I found an article on NPR that pulled a lot of information from a story done by American Radio Works. It talks a lot about teachers embracing and rejecting Common Core as well as how students feel about the changes. There is also several examples of Common Core style tests.
Check it out: Greater Expectations, Common Core tests to try
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Personal Learning Networks
I think that the idea of having a PLN is huge. For the most part PLNs that we find ourselves using day to day are very informal and may not be recognize as more that a good friend with advice, or a family member with an expertise. Now that we are all connected online, we have the ability to seek out experts in any field and pick their brains.
In my experience I have been a very selfish user of PLNs outside of face to face experience sharing. My biggest tool is youtube by far. When ever I am trying to build something new, make a repair, or find a new strategy i head to YouTube. They knowledge shared may not always be given by experts, but it informs me enough to take an educated next step.
When it comes to education my most valued PLN is Pintrest. Again it is another very selfish way to find information. If you are planning a new lesson and want to find a fun game or some worksheets to use, look on Pintrest. If you are looking for great recipes to share with you students or your family, look on Pintrest. It is a one stop shop.
Cauliflower Pizza Crust
Rhyming Activities
Both of theses platforms survive by the content that their users provide. It is easy to remain anonymous like I have and consume knowledge without giving back. That is the struggle. We all have to find our expertise and share that with the world.
In my experience I have been a very selfish user of PLNs outside of face to face experience sharing. My biggest tool is youtube by far. When ever I am trying to build something new, make a repair, or find a new strategy i head to YouTube. They knowledge shared may not always be given by experts, but it informs me enough to take an educated next step.
When it comes to education my most valued PLN is Pintrest. Again it is another very selfish way to find information. If you are planning a new lesson and want to find a fun game or some worksheets to use, look on Pintrest. If you are looking for great recipes to share with you students or your family, look on Pintrest. It is a one stop shop.
Cauliflower Pizza Crust
Rhyming Activities
Both of theses platforms survive by the content that their users provide. It is easy to remain anonymous like I have and consume knowledge without giving back. That is the struggle. We all have to find our expertise and share that with the world.
Inspiration Software
During one of our Saturday classes with the SPED gang a lot of the educators mentioned Inspiration as something that they often used. At that time I was unaware of what inspiration had to offer. After having heard about it from multiple people I thought it would to check out.
Inspiration is a web based company that offers a variety of software to help enhance the classroom. There are a lot of great tools that i would recommend using. The couple that i found the most useful or could see myself bringing into the classroom would be their graphic organizer tools. There are a lot of programs out their that can get the same job done and I don't know that I would recommend Inspiration of others.
Their software packages also have a lot of great information built in such as how to align lessons or units to common core standards. I looks like they are pushing towards web based tools that promote easy access and collaboration between both students and teachers. This web based program is called Webspiration Classroom. It is similar to the basics of google drive with a lot more visual tools for students.
The only down side of the Inspiration software is that there is a cost. The plus side is that Inspiration offer a 30 day free trial on all of its software whether it is desktop based or web based so you can try before you buy. If the software benefits your classroom, you can pay the price and upload the software to all you devices.
Check it out at http://www.inspiration.com/
Free Trials at http://www.inspiration.com/freetrial
Inspiration is a web based company that offers a variety of software to help enhance the classroom. There are a lot of great tools that i would recommend using. The couple that i found the most useful or could see myself bringing into the classroom would be their graphic organizer tools. There are a lot of programs out their that can get the same job done and I don't know that I would recommend Inspiration of others.
Their software packages also have a lot of great information built in such as how to align lessons or units to common core standards. I looks like they are pushing towards web based tools that promote easy access and collaboration between both students and teachers. This web based program is called Webspiration Classroom. It is similar to the basics of google drive with a lot more visual tools for students.
The only down side of the Inspiration software is that there is a cost. The plus side is that Inspiration offer a 30 day free trial on all of its software whether it is desktop based or web based so you can try before you buy. If the software benefits your classroom, you can pay the price and upload the software to all you devices.
Check it out at http://www.inspiration.com/
Free Trials at http://www.inspiration.com/freetrial
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