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Wednesday, January 7, 2015
St. Edmond Ranked 14th in Iowa Private Schools
This is the site that was mentioned by our PD leader last Friday showing SE's ranking amongst other private school's in the state. Here are a few; see link for entire list.
Dowling = 6
St.Edmond = 14
Kuemper = 32
Bishop Garrigan = 33
Create Your Own Multimedia Textbook
If you are feeling ambitious, you might want to think about creating your own textbook for your class. Richard Byrne has put together a chart of the top five tools for creating your own multimedia textbook.
Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oP1SLRQeTEjE6kbDYXVo21grqgLcnC0V9V7FQ3sEp7Q/edit
The Passion Test
This worksheet "The Effortless Path for Discovering your Life's Purpose," by Chris and Janet Attwood might be useful for students trying to decide on a career path.
Link: http://edtosavetheworld.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/passion-hexagon.pdf
Link: http://edtosavetheworld.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/passion-hexagon.pdf
and
http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Whats-Your-Passion-Exercise-Find-Your-Passion
How to Promote and Assess Critical Thinking
The Foundation for Critical Thinking lists three simple strategies to promote critical thinking and has a chart of Intellectual Standards to Assess Critical Thinking. There is also a 6:00 video for further explanation.
Link: http://edtosavetheworld.com/2013/05/02/3-simple-steps-to-develop-students-critical-thinking/
Link: http://edtosavetheworld.com/2013/05/02/3-simple-steps-to-develop-students-critical-thinking/
Blog about iPad Apps for School
One of my favorite bloggers is Richard Byrne. If you are an iPad teacher, you might be interested in his blog about iPad apps for school. He doesn't post everyday, but when he does, it is always something good, and, better yet, it is usually free!
Link: http://ipadapps4school.com/
Link: http://ipadapps4school.com/
4 Kids
The "4 Kids" site provides easy-to-understand material and links to other resources and videos:
Biology for Kids
Chemistry for Kids
Cosmos for Kids
Physics for Kids
Geography for Kids
Math for Kids
Basic math, plus Number Types, Fractions, Decimals, Percentages, Estimation & Rounding, Ratios, Money, Factors. Graphing, Roots and Exponents, Units, Advanced Numbers, Scientific Notation, Variables.
Link: www.numbernut.com
Link: www.numbernut.com