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All the links included have been recommended by teachers and consultants, we are not responsible for the content of any of these sites and inclusion in this list does not imply an endorsement by the FGEB.
Thanks to all those teachers who have contributed to this site.
If you would like to contribute to this site, please do so by contacting mariainesbrumana@gmail.com
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Quote for the month:
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
-- Albert Einstein
"I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework." by Edith Ann, [Lily Tomlin]
Want to start the day with inspiring news? www.greatpeople.tv
"What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child."
--George Bernard Shaw
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Creativity Boost: How to Tap into Right-Brain Thinking: We've all heard that we need to tap into our creative right brains. But how? Martha Beck offers a few fruitful ways to branch out.
http://www.oprah.com/spirit/How-to-Tap-into-the-Right-Side-of-Your-Brain-Martha-Beck-Advice
Music Training Enhances Children’s Verbal Intelligence
Canadian researchers report the verbal intelligence of 4- to 6-year-olds rises after only one month of musical training. http://www.miller-mccune.com/education/music-training-enhances-childrens-verbal-intelligence-36701/
Common Core: Using Standards to Engage Parents as Educational Partners Parents desperately want their children get good grades, be accepted into college, be employable, and be prepared to compete in world markets. Their cries for accountability and higher student achievement have brought about standards and standards-based testing. http://www.teachhub.com/common-core-parents
Studies suggest students should be praised for effort over smarts
Studies have shown that praising students for intelligence and good grades, rather than effort, can lead them to focus on the grade rather than the learning process. Designating students as different types of learners also can lead students to believe that working hard means they are not smart, according to research by Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, associate professor of psychology at UC Berkeley. "People have aptitudes that are undeniable," he said. "We can't all be geniuses, but we can all access learning." http://www.smartbrief.com/news/ascd/storyDetails.jsp?issueid=30E24030-6115-4567-8DED-490099AF878D©id=4562A08A-A2A6-4173-A476-D889FB882835&campaign=facebook&ref=facebook4562A08A-A2A6-4173-A476-D889FB882835 What would happen if one of the wealthiest men in the world decided to remake the institution of public education in America? What if that man believed he understood the secrets to success, and sought to align the nation's schools to his vision and methods? What if he decided to devote all his time and considerable money to this objective? Could he succeed? We are in the process of finding out just how far money and a sharply defined agenda can take you. http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/living-in-dialogue/2011/11/bill_gates_shows_us_how_much_c.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campa
How to support teachers in implementing technology in school Elementary-school computer teacher Mary Beth Hertz in a blog post suggests ways that schools can support teachers in integrating technology into the classroom. Rather than depending on the IT department or a single technology integration specialist, schools should enlist both mentors and coaches -- who serve two distinct roles, Hertz writes. Mentors help colleagues get started with an idea they already have been practicing, while coaches provide regular support on getting started with the specific technology, she explains. http://www.smartbrief.com/news/ascd/storyDetails.jsp?issueid=15A547BD-6416-40ED-9B12-E92A18D5788E©id=40BE0031-C3A7-4BB6-8B5E-D2E57FEA09E1&campaign=facebook&ref=facebook40BE0031-C3A7-4BB6-8B5E-D2E57FEA09E1
Can an iPad or Some Other Form of Technology Transform Education for Our Kids and Their Failing Schools? http://opinion.foxnews.mobi/quickPage.html?page=34606&content=50771373&pageNum=-1
What to do after reading a story:
http://eltgoestothemovies.blogspot.com/2011/08/emergency-what-to-do-after-working-with.html
Screen Capture for Feedback
http://www.russellstannard.com/research.html
Visual Learners and how they are disadvantaged in our schools
http://dr-roy.info/cgi-bin/download.cgi
The Future of Reading and Writing is Collaborative
http://spotlight.macfound.org/featured-stories/entry/the-future-of-reading-and-writing-is-collaborative/
What is Web 2.0? Ideas, technologies and implications for Education
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/techwatch/tsw0701b.pdf |
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Pop quiz: When does learning begin? Answer: Before we are born. Science writer Annie Murphy Paul talks through new research that shows how much we learn in the womb -- from the lilt of our native language to our soon-to-be-favorite foods.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stngBN4hp14&feature=uploademail
Sir Ken Robinson, PhD is an internationally recognized leader in the development of education, creativity and innovation. He is also one of the world’s leading speakers with a profound impact on audiences everywhere. The videos of his famous 2006 and 2010 talks to the prestigious TED Conference have been seen by an estimated 200 million people in over 150 countries.
He works with governments in Europe, Asia and the USA, with international agencies, Fortune 500 companies and some of the world’s leading cultural organizations. In 1998, he led a national commission on creativity, education and the economy for the UK Government. All Our Futures: Creativity, Culture and Education(The Robinson Report) was published to wide acclaim in 1999. He was the central figure in developing a strategy for creative and economic development as part of the Peace Process in Northern Ireland, working with the ministers for training, education enterprise and culture. The resulting blueprint for change, Unlocking Creativity, was adopted by politicians of all parties and by business, education and cultural leaders across the Province. http://tedxlondon.com/portfolio/sir-ken-robinson/gallery/videos/
Present Perfect ESL English Verb Grammar Rap with Fluency MC (Mr. StickStuckStuck!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDl3T339718&feature=share
Gabe Zichermann: How games make kids smarter http://www.ted.com/talks/gabe_zichermann_how_games_make_kids_smarter.html#.TtzQsF-BoTk.facebook.
How I Use Schoology- Video #1-Sanders
https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/216725561675001/
Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education de TEDtalksDirector |
Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects. He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script -- give students video lectures to watch at home, and do "homework" in the classroom with the teacher available to help. http://www.youtube.com/user/tedtalksdirector?blend=1&ob=4#p/u/0/nTFEUsudhfs
KhanAcademy - Watch. Practice. Learn almost anything for free. With a library of over 2,700 videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and 240 practice exercises, we're on a mission to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace. http://www.khanacademy.org/#browse
Patricia Kuhl shares astonishing findings about how babies learn one language over another -- by listening to the humans around them and "taking statistics" on the sounds they need to know. Clever lab experiments (and brain scans) show how 6-month-old babies use sophisticated reasoning to understand their world. http://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_kuhl_the_linguistic_genius_of_babies.html
Collo! www.ColloandSPARK.com Original educational games and music to build skills in English, math, social studies, science, and foreign languages.
Thomas Suarez: A 12-year-old app developer
Classroom Management tip for the day by Darleana McHenry
http://stcarriescenter.com/
Sir Kevin Robinson and his EXCELLENT lecture animated: Changing the Education Paradigm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATCqh-OjSuw&feature=related
Brain Integrated Learning is a way of maximising learning effectiveness by ensuring that learning fully
engages the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
This video is concerned with Preview, Overview, Read, an established technique for improving
reading speed and comprehension, given a new slant through the application of metacognition to the process.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFF1v7z8LfM
Russell Stannard Explains his video feedback methodology
http://profesorbaker.wordpress.com/2011/07/02/russell-stannard-explains-his-video-feedback-methodology/
Russell Stannard presents 10 Great Sites for March 2011 on-line training videos
http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/march2011/index.html
Can Learning Really Be Fun and Games? (Maths)
http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/05/can-learning-really-be-fun-and-games/
Brainwaves - Better Learning in School and Beyond What stops children learning effectively in school?
Excellent presentation by David Hughes
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Conferences, Courses, Workshops, Lectures, Classes |
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Links to interesting blogs, sites and resources |
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Sites for teachers Hundreds of Educational Web Sites Rated by Popularity http://www.sitesforteachers.com/ Great tips for using search engines and products by Google http://www.teachhub.com/100-google-tricks-teachers-0
Schoology is a learning management system (LMS) and social network that makes it easy to create and share academic content. http://www.schoology.com/
The Khan Academy is an organization on a mission. We're a not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education to anyone anywhere. All of the site's resources are available to anyone. It doesn't matter if you are a student, teacher, home-schooler, principal, adult returning to the classroom after 20 years, or a friendly alien just trying to get a leg up in earthly biology. The Khan Academy's materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge. http://www.khanacademy.org/
APIZALS
http://www.apizals.com.ar/
St. Carrie´s Foundation
http://www.stcarriescenter.org/; www.facebook.stcarriesclassroom.com
Dr. Darleana McHenry´s Blog (learning, brain, education)
http://stcarriesclassroom.wordpress.com/
Sylvia Guinan´s Blog ELSBRAIN
http://salis.gr/wordpress/
María Inés Brumana Espinosa´s Blog (using films and games in class)
http://eltgoestothemovies.blogspot.com/
Meet the Author
Meet the Author is where you can see authors introducing their books in their own words.
Some of the authors you will know, some are bestsellers, some are newcomers, but they are all speaking
in their own words about the books that they are passionate about. The video clips are NOT reviews,
they are NOT written by the marketing departments of publishers - these are authors speaking
from their heart - to YOU. Meet the Author is updated daily.
RSA (Ideas and actions for a 21st century enlightenment)
http://www.thersa.org/
St. Carrie´s Center
http://stcarriescenter.com/
Nik Peachey´s Learning Technology Blog
http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/2008/05/games-with-purpose-and-social-network.html
Analía Capurro´s Blog (for the very little ones)
http://ingles360.blogspot.com/
The Reso Trilogy: Books for teenage readers by Ambrose Conway
http://www.literaturewales.org/writers-of-wales/i/133830/desc/conway-ambrose/
Three novels about the moral and social consequences of growing up in Wales in the 1960s,
1970s and 1980s. Longlisted for the Wales book of the year. Further information about
the books can be found here: www.the-reso.co.uk or on Facebook search for The Reso.
Magic Studio (www.magicstudio.com) A simple way for teachers to generate online assets
for students which have images, text, video and narration. See example by David Hughes:
click here
Free printable worksheets for busy teachers like you
http://busyteacher.org/
English games and activities to play online
http://www.world-english.org/games.htm
The Blue Book of Grammar
A commercial site but one with interactive tests providing useful English grammar practice.
English for Learning
Tools of Writing is a page from the Open University site which is accessible
to anyone wanting to improve their use of English.
English Revision Notes
GCSE A range of revision notes relating to Shakespeare’s plays.
English Revision notes
A Level A range of revision notes relating to A Level texts.
Comic Life (www.plasq.com)
A simple and very cheap application that allows teachers and students to use picture templates in a
Comic book format to make illustrated conversations with pictures and text.
Harvard Website for Educators
(http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1oJdkl/www.gse.harvard.edu/library/educator_resources.html)
This collection of links, chosen and maintained by Gutman Library Research Services staff, provides links to freely available sites of interest to educators. Click on a topic to view links to related websites.
Google Earth Google Earth is a free download that allows you to plan virtual visits to locations worldwide.
Dr. Roy Paget´s site (neuro learning programmes)
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St. Carrie’s Center for Human Development
Post Office Box 9862
Memphis, Tn. 38190
(888)666-7796
stcarriescenter@yahoo.com / stcarriescenter1@yahoo.com
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Proposal
Objective: Mentor parents and teachers to ensure that every child has a free and proper primary school education.
Organization
St. Carrie’s Center for Human Development (SCCHD) promotes peace and friendship through collaboration and the free exchange of ideas. SCCHD is a 501 (c) 3 registered in 3 states, California, Mississippi and Tennessee since September 2001 to conduct educational research. Conducted successful projects in Italy, Benin, Namibia, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Cuba and Brazil, California, Mississippi and expanding in Tennessee.
Mission statement
St. Carrie’s Classroom Knowledge, Education, Peace (Subsidiary organization)
St. Carrie’s Classroom commits to promoting a free quality education for all children as the only way to ensure a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable society. Education is recognized as a human right which should be accessible to all persons.
Problem: Children in Africa do not have access to a free and proper primary school education due to economics as well as institutional attitudes.
120 Day Goals
1. Provide secondary school scholarships for 8 students at Manda Primary School for 2012 school year.
2. Develop a sustainable project to assist adolescent girls to manage menstruation so they can attend school on a regular basis and remain in school (panty and fabric drive to teach girls how to make personal hygiene products and undergarments).
3. Travel to Lamu Kenya to demonstrate teaching strategies designed to increase academic achievement and discuss educational issues with parents.
4. Letter drive to Kenya government officials encouraging the Kenya Airport Authority to bring electrical power to the only government entity on Manda Island (the school).
5. Establish a mentoring and coaching project based on the National Primary School Exam, which needs to be passed in order to access secondary school.
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Project Name |
St. Carries Classroom International Project |
Project ID |
Sustainable Education Africa |
Written By |
Darleana McHenry Ed.D. |
Edited By |
María Inés Brumana Espinosa |
Date |
August 15, 2011 |
Overall Cost |
$15,000.00 |
Start Date |
September 30, 2011 |
End Date |
September 30, 2012 |
Total Days |
365 Days |
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Long Term Purpose of the Project
Develop Sustainable Education in areas impacted by poverty and lack of opportunity.
These projects are open to anyone regardless of race, creed, nationality, religious persuasion, etc.
Long term goal of the project
1. Mentor and coach educators to expand their current educational repertoire.
2. Provide greater access to education to children through the use of technology.
3. Develop an exchange program between Americans and Africans through local
resources from the respective countries.
4. Raise additional money for scholarships for secondary school pupils.
5. Provide sustainable activities to encourage girls to remain in school.
Background Information
Organization
Lamu
Lamu is a Kenyan island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Kenya. There are 14 schools in the region with Manda Primary School as the poorest. There is no electricity on the island. Children walk to school from neighboring villages. Most children work on the family farms for a meager existence. There is a severe shortage of teachers in most schools and they are not paid consistently which adversely affects education quality. Primary classes are large. Classes become smaller as the students become older due to high drop out rates. Boys outnumber girls at the end of primary school.
Project Operational Plan
St. Carries Center initiated its International Project St. Carrie’s Classroom in Lamu, Kenya on June 30, 2011 with a visit to the island to meet with potential project partners there. This trip lasted approximately 20 days with meetings with educators committed to educational services for children.
St. Carries Center shares 4 goals with the United Nations millennium goals
1. Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
2. Achieve Universal Primary Education
3. Promote Gender Equality & Empower Women
4. Create Global Partnerships for Development
The goal is to return to the United States and raise money to assist with scholarships for 8 children , as well as provide reusable personal hygiene products to 14 schools with approximately 3000 students and provide instructional materials to all students. SCCHD recruits teachers in the United States to mentor teachers in Kenya on the best practices in the classroom. International Educators from SCCCD will mentor American teachers who will in turn mentor Kenyan Teachers. English as A Second Language Teachers as well as Math Teachers will be recruited to lend their expertise. This guidance will be provided to teachers via internet.
Three trips per year will be made by the Project manager. The goal is to ensure continuity in the project and build a relationship. Teaching will be videotaped to show the possibilities to other African countries. One trip per year will last from 4 to 8 weeks while the project manager provides direct instruction in English and Math to the students and workshops to the parents.
Sustainability is an important component of the project. Volunteers will create a cloth and panties campaign to provide girls with the necessities to manage menstruation so they can attend school. We will teach them how to make the items as well. Some clothing can be sold on the website to sustain the project. Merchandise can be sold online and at arts and craft fairs in the United States to offset costs. Photos of the locals and scenery can be sold along with T shirts and other memorabilia. Other projects may be developed with local collaboration. Video taping can document the project and be sold to media outlets for income and to raise funds.
Letter writing campaign to encourage corporations in Kenya to sponsor this initiative
Letters will be written to technology companies to provide training in technology. Letters will be written to solicit donations of school supplies. Letters will also be written to government agencies to provide power to the school. Electrical power allows for use of technology. Letters will be written to the Minister of Education to reinstitute the feeding program at Manda Primary School. Electricity will allow for cooking and refrigeration which are necessary for a school feeding program. |
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