of the classroom with technology-enhanced online materials.”

• The Power (and Peril) of Praising Your Kids -- New York Magazine

  tags: education

• The Corruption of Assessments | My Island View

  tags: education assessments

  • Grading formative assessments to measure students understanding makes little sense. They all learn in different ways and arrive at learning specific things at different times. To use formative assessment to grade a student is a misuse of the assessment. It is expected that some will get it others won’t, but that is for the teacher to understand and adjust accordingly. That is the purpose of formative assessment.

• Twitter / davesleney: 9000 bodies etched into the ...

  #MustSee - 9000 bodies etched into the Normandy sand to represent the dead on the first day of the landing #DDay70 pic.twitter.com/1znDRVyMXu — Bobby Umar (@raehanbobby) June 7, 2014

  tags: education

• Twitter / sjunkins: Students Don't Ask for PD. ...

  Students Don't Ask for PD. #EduTECH pic.twitter.com/Iq8gviTRam — Sean Junkins (@sjunkins) June 5, 2014

  tags: education

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