– a Singaporean teacher's storeroom 🖖
saw this video posted on youtube last october and i chanced upon it again on TED. thought it might be good to blog it here in case i would like to visit it for more food (for thoughts) (:
This animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA’s Benjamin Franklin award.
saw this while reading will richardson‘s post on the plan, the draft US’s National Education Technology Plan 2010 is available here. will need to take some time to browse through the plan for inspirations (:
take a look at this (all too familiar?) list:
pedagogical skills
pedagogical strategies
pedagogical content knowledge
pedagogical framework
pedagogical principles
complex pedagogy
basic pedagogy
what’s the similarities and/or difference(s) among them? which is a subset of which? or which is the same as the other?
if i may quote “(i see) STARS” — LK
what do you see? 😛
learning is our core business but at times if you are asked “how do people learn?” we may not be able to give an answer outright or an explanation following the latest development in learning sciences research. chanced upon this website while looking at AifL, Learning About Learning is a very informative website. you’ll find video illustrations, checklists for evaluation, info on further reading and staff development resources for 9 areas covering:
nice (:
if you’re an EL/CL/ML/TL/any other language teacher and seeking ideas to “web2.0” your language classrooms, check out this resource put together by Alan Levine. the idea’s not too difficult:
change the tool as often as you like and you can plan unlimited ways (use a different story prompt, coupled with different media, and when more and more tools’ made available) of getting students to tell/write stories the whole year round (:
if you need an example of how it can be done, take a look at Alan’s 50+ Ways to Tell the Dominoe Story.
enjoy (: