GEMS Coaching 09-10  Here’s my intro presentation

 So what did you learn?   What plans for next term ?

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Clips for the Classroom

Media resource central:  www.youtube.com

Like Youtube but just for teachers!  www.teachertube.com

Videos for and of teaching and learning: www.teachers.tv

General Pedagogy and Resources

50 Learning theories summarized:  www.tip.psychology.org

Excellent school site with lots of learning to learn strategies www.kurwongbss.eq.edu.au/thinking/thinking

Multiple Intelligences testing and explanation www.bgfl.org

Brain Gym www.about.com

NE England school with leading practice on Learn to Learn: 

www.cchsonline.co.uk

Independent thinking activities and theory: http://www.independentthinking.co.uk/

Charity which focuses on lifelong learning.  Runs an annual Mori poll, reporting on how students learn  http://www.campaign-for-learning.org.uk/cfl/index.asp

BBC’s education area – great interactive activities for students:  www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/

English curriculum but also general pedagogy:

www.teachernet.gov.uk

www.primaryresources.co.uk  Great resources including fabulous PowerPoints. You can also contribute to the site if you do anything you think can be used by others

The original mind mapper:  www.mind-map.com

Learning Domains and Bloom’s Taxonomy:  krummefamily.org/guides/bloom

Edward de Bono:  www.edwdebono.com

Ed Helper:  http://www.edhelper.com

School Express:  http://www.schoolexpress.com/

Learning Page:  http://www.learningpage.com

Tools for Educators:  http://www.toolsforeducators.com

Interactive Whiteboard self learning www.prometheanlearning.com

Full of interactive board activity which covers all areas:

 http://www.coxhoe.durham.sch.uk/classrooms/RECEPTION.HTM#Top

Discovery School :  http://school.discovery.com

Internet Public Library :  http://www.ipl.org

New York Times Learning Network :  http://www.nytimes.com/learning

Enchanted Learning:  www.EnchantedLearning.com

Autism Today:  http://www.autismtoday.com

Ideal Lives:  http://www.ideallives.com

How Stuff Works:  http://www.howstuffworks.com/

To Learn English:  http://www.tolearnenglish.com/

Songs for Teaching:  http://www.songsforteaching.com/

Education Creations:  http://www.educationcreations.com/freestuff.htm

Lesson Plan Central:  http://www.lessonplancentral.com/

Time Savers for Teachers:  http://www.timesaversforteachers.com/

Great Resource for K-8:  http://www.kids.gov/

Time4Learning:  http://www.time4learning.com

 Educational Games

Family Fun:  http://www.familyfun.com

Teach With Movies:  http://www.teachwithmovies.org

Fun Brain:  http://www.funbrain.com

Discovery Kids :  http://kids.discovery.com/games/games.html

I Know That:  http://www.iknowthat.com

Free online games of high quality graphics:  http://www.puzzlefactory.com/games/

www.times100.com  for Secondary

 www.businessstudiesonline.com for GSCE level and As/A level.

Art

Art Lessons for All Grades
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/lessons.html

Kinder Art:  http://www.kinderart.com

Crayola:  http://www.crayola.com

Draw Space:  http://www.drawspace.com/

Draw Your World:  http://www.drawyourworld.com/index.html

Drawing/Sketching Lessons:  http://drawsketch.about.com/

Kids Art:  http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/kidsart.htm

Music

Resources for teachers:

http://www.giml.org/  The Gordon Institute for Music Learning:  The best starting point for the most up-to-date information about how we learn when we are learn music. 

http://suzukiassociation.org/  The Suzuki Association of the Americas:  An excellent starting point for those who wish to learn more about Shinichi Suzuki’s ideas and methods.

http://www.public.asu.edu/~jwang2/portfolio/methods/kodaly/kodaly.html  The Kodaly Method:  A good primer on the methods developed by followers of Zoltan Kodaly’s vision of music education.

http://www.gemspeople.com/  The discussion forum is an outstanding way to create collegial sharing.  It should be utilized!!

Sites for students:

http://musictheory.net/   Ricci Adams’ Musictheory.net features well sequenced Lessons, Trainers, and Utilities dealing with Music Theory (the “grammar” of music notation).

http://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/   Music History 102—A guide to Western Composers and their Music, from the Middle Ages to the Present.  As is usual with information on the history of Western music, this site has been organized according to the eras of history.  Audio files are embedded in most pages.

 Geography, History and Virtual Travel

Colonial Williamsburg: Electronic Field Trips:  http://www.history.org/trips

Natural Wonders of the World:  http://www.field-guides.com/sci/natwon/index.htm

Teacher’s Guide Virtual Field Trips:  http://www.theteachersguide.com/virtualtours.html

CyberBee:http://www.cyberbee.com

Global Online Adventure Learning Site:  http://www.goals.com/Index.htm

The Jason Project:  http://www.jasonproject.org

Virtual Field Trips:  http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours

Xpeditions @ National Geographic:  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions

K-12 Africa Guide http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/AFR_GIDE.html

Life in the Middle Ages
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/ma/mahome.htm

New Perspectives on the West :  http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest

The American Civil War Homepage :  http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war

Geography Worksheets
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/freeprintables/qt/geogprintables.htm

Lewis and Clark :  http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark

Aztec 

http://www.kent.wednet.edu/KSD/SB/Ancient/Aztec.html

Here are student reports and artwork on the Aztec empire.

Aztec Architecture 

http://library.advanced.org/10098/aztec.htm

A few people may mistake the Mayas for Aztecs. This website explains how the Aztecs built their holy temples, houses, the Emperor’s palace, as well as a very religious temple.

The Aztec World With Mr. Burnett

http://eaglelink.sas.edu.sg/intermediatesc/ThirdGrade/EBurnett/Aztecs/aztecworldindex.html

Internet links, activities, research, and more.

The Ancient Aztecs 

http://library.advanced.org/27981/

The website includes information about Aztec rulers, daily life, technology, culture, religion, the Spanish conquest, and has a timeline, glossary, web links, and bibliography.

Aztecs from the Empires Past website 

http://library.advanced.org/16325/y-main.html

Website provides information about the Aztecs society and governmental structure, their scientific advances in the areas of astronomy and medicine, religion,and interest in the arts, agriculture and social conditions of their time. Also learn about Cortez and the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs.

Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico 

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/aztecs1.html

In 1519 Hernan Cortés sailed from Cuba, landed in Mexico, and made his way to the Aztec capital. Here you can read accounts by the Aztecs written shortly after the conquest.

“Mexico” Lessons Stories at Trek Teachers’ Zone 

http://www.worldtrek.org/odyssey/mexico/mexstories.html

Read Aztec myths about the founding of their capital city: ‘The Heart of Copil’ and ‘The Evil of Texcatlipoca.’

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