The Social Media Guide to Growing Your Personal Learning Network
- At September 26, 2012
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Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) are all about connecting with the people, organizations, and resources that relate to your specific interests for the purpose of continuing your education. The use of PLNs by educators continues to grow with the help of social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. These popular social media sites allow millions of educators [...]
Read More»New OLE Features for Back to School That You Can’t Miss
- At September 26, 2012
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The OLE Team was busy this summer working on new features that will make you wonder how you ever lived without them! Personalized RSS Feeds Now you can add your own favorite RSS feeds into OLE, so you can quickly access all your favorite Web news and more right inside the OLE website. Test [...]
Read More»STEM on OLE: Today’s Students…Tomorrow’s Innovators!
- At September 26, 2012
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Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) permeate our lives. Education experts agree that all of our students need more exposure to the thinking and practices of scientists, engineers, and mathematicians. Recent data shows troubling signs that students in the United States should be doing better in math and science. For example, American students ranked 21st [...]
Read More»Using the iPad to Evaluate and Make Data-Driven Decisions
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Data is incredibly important in the life of a 21st-century teacher. Our schools are evaluated based on student data. We are evaluated based on student data. And most importantly, our students’ achievement is measured in student data. iPads make data collection and application easy and paperless. Here’s how teachers can use them to improve their teaching. [...]
Read More»Know Your Plants: Untamed Science Video
- At September 22, 2012
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This Week: Know Your Plants Description Plants are some of the coolest organisms on the planet. Unlike animals, they have to survive without moving. Despite not being able to move, plants are diverse and have some amazing characteristics—you don’t want to overlook them! This video is a great start for both students and teachers. It [...]
Read More»Curiosity Landed on Mars
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Live Landing Spatial exploration fascinates a lot of people because it pushes the boundary of human knowledge. Space remains mostly unknown, and Mars is so far away and seems unreachable. Scientists have sent devices to Mars before, but Curiosity is the most ambitious technical and scientific project thus far. On August 5, 3.2 million people [...]
Read More»The Scientific Method: A Blended Learning Lesson
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This fall, I’ve transitioned into using project-based learning (PBL) as the core instructional model in my classroom. Already in their fourth week of school, my students are reaching the end of their first major project called Consumer Product Reports. Throughout the course of the project, my students have learned about the scientific method and good experimental [...]
Read More»Ecology with a Twist of Lyme Disease: Untamed Science Video
- At September 11, 2012
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This Week: Ecology with a Twist of Lyme Disease Description With all the talk lately about infectious diseases from animals—like West Nile, Bird Flu and Swine Flu—we explore a disease that has been around a long time and affects far more people, Lyme Disease. Lyme Disease is spread by ticks, and it is caused by [...]
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