27 Ways to Check for Understanding

"Checking for understanding is the foundation of teaching", according to Teacher Thought. Some of theses assessments can be performed in 90 seconds or less.

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/27-simple-ways-check-understanding/

A Study: The Role of Media in Children's Lives

"New Study Uncovers the Powerful New Role of Media in Children's Lives". Katie Lepi shares this Infographic!

http://www.edudemic.com/social-media-in-education/

Ministry Approved Software -Ontario Software Acquistion Program Advisory Committee

Representatives from both French and English boards across the province advise the Ministry of Education on the aquisition of software licenses for publicly funded schools in Ontario.  Many titles include teacher take home rights for lesson preparation.  See OSAPAC Software for a list of the Ministry of Education funded titles.

http://www.osapac.org/cms/

Addressing the needs of the Kinesthetic/Tactile Learner

The following Infographic indicates the traits of Kinesthetic/Tactile Learners and also shares ways for these students to be successful. Thanks for tweeting this out, Mario!

http://elearninginfographics.com/kinesthetictactile-learning-styles-infographic/

Web 2.0 Tool -Mural.ly

This is a visual, collaborative work space that can be shared with others. Thanks to Jonathon Butler for sharing this tool with me!

Sticking references on walls and corkboards is a common practice among creative teams. 

It’s been proven that is much easier to stay in the flow and find relations between elements by seeing the big picture.

In Mural.ly you can do the same without the need of using physical walls.

The best part is that it's really easy, just drag & drop any file to a mural like this:

You can add almost any type of document to a mural without the need to print.
It doesn't matter if it's a file on your hard drive, or a document on the web.

You can add:

•       Documents (pdf, xls, doc, ppt)
•       Images (jpeg, png, gif, psd)
•       Links (any link to any web site)
•       ZIP and RAR files

Click on the button below and try this feature in Mural.ly

Classroom Use:  presentation tool, visual brainstorming, graphic organizers, engages students, assessment of, for and as learning, collaborative work/projects, group research, creativity, away from school (distant) learning, attendance, homework assignments, tutor chats available outside school hours, publish content from various sources, link to web content, link to files, display videos, sharable, students can ask questions anytime, collaborative problem solving, accessing and sharing information via QR codes, designing storyboards and much more.

Best Reaction to a Child's Report Card

I love this video!  A must see:  Best reaction to a report card, possibly ever.

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How to Organize Class Folders for Easy Sharing

If you are interested in creating class folders that can easily be shared between teacher and student or are working on Student Portfolios, you may wish to check out
gClass Folders and Doctopus.  Thanks Andria Campanaro for sharing!

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