Boost Your Learning Capacity: 32 Amazing Tips

With 32 different ways of fast learning to choose from, at least some of them will surely be perfectly fitting for you.

100 digital tools for students

via http://www.teachthought.com/technology/100-free-online-resources-for-students/

Apps for Teachers

http://aprillesher.com/17-apps-for-teachers-in-2017/

How-To: Growth Mindset in the Classroom

In her celebrated book ‘Mindset: The New Psychology of Success’, Stanford university psychologist Carol S. Dweck makes a strong case backed up with  scientific evidence for the power of mindset in shaping one’s success or failure in almost every facet of our life.

retrieved here: 

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2017/08/foster-growth-mindset-in-your-class.html

THE EDTECH LIST

Deciding what to put in your makerspace or the right edtech to integrate into your classroom to transform learning can be overwhelming. Let me do the heavy lifting for you!

EDTECH LIST

  Chris Aviles @TechedUpTeacher 

Maker Educator Meetup @ISTE2017

Jie Qi (Dandelion Painting) - Paper Circuits

Underneath the piece

http://technolojie.com/circuit-sticker-sketchbook/

Chibitronic Website

Tips on Makerspaces

https://educationcloset.com/2016/12/15/114-tips-create-steam-makerspace/

Math Quote

“No matter how engaging the lecturer may be, sitting still, listening to someone talk, and attempting to transcribe what they have said into a notebook is a very poor substitute for actively engaging with the material at hand, for doing mathematics.” David Bressoud

http://launchings.blogspot.ca/2011/07/the-worst-way-to-teach.html

The Shift from Engaging Students to Empowering Learners

http://www.spencerauthor.com/empowerment-shifts/

Here's a video that highlights this shift from student engagement to student empowerment. If you connect at all with this video, please like it, comment on it, and share it out. Don't forget to subscribe to my channel as well.

STEMfinity shop

Cool site to help along your STEAM journey with all the "stuff"

https://www.stemfinity.com

Left and Right Brain

https://custom-writing.org/blog/left-vs-right-brain

shared by Jack Milgram 

Writer & Blogger 

Grade 1 STEAM fun

Some great ideas for integrating STEAM into grade 1

http://thestemlaboratory.com/first-grade-stem-activities/

Building Games

Building Games On-Line

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-fun-online-city-building-games-run-browser/

Planning Flow Chart

Download PDF

Looking for background Music?

https://medium.com/the-mission/10-awesome-places-to-find-background-music-for-video-14dd93d0d2f3

MapleSyrupEDU #makerspaces

Teacher's Guide to Computational Thinking

Computational thinking is a cognitive or thought process involving logical reasoning by which problems are solved and by which artifacts, procedures and systems are better understood. It embraces:

The ability to think algorithmically

The ability to think in terms of decomposition

The ability to think in generalizations, identifying and making use of patterns

The ability to think in abstractions, choosing good representations, and

The ability to think in terms of evaluation.

Computational thinking can be applied to a wide range of entities including:  human created objects, systems, processes, objects, algorithms, problems, solutions, abstractions, and collections of data or information.

http://codebc.ca/course/computational-thinking/

Gamification: Octalysis Framework

8 Core Drives representing each side

http://yukaichou.com/gamification-examples/octalysis-complete-gamification-framework/

Great Music Apps

we can all be musicians - let these apps show you how

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2017/04/10-good-music-apps-for-high-school.html

Design Think your Teaching

http://www.focus2achieve.com/blog/design-thinking-your-teaching

Let the Making Begin!

A nice collection of free ebooks from MakerEd… Start making today!

https://www.makerspaces.com/makerspace-resources-ebook/

Seven steps to a PERFECT Story

From structure and plot to heroes and characters, your story must have everything in place if it’s to connect with the reader…. guide to storytelling success.

20 Best Youtube Math channels

get PDF here

Math Word Wall

I found this over at teachers pay teachers - I like this kind of quick reference...

Teaching and learning mission cards

Some ideas of challenges for teachers and students… open ended and creative!

Have a look HERE

Created by: @MrsHumanities

Things to try in your class or school!

Check out Jamie's awesome EdTech blog http://edutech4teachers.edublogs.org

Periodic Table of iPad Apps for Elementary

please click here

from ICT evangelist 

How to Make Pop-up Book

awesome… next up in my makerspace!

The MakerEd 100 "Must Do" List

http://www.makingiselementary.com/the-makered-100-must-do-list/

Innovation in teaching and learning

Nice read from +George Couros 

Good questions with the audience in mind is a mix that needs to be at the forefront always in education.

Design Thinking Challenges

Design Thinking Challenge Prompts (PDF download)

A cycle for STEAM

STEAM websites for Kids

1- Science
A- Mosa Mack
B- Science Buddies
C- Science Kids
D- Mystery Science

2- Technology
A- Tynker
B- ScratchJr
C- Google CS Education
D- Codecademy

3- Art
A- Scrap Coloring
B- Easy Drawing Guides
C- Smithsonian  Everything Art
D- Make Beliefs Comics

4- Engineering
A- Engineering Go for It
B- NASA Education
C- Engineering Games
D- DYI

5- Math
A- Cool Math Games
B- Math is Fun
C- Math Playground
D- MathGames

Sonic Pi cheat sheet

Download here

Enemies of Adaptability

Science Process Template

Click to Download

http://ukedchat.com/2017/02/14/scientific-method-imat-by-primary_sci-ukedresources/

Truth Inside of You

Amazing human video

Technology Task Challenges for Teachers

Arduino For Beginners

This tutorial is a high level view of all the parts and pieces of the Arduino ecosystem.

from makerspaces.com

Deep Learning Infographic

http://www.focus2achieve.com/blog/infographic-deeper-learning

Mathematics, Summarised - 2017

The entire field of mathematics summarised in a single map! This shows how pure mathematics and applied mathematics relate to each other and all of the sub-topics they are made from.

References/Further Reading:
Summary of mathematics
Earliest human counting
First use of zero
First use of negative numbers
Renaissance science
History of complex numbers
Proof that pi is irrational

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2017/02/the-entire-field-of-mathematics-summarised-in-one-map/

Digital Skills for Teachers

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2016/12/9-fundamental-digital-skills-for-21st.html

Characteristics of a Growth Mindset

+George Couros 

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iPad Apps for Writing

Updated Version and PDF