Wednesday, July 9, 2014

C4Ta post #4

Making The best App Choices @ Graphite 

Graphite App

July 10, 2014, I read a blog by Steven Anderson  on how graphite is a platform for teachers to resources to discover  share the best learning tools. Graphite is designed with many apps to provide teachers with quality learning, creating  a community. Teachers can talk with other teachers to chat and give feedback.  Students can filter subjects. Graphite can be the site I would like to use to same time and have all tools I need in one place.


Fresh Resources for the Taking...

July 9, 2014, I read a fresh resources for the taking... by Steven Anderson.I like these resources on writing a good quality blog, using digital tools, reflecting, project base learning, and how to comment from great Teachers. These resources are very handy to look back on to assist me commenting and developing my blogs.

Periodic table
A Periodic Table for Visualization: is a list of scientific methods for individuals who conduct  quantitative data in research.  
  • Data Visualization:describes statistics of elements
  • Informal Visualization:interactive visual representations
  • Concept Visualization:elaborate qualitative concepts, ideas, plans, and analysis.
  • Strategy Visualization: communication, analysis, implementation, and formulations.
  • Metaphor Visualization: organize and structure metaphor visualizations and information.
  • Compound Visualization:represents a graphic in a single schema.

Digital Research Tools
Dirt
Dirt Directory to find and compare resources with content management.
Digital Tools are manage tools, network, analyze data, text and blog, brainstorming, organize research, share documents, visualize data, and collaborative are some tools.

Blogging Teaching Commenting Skills by Kathleen Morris on February 21, 2010 has great ideas on commenting.

Tips for a good quality blog:
  • Punctuation and spelling
  • Compliment
  • Edit
  • Write relevant comment to the writers post
  • Ask a question 
Educational Leadership: Literacy 2.0: Anywhere Learning
Technologies enhance students to read and write on their spare time and improve reading literacy. Students can use podcasts to improve their writing. Teachers can post online discussion questions which enable to students to contribute and communicate on a podcast.

Teacher Talent Toolbox
This is an open resource library for teachers to find instructional plans, observation, community engagement, feedback, and peer culture and collaboration materials.

Life of an Educator: 10 steps for educators new to twitter
Twitter has changed and reformed the way teachers can share teaching ideas, ask, and answer questions building a community. Teachers can use twitter to see what's happening in social media, comment and respond to feedback.  Teachers can learn to share, explore, collaborate, and encourage other educators to improve education.

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