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Twitter and Teachers : A Mini Workshop

Twitter and Teachers : A Mini Workshop by e-Teaching Courses and Workshops Get your own Virtual Classroom Continue

Started by Mark Cruthers Sep 17

FREE Law Dissertations Topics Related To Criminal, Family, Employment, Commercial etc…

* Are you in a bit of a quandary over the proposed topic of your law dissertations? * Have you been mulling over a few ideas for the past 3 weeks or so but can’t really get any closer to making a ... Continue

Tagged: writing, law, dissertation

Started by suzzane donald Jun 17

Professional Networking for Teachers
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I am a technology teacher currently working for a professional networking website created specifically for teachers. On the site you can share resources, communicate with industry peers, and you ca... Continue

Started by mike. Last reply by mike Jun 11.

How does this thing work
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well I am new here and don't know much about how this works any help would be great if you can't leave a coment on here you can go to my website and leave one at http://teachersrus.info and go to t... Continue

Started by Danny. Last reply by Danny May 1.

Teacher Opinions Needed -- Teaching Strategies

Hello Teachers, I am a doctoral student in educational psychology at a university in Philadelphia, PA. I’m currently conducting research on how teachers use repetition in their classrooms as a tea... Continue

Tagged: strategies, teaching, repetition

Started by Marissa Truong Jan 24

mental maths activities

I need some really interesting mental starter math activities for my my class......grade 2. please send me some.....thanks , regards fahmina

Tagged: mental, maths, activities

Started by fahmina arshad Jan 24

I can handle 25 to 35 students but I cant handle my own Son
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My 13 years old son spoil his studies by himself, He is not spending his time in studies and his performance in class is really going towards zero. He is in grade 7 and his mid term result is only ... Continue

Tagged: teen, kid's, problem

Started by fahmina arshad. Last reply by Tom Wing Apr 5.

History Global Project - seeking help

Hello, A 9th graders class from Israel is about to study about the 2 world wars. The class and the teacher are interested in collaborating over homework with students from all over the world, in ... Continue

Tagged: education, homework, assignments, history, collaboration

Started by Or-Tal Kiriati Nov. 16, 2008

Receive your free ebook on "Taking Charge in the Classroom"

"Taking Charge in the Classroom" is my latest ebook containing tips and resource for new teachers on classroom management and lesson planning. As a new teacher, I needed to know that I could take ... Continue

Started by Dorit Sasson Sep. 3, 2008

We need 100 ESL teachers in China in the next 2 months

Horizon Recruitment is China's leading ESL placement company. A foreign owned company, we understand what ESL teachers want from their positions. What do we do? - Only deal with schools that meet ... Continue

Started by Horizon Recruitment Aug. 6, 2008

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Graphic Tablets

It is a input device which is predominantly used by graphic designers, architects and cartoonist. It also allows teachers and instructors to free up interactive whiteboards from personal use. It consists of a flat surface, on which a user can draw graphics using a special pen known as stylus. It is used, just like a paper is used with a pencil and therefore is preferred over a mouse which is quite difficult to control when it comes to drawing. But unlike a paper, whatever a user draws on the sur… Continue

Posted by Ankita on March 14th, 2008 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment (Add)

Interactive Whiteboard Accessories - Interactive Panels

An interactive panel is an electronic device through which computer applications can be remotely controlled. It is used just like an interactive whiteboard and its screen is scratch proof. Any household glass cleaner can be used to clean the panel screen. It is connected to a computer and a LCD projector. Through this panel, an instructor can address/face a whole class while controlling computer display onto the interactive whiteboard or other projection screen. Any commonly available projector… Continue

Posted by Ankita on March 15th, 2008 at 7:00pm — No Comments (Add)

Interactive Whiteboards

Interactive whiteboard is a special type of display screen which is used with a computer and a projector. It has the ability to store text or anything drawn on its surface into a computer hard disk. It can also work as a projection screen. It can control the functions of a mouse from a remote location through in-built electromagnetic and resistive technologies. A user can control the mouse functions by either using his finger or through a special pen like stylus. Finger touch whiteboards are gen… Continue

Posted by Ankita on March 15th, 2008 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment (Add)

Explore about the Interactive Education

The Interactive Education is an educational and technological environment that motivates the students to learn, advances the interaction between teacher and student. Equipped with ICT (information and communication technology) devices such as computers, interactive whiteboard, visualiser (also known as Document cameras), digital projectors, audience response… Continue

Posted by Mitesh on August 6th, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments (Add)

Projector Technologies - LCD, DLP and LCOS

LCD, DLP and LCOS are three projector technologies which are predominantly used in schools, colleges and corporate houses for giving presentations, watching videos, classroom teaching, product training etc. LCD projectors use LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) technology to display text and image on an interactive whiteboard or other projection screen. They are also known as multimedia projectors as they can display both text and images from PC, TV and video recorders. They can work with all types of… Continue

Posted by Ankita on March 15th, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments (Add)

Purchasing an Interactive Whiteboard

Interactive whiteboard (also known as digital-whiteboard or electronic-whiteboard) is a touch sensitive-whiteboard which works in conjunction with a projector and a computer. All digital-whiteboards come with a software through which whatever you draw or write on the board-surface can be stored. The projector-displays the contents of the computer screen on the whiteboard-surface. The computer mouse is remotely controlled by touching the whiteboard-surface either by finger or through a special pe… Continue

Posted by Ankita on March 14th, 2008 at 3:46pm — 1 Comment (Add)

Interactive Whiteboards Lesson - Teaching Subtraction

Stage Level: Primary Objective: To teach subtraction to students. Preparation: Find animated images of different types of dinosaurs on the internet. Don't use real pictures as they can be scary for kids. Find at least 15 different images of the dinosaurs. Find a large image for 'ground' (probably of 800X600 pixels or more). You will use this image as background. Now re-size all the-dinosaurs to similar size but not of exactly the same size. Put dinosaurs' images on the 'ground' picture. Now yo… Continue

Posted by Ankita on March 14th, 2008 at 3:37pm — No Comments (Add)

Personal Digital Assistant for Interactive Education

Personal Digital Assistant or PDA, is also known as 'palmtop' and sometimes 'Smart Phones'. It is a portable electronic and communication device which can be integrated with education tools like interactive whiteboards, visualizers, voting systems etc (provided the compatibility exist) to enhance personalized learning and teaching environment, to provide a collaborative learning experience and to boost mobile learning. Teachers and students can use this device like an hand held portable computer… Continue

Posted by Ankita on March 15th, 2008 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment (Add)

Interactive Whiteboards Safety Guidelines

All the users of interactive whiteboard must be familiar with the safety guidelines that should be followed during its operation: 1) Neither teacher nor students should look directly into the projection beam which is used to display contents on a whiteboard. The high intensity beam can cause an eye injury. It is advisable to avoid entering into the beam. Even if a user has to enter, he should keep his back to the projector. Use laser pointer or a stick, if even keeping back to the projector is… Continue

Posted by Ankita on March 14th, 2008 at 3:49pm — 1 Comment (Add)

Classroom Design For Interactive Education

In a conventional classroom, students spend most of their time listening to a teacher. I should say hearing the teacher. This is because conventional classrooms lack interactivity and therefore the learning environment is not fully able to engage students in the learning process. The situation worsens when the teacher is not trained enough to produce a stimulating and inspiring learning experience for the students. Therefore classrooms should be designed in such a way that they not only inspire… Continue

Posted by Ankita on March 14th, 2008 at 3:53pm — No Comments (Add)

 
 

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