Websites for Education
http://www.designlearning.org/ This website is for people interested in learning more about how to design courses for greater student engagement and better student learning. Teachers Share Top Digital Tools Of The Trade Teachers are using a range of apps — many of them free — to harness mobile technology in the classroom. http://www.poetryfoundation.org The Poetry Foundation works to place poetry before the widest possible audience and raise it to a more visible and influential position in American culture. The Poetry Foundation helps support an enhanced presence for poetry in each of the major media channels: print, radio, television, film, and new media. http://www.ted.com TED shares ideas from a broad spectrum from science to business to global issues. http://elearnmag.acm.org The website features articles, blog, topics including mobile learning, lifelong learning, design and development, best practices, research & case studies. http://www.freetech4teachers Sources of Free Sound Effects and Music for Multimedia Projects. |
http://www.learningandteaching.info/ This three-section site explores learning and teaching in college, adult and professional education. There are some mind mapping examples, too. He defines Constructivism and gives its history as well as other theories. http://www.studentguide.org/37-great-resources-on-instructional-design/ A list of 37 resources on instructional design. It offers detailed and accurate information, and were written by professors, administrators, designers, and other authoritative sources. Check it out to find ways to improve your learning environment. Online Teaching Activity Index ION is always trying to further the knowledge of online education. In the course of our research and practice, we come across many best practices in online teaching. This index represents a compilation of those activities to help instructors plan their online and hybrid courses. http://ditchthattextbook.com/2016/02/08/20-resources-for-engaging-game-based-learning/ Bringing aspects of games into the classroom can be highly motivational and engaging, making content stick. Here are some resources. "Poetry Writing and Analysis Guide" (http://www.supersummary.com/poetry-guide/) This guide provides information and resources to help visitors learn about poetry, how to read and to analyze it. |
http://www.designingforlearning.info/services/writing/ecoach/tenbest.html Here are ten best practices for anyone just getting started in the online environment. Using these practices can help develop confidence, comfort, and experience in teaching online. https://www.teachingchannel.org/ Teaching Channel is a video showcase -- on the Internet and TV -- of innovative and effective teaching practices in America's schools. http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/05/a-wonderful-blogging-rubric-for.html This rubric is intended to help you evaluate students blogs along a set of pre-defined academic criteria. This rubric use six criteria to evaluate students blogging activities. http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/index.htm Authentic Assessment Toolbox is a how-to text on creating authentic tasks, rubrics, and standards for measuring and improving student learning. http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/06/18-free-mind-mapping-tools-for-teachers.html This is a list of some of the best free mapping tools for teachers and students to use. https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/teachers-guide-to-cybersecurity/ This guide is helpful in understanding cybersecurity issues and gives helpful tips and advice on how to avoid the dangers that instructors and students may face in this digital age of teaching and learning. |