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Office Remote – Microsoft Research
“Office Remote turns your Windows Phone into a smart remote for Microsoft Office, providing convenient touch-based control of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents projected from your PC. It lets you show what you want, when you want, with all the freedom you need to walk around and connect with your audience.”
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Newton’s Laws of Motion, Sports and Sway! | Dianne’s Digital Discoveries
Sway is a new online presentation platform. Check out this blog post to learn more about Sway and how students have used it to apply Newton’s Laws of Motion to sports.
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Newton’s Laws of Motion, Sports and Sway!
Posted onSway is a new online creation program by Microsoft that allows you to create on a canvas adding text, images, pictures, twitter feeds, videos, etc. I think of it as a combination of Prezi, Glogster and OneNote (kinda) but it is a COOL new way for you and your students to present information. Although the students (and teachers) need accounts, the accounts are free. Sharing is very easy via link, so it is a stand-alone website page (also very cool to broaden the audience, etc.) Sways can also be embedded into websites, blogs, wikis, etc. I put together a short tutorial Sway about it. Check it out below.
However, the main reason for this post is to show Sway in action!
Several teachers in my school have begun to use this new platform with their students and I had the pleasure of working with 2 8th grade science teachers on a project in which students apply Newton’s Laws of motion to a sport. This project has been done in the past with different technology but this year they decided to use Sway. I think I speak for both teachers in saying that it was a great experience and the students did an awesome job. In the spirit of sharing, I created a Sway that has information about the project, a link to a sample OneNote notebook that was used and a bunch of student example Sways.
http://sway.com is where you can get started.
Dianne’s Daily Discoveries 04/07/2015
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25 Question Stems Framed Around Bloom’s Taxonomy
Question stems can be a powerful part of that process no matter where the learner is. Assessment (pre-assessment, self-assessment, formative and summative assessment), prompting and cueing during discussion, etc. In that light, the following 25+ question stems framed around the early, non-revised Bloom’s Taxonomy are worth a gander.
Dianne’s Daily Discoveries 03/17/2015
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Great listing of STEM resources!!
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Discovery Education STEM Academy Wiki website
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STEM-Works – Science, Technology, Math & Engineering Resources for Kids
Welcome to STEM-Works, a resource for teachers, mentors, parents, STEM professionals, volunteers, and everyone passionate about getting children eager to learn about science, technology, engineering, and math
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Create your own Flappy Bird game!
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CS Unplugged is a collection of free learning activities that teach Computer Science through engaging games and puzzles that use cards, string, crayons and lots of running around.The activities introduce students to underlying concepts such as binary numbers, algorithms and data compression, separated from the distractions and technical details we usually see with computers.CS Unplugged is suitable for people of all ages, from elementary school to seniors, and from many countries and backgrounds. Unplugged has been used around the world for over twenty years, in classrooms, science centers, homes, and even for holiday events in a park!
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EdSurge : The Best in Education Technology
EdSurge was started in 2011 by Betsy Corcoran, Matt Bowman, Nick Punt and Agustin Vilaseca to connect the emerging community of edtech entrepreneurs and educators. We wanted to share detailed information about what new technologies could–and could not–do to support learning.We report on latest news and trends
Dianne’s Daily Discoveries 02/26/2015
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The Best 8 Web Tools for Doing Formative Assessment in Class
There are a variety of ways to do formative assessment in class and this post features some interesting examples of formative assessment techniques. You can also draw on technology to formatively assess your students and gather feedback from them. Here are some of the best web tools to use for in-class formative assessment, for more tools you can check this page.
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It is important to consider utilizing sources from outside the U.S. while conducting research. It allows you to see how your topic is trending throughout the world and may offer a unique perspective that hasn’t been offered through your other sources.