Educational Origami

This last week has been quiet on the blogging front as I have been busy with examinations and marking. It is fair to say that I have been reflecting on my own marking and the comments colleagues have been making too.
As our curriculum gears itself towards 21st century education and the 21st century learner, assessment [...]

This is an excellent collection of tools that have been categorised under three headings – Visual Learners, Auditory Learners and Kinestheic learners. This is a modified VARK format.

http://www.collegeathome.com/blog/2008/06/10/100-helpful-web-tools-for-every-kind-of-learner/
Its an excellent post and one I will be using to update my own resource materials on VARK.
The thing that excites me the most is that not [...]

A colleague just sent this through to me. He was doing so research using wikipedia for science and scientists.

The entry has been edited with rather juvenile additions. This is disappointing as we don’t need this sort of vandalism.
However, as a teaching opportunity this is useful, it does highlight the risks of a trust based model [...]

This is a great video, a great message, a great site and a great cause.
THE GIRL EFFECT
Watch the video on youtube or the girl effect website.
The Message is simple, its honest and its clear. Take care of the girls in the villages, provide them with an education, support them rather than abuse [...]

One of my current blog topics is 21st Century teaching and learning. I have written a number of posts on this topic.
I believe there are three factors or areas that key to 21st century teaching and learning:

The 21st Century teacher and learner

The 21st Century Learning space

Facilitating 21st Century learning by changing

resourcing

teaching skills

the curriculum

I have combined [...]

Robin Good’s – A Beginner’s blog publishing guide
This is a really good resource for staff (and student) professional development. It covers:

what is a blog
why should I write it
platforms
blogging from the desktop
what should I write about
Publising your blog
image sources
resources

Its a thorough detailed and useful guide and one I will be using with m,y students and staff

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I blogged a while ago on 21st Century Learning spaces. I believe that we must change not only what we teach, how we teach it, when we teach it but also the spaces we teach in.
Classrooms must reflect the learning paradigm we use and the audience we are addressing. Fundamentally classroom design has not changed [...]

http://hcmc.uvic.ca/clipart/
This is a clipart resource of about 3000 images designed for teaching languages. I found these image when I went to half baked softwares website to look for an update to Hot Potatoes.
Here is what they say about themselves…
“This library consists of about 3000 images which we hope will be useful in the teaching [...]

http://www.commoncraft.com/socialmedia
These guys are great. Another video from the Commoncraft Show.
I would have to say that these are some of the best professional development resources about. Simple, straight forwarded and fun.
Here is the blurb on the latest offering
“This video focuses on basics of social media: new technology that makes everyone a producer and tools that give [...]