How To Get Started with Twitter in 5 Easy Steps
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I’m using Twitter every day and I love this way of sharing and communicating. But Twitter can be less familiar for some of you: reading a tweet seems like a foreign language and hearing people talking about it is even weirder. No worries – this step-by-step guide will help to familiarize you with the Twitter [...]
Read More»Free Webinar: 5 Easy Ways to Quickly Build Your Personal Learning Network with Jeff Bradbury
- At February 20, 2013
- By OLE
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The OLE Community and Online Learning Exchange is all about connecting people, ideas, and best in class content for creating authentic learning experiences. We couldn’t think of a better candidate to host our webinar on building personal learning networks than Jeff Bradbury from TeacherCast.net. Jeff will share 5 easy ways for you to quickly build [...]
Read More»Hands-On Activity: Will a Meteorite Land Near Me?
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See other posts in this series: FAQs About Friday’s Fireball Meteor Strike and Asteroid Fly-By As you probably heard over the weekend, a large meteor entered the atmosphere and exploded over Russia last Friday morning. This hands-on activity will help your students grasp the likelihood that a meteorite will land at any given place on [...]
Read More»FAQs About Friday’s Fireball
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On February 15, a meteor exploded over the sky of western Siberia the same day Asteroid DA14 whizzed past Earth, as described in this other post. Students will likely have tons of questions about this eerie astronomical coincidence. Expect some lively discussions in your science classroom this week! To help you prepare, here are some [...]
Read More»Meteor Strike and Asteroid Fly-By
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Fire Over Ice On February 15, 9:20 AM local time, a flash of light filled the sky over the Chelyabinsk region of western Siberia, Russia. People looked out their windows and saw a fiery yellow object streaking across the sky from north to south. The object seemed to be breaking apart or exploding, leaving a [...]
Read More»OLE Chats with Jeff Bradbury from TeacherCast
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Back in July of 2011, while working as a high school orchestra and music theory teacher in Philadelphia, Jeff Bradbury single-handedly started TeacherCast, a teacher resources website and podcast series. In just over a year, TeacherCast has grown an organic following of over 400,000 people, and it continues to grow. I recently sat down with [...]
Read More»Educator Professional Development – New Pinterest Board on OLE
- At February 14, 2013
- By OLE
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As technology changes, infrastructure shifts, and expectations of teachers rise, it’s important to keep up with the many effective ways to share ideas and knowledge inside and outside of the classroom. Check out the new board on OLE Community’s Pinterest page, Educator Professional Development. We’ll be pinning informative and useful content regularly to provide resources [...]
Read More»Quick Tips: 3 Innovative iPad Uses Plus AppQuest Freebie
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Looking for new ways to integrate iPads into your daily work? Here are some of my favorite ideas that you probably haven’t tried yet. Get student feedback Use iPads to distribute a survey in order to assess student perceptions of your classroom. Your students will appreciate being able to voice their opinions, and it provides [...]
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