Quizlet Gets Even Better By Adding Audio Quizlet has been on The Best Tools To Make Online Flashcards for awhile. In addition to letting you create and study flashcards, it also lets you study the words in “game” forms. They’ve recently added audio to the flashcards you make. A fairly ...
Create A Song & Make House Lights Change To Its Beat John Lewis Harmony lets you either choose your favorite song, or create your own with your keyboard, and watch different parts of a virtual house light-up to its beat. If you choose to create your own song, you’re given a link to share. No ...
More On The Importance Of Sleep I’ve written several posts on this blog, and in my upcoming book, about how I try to help my students gain a greater understanding of why it’s important to get enough sleep. You can read more about this at The Best Resources For Helping Teens Learn ...
BBC Schools “Bitesize” Science Has Lots Of Accessible Interactives Richard Byrne just posted about a neat BBC interactive on rocks. I was pretty impressed, because it had subtitles and was relatively accessible to English Language Learners. So I explored the site a little further and found that the BBC Schools ...
“Everyone who is party to this travesty is writing their political obituary” “Everyone who is party to this travesty is writing their political obituary,” said Wisconsin State Senator State Sen. Chris Larson after Republicans used a fishy and potentially illegal maneuver to pass a bill ending collective bargaining for public ...
A New “Must-Read” Blog — “Voices from the Learning Revolution” A new must-read blog has just burst onto the scene. It’s called “Voices from the Learning Revolution” and it boasts quite a few people who I would all “heavy-hitters” (including Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Will Richardson). John Norton, who is one of ...
Today’s “Round-Up” Of Good School Reform Articles Here are a few excellent articles on educational policy issues that have been published in the past day or two: Here’s a great column from The Seattle Times pointing out that small class sizes were important to Bill Gates when he went to school, and ...
