Students today have access to online information all day every day, and at the same time there are more and more fake news websites being created and shared unthinkingly. It is essential in this environment that students be guided in how to evaluate online information. Several web resources are now available to...
CONVEY INFORMATION IN AN APPEALING MANNER Many of today’s students have a preference for visual media over text-based ones, so the use of infographics has become popular for conveying information in an appealing way. With numerous free tools available online for creating infographics, you can get your learners to sum...
A great way of getting learners to re-create their understanding of a topic in a different medium is the use of the newspaper report, with headline and article. An easy to use and fun digital tool on www.fodey.com allows them to do this with an authentic-looking result. At this website learners are able to type in...
THIS EDITION OF WEBSITE WATCH WILL TAKE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, CONSIDERING HOW TO ‘WATCH A WEBSITE’ AND ESTABLISH ITS CREDIBILITY – A KEY SKILL IN THIS AGE OF INFORMATION OVERLOAD. Learners today have become used to finding information as and when they want it, usually at their fingertips, literally, and mostly...
BORED TO DEATH WITH POWER POINT? PREZI MAKE YOU DIZZY? THIS MONTH’S WEBSITE WATCH FEATURES EMAZE, A SITE THAT ALLOWS ONE TO CREATE AND EDIT, SAVE AND SHARE INCREDIBLE PRESENTATIONS ONLINE. Emaze is an easy to use, Web-based tool that lets you create appealing presentations in minutes, using templates and ready-made...
The TES.com website is one of the largest network of teachers in the world. They have various resources and forums on their site, and it now includes a great project for Teaching Shakespeare … Teaching Shakespeare offers various creative approaches to the world of the Bard, and is part of a major collaborative...
THIS MONTH’S SITE WEBSITE WATCH FEATURES SNAPGUIDE, A FREE IOS APPLICATION THAT ALLOWS YOU TO CREATE AND SHARE STEP-BY-STEP "HOW TO GUIDES." Snapguide allows one to create a guide and publish it online, using mobile devices with a combination of photographs, videos and text to explain how to do something in a clear...
GRAPHITE This month’s site Website Watch features GRAPHITE (www.graphite.org), a free platform from Common Sense Education that helps you discover the best apps, games, and websites for your classroom. A great place to find new tools for back-to-school! The community of educators at Common Sense offer a valuable site...
FEEDBACK TO IMPROVE YOUR TEACHING STYLE Often teachers only get one word of feedback a year: “satisfactory”. With no feedback, no coaching, there’s just no way to improve. Bill Gates suggests that even great teachers can get better with smart feedback — and lays out a program from his foundation to bring it to every...
USING STICKY NOTES IN THE CLASSROOM In our busy lives, we can sometimes lose sight of some of the essentials. Feedback, from students and colleagues, is vital so that you can apply remedial measures if they are required. In Part 1 I would like to share a very interesting article with you. It looks at ways in which...