School psychology blog and podcast with Dr Gaston Weisz
This blog and podcast is produced by Dr Gaston Weisz, an American school psychologist. It covers disparate topics relating to school psychology, including the identification and support of autism, teaching social emotional competence, and positive reinforcement. There is a link to the podcast, which should be useful for teachers, practitioners and students. It also features links to useful websites and resources for teachers.
Athens, Greece - Study Abroad
The Athens program offers university-level courses during either semester (September-December; January-May) or for the duration of the academic school year. Classes are taught in English and the program is organized in two curricula: Ancient Greek Civilization and East Mediterranean Area Studies.
Contact the Office of International Studies for more information. http://www.nd.edu/~ois/
TED402 Fall 2010 Session 9
TED402 Educational Psychology Session Nine 11/03/10 Jeff Miller
Mittwoch, 3. November 2010
Trainieren Sie Ihr Hörverstehen mit authentischen Materialien. Nutzen Sie die Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Mittwoch - als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.WASHINGTON: Bei den Kongresswahlen in den USA haben die Demokraten von Präsident Obama eine herbe Niederlage erlitten. Im Repräsentantenhaus verloren sie laut TV-Prognosen mindestens 59 Sitze. Die Republikaner werden künftig mindestens 237 der 435 Abgeordneten stellen, bisher waren es 178. Im Senat, der zweiten Kam
Joves fora de sèrie. Treure un bon partit
Durada: 5 min. Vídeo. TVC, Triacom Audiovisual.
El futbol pot ser un mitjà per treballar diferents valors. Pere Castanyé, el protagonista d'aquesta edició del programa "Joves fora de sèrie", ho sap prou bé.
Aquest any, Pere Castanyé s'ha decidit a estudiar Educació Social. A més, participa en un Author(s):
Res gestae Divi Augusti : fotogrammetria
This Italian website focusing on the Latin and Greek inscription known as "Res gestae Divi Augusti" (part of the "Monumentum Ancyranum") publishes a full catalogue of high definition pictures with some tools to improve readability. As part of the project, two sets of pictures separated by a decade will be published in an attempt to determine the degrade of the monumental inscription. Although entirely in Italian, the website is mainly a collection of pictures that can be easily browsed. The "Res
What works well
What Works Well is a database of case studies which describe learning improvement, where practice that has improved learning is shared, produced by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). Over 100 case studies are available and are focused on the learning needs of pupils and the difference made to their progress. It is possible to search or browse to find out how others have improved their pupils' learning, by year of study or curriculum area. Users can register to add their o
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The psychology of heroism and evil - Philip Zimbardo
Professor Philip Zimbardo, Emeritus of Psychology, Stanford University talks about the psychology of heroism and evil.
Daylight Savings Time: History
This three minute video site has a written explanation of when it was implemented and changed to the current date. Interesting findings in how to deal with the change.
Archaeology, food, Gaelic, Islam and Judaism podcasts We have now over 200 podcasts listed in our Podcast Directory for Educators, selected as suitable for use by children and young people. The very latest podcast channels represent a broad spectrum of subject areas:
C++ Console Lesson 24: Fundamental Data Types
More at http://xoax.net
This C++ video tutorial explains the fundamental data types that are used in C++ and their ranges of values. C++ provides the following fundamental built-in data types: Boolean, character, integer and floating-point. It also enables us to create our own user-defined data types using enumerations and classes.
T4 Tips Podcast #23 - PowerGrade-The New Class
This podcast will show elementary teachers in the district how to get
rid of last year's PowerGrade data and set up their new class. If you
have any questions please contact the PowerGrade specialist in your
building. If you need further assistance contact your Curriculum
Technology Specialist.
(This is a redo, the first video did not export correctly)
How To Build And Light A Fire
How to build a fire in the wilderness. Where to find the materials and how to ignite them. Good for Scouts and others to know for survival training as well as a critical thinking problem for science classes. Some words need a definition. First aid and safety must be a constant when showing this video.
Francis Deng: Genocide Conference Keynote Address
Keynote address by Ambassador Francis Deng, Research Professor, Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies and Director of the SAIS Center for Displacement Studies; Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; Special Adviser to the U.N. Secretary General for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities. Part of a two-day conferen
Authenticity in learning game: how it is designed and perceived
A key concern in game-based learning is the level of authenticity games require in order to match what learners can expect in the real world, what keeps them engaged in the game, and what they need to learn. We examined authenticity or credibility in a game from the learners perspective. There are very few studies on this aspect. We propose that authenticity is the result of a compromise between external authenticity (perceived likeness with real life reference), internal authenticity (perceiv
Description of six scenarios and of the results of six validated trials
This deliverable aims at presenting and analysing the processes of elaboration and validation of the PALETTE scenarios. After having defined these two processes and situated them into the PALETTE methodology, the scenarios are presented. For each scenario, the specific methodology of elaboration and validation is described with a special focus on the participation of the concerned Communities of Pratcice (CoPs). Then the results of the validation are presented as well as the reports of their tec
Virtual Continent in the Classroom: Teaching e-Business Integration Issues with Web-based Technologi
In this extended abstract we outline a Web-based learning approach for e-Business integration issues. We present a virtual toolbox, including an advisable open source tool and Web Service Application Programming Interfaces (WS APIs). By applying a collaborative learning model and by incorporating Web 2.0 features such as Web services, operating with the SOAP protocol, we were able to increase the motivational background as well as the learning success of our students significantly.
The framework for easy intelligent tutor programs creation
In this paper the framework for intelligent tutor programs creation is described. It separates the logical part of tutor program and technical parts like user interface, database connectivity, etc. The intelligent program is built in specially developed graphical tool by means of performing primitive actions to create task model as a graph with states and conditional transitions. So it may be composed by a teacher with base programming skills.
Participatory Design for Developing Web Services Supporting Learning in Communities of Practice: the
The paper aims at showing how Participatory Design contributes to the understanding of learning processes related to Communities of Practice (CoPs) and, at the same time, to the design and implementation of Web Services to support organisational and individual learning in CoPs. This research builds on the European PALETTE project.
