Miss Crouch's blog… I want to know…
An educator's perspective on new technologies and education
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Wow! Free Download just what every educator likes to hear! This has some great ideas and is certainly up to date. You are able to purchase the book but there is a free download option at the top of the page.
The dictionary covers various topics like de Bono’s Thinking Hats, guided and independent reading strategies, spelling strategies and more. I think every teacher needs this!
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The NSW government has officially launched program builder! Exciting! It’s a great tool I look forward to seeing the CSOs template.
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Not sure I’d text to many parents but I know I should blog more! I have to get into a routine with the students of bloggin about our class activities and learning. A new goal for next term I think.
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From iTunesU to YouTube EDU, how 7 education technology platforms have changed how we learn.
A good comparison of different edtech platforms. I haven’t used MOOCs very much or iTunesU I think it’s time to do some exploring
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I’ve started experimenting with this mind mapping tool which is now available through Google as an app. This is a very simple tool which can be easily used and manipulated to gather your ideas with students. Once you get the language of the tools you can follow keyboard shortcuts to add new nodes to your maps.
You can also use MindMup from the URL http://www.minmup.com I’ve connected mine to my google account so that I can then save directly to my Google Drive, otherwise it’s saved to the cloud and you need to keep track of your URL location.
Once you have finished creating your mind map you can then export to various formats (including as an image or table).
What I like most about this tool is the simplicity. I will be teaching my students how to use this tool and incorporating it into some pre assessment and post assessment work.
