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How to be a Great Teaching Mentor or to find a teaching mentor. What great mentors do to help new teachers succeed, what techniques they use and advice they give. 
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by Poppy Gibson. Augmented Reality (AR) is cutting-edge technology that allows for a digitally enhanced view of the real world, uncovering hidden images, videos and texts to the user when the 'trigger' (or 'marker') image or item is scanned by a camera, adding layers of digital information directly on top of objects around us.
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Libraries know digital literacy; they’ve been the go-to resource for their communities for years. Yet the need continues to grow as the demand for basic skills intensifies and new skills emerge. Whether supporting job hunters, students, older adults, or anyone seeking new technology knowledge, trainers in libraries are using curricula, resources, and tools to help people in their communities advance their digital proficiency. In this webinar, Digital Literacy: Libraries Respond to Community Needs, presenters shared practical ways for all libraries to address digital literacy programming and training—from classroom settings, drop-in classes, or responding to patron needs on the fly. A key theme with the three presenters was, “Don’t reinvent the wheelâ€, and that
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10+ Game-Based Learning Resources: From Practical Applications To Academic Theory
[snip] Games are being developed at an exponential rate for in-class application and have a scope that goes far beyond the Oregon Trail. Below are some resources that may help interested teachers, administrators and parents understand how digital game-based learning can enhance the educational experience for students.
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A few months ago I started to create how-to videos on a more regular basis. I've been adding those videos to a YouTube playlist that I call Practical Ed Tech Tips.
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Critical thinking is the study of clear and unclear thinking. A simple definition, maybe, but that's how it should be. The term was popularised long ago-
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Editor's note: This post is co-authored by Marcus Conyers who, with Donna Wilson, is co-developer of the M.S. and Ed.S. Brain-Based Teaching degree programs at Nova Southeastern University.
During the school year, students are expected to listen to and absorb vast amounts of content. But how much time has been devoted to equipping students with ways to disconnect from their own internal dialogue (self-talk) and to focus their attention fully on academic content that is being presented? Listening is hard work even for adults. When students are unable to listen effectively, classroom management issues arise.
Sue Gaardboe's curator insight,
January 24, 2014 3:32 AM
Teaching the difference between hearing (acknowledging there is a noise but not necessarily engaging the brain to understand the sound) and listening (consciously trying to make sense of the sound) would be a good first step too. 
Funda Sahillioglu's curator insight,
January 24, 2014 11:58 AM
listening plays grat importance in classroom management |
