13 February 2013

Khan Academy: A free world-class education for anyone anywhere.


https://www.khanacademy.org/

Khan Academy is an organization on a mission. It's a not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education for anyone anywhere. All of the site's resources are available to anyone. It doesn't matter if you are a student, teacher, home-schooler, principal, adult returning to the classroom after 20 years, or a friendly alien just trying to get a leg up in earthly biology. Khan Academy's materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge.



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Language Learning for Free


http://www.openculture.com/freelanguagelessons There are a lot of things "Free" out there. Learning a new language can be one of them. Open Culture is a website that hosts links to a variety of free language instruction in a variety of tongues. Looking for a quick lesson for Spanish class that incorporates computer-assisted learning? Want to inspire your students to learn a new language? But you don't have to actually LEARN a new language to benefit from online research in languages other than English. There is always Google Translate. One way you can help your students utilize an online scavenger hunt or a webquest is to have them utilize google translate to conduct searches in foreign texts to get authentic data overseas. When teaching...always be creative. Use those juices....and above all...have fun. There is a wide world out there and it's no further than our fingertips. Language should never be a barrier.
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My Philosophy of Teaching

My Philosophy of Teaching:

I just finished my masters in Curriculum and Instruction. I have a firm commitment to my continuing education and strong love of teaching. My greatest draw to education is the opportunity to work daily with students, particularly students for whom success has been elusive or who struggle in the academic setting. I strongly believe in preventative behavior management and, as a student teacher, I have turned the success of lower performing students around using differentiated instructional techniques including collaborative learning, project-based learning and service learning. I do not accept the notion that some students fit a profile of failure and should be side-tracked. I am committed to the success of each and every one of my students. I believe no student should be given up on. I love that none of my students are the same and I value their diversity, linguistic, behavioral, cognitive or otherwise. I do not accept the notion that a student's difference is, necessarily, a hindrance towards their learning and hold the onus upon myself to find ways to facilitate learning for all of my students. Finally, I am aware of the importance of collaboration between faculty and staff. Cross-content instruction is not only important for the student's cognition, but is also important for a teacher's professional development. I believe strongly that a teacher's classroom is a place of constant innovation and improvement, and the sharing of ideas between faculty and staff, as well as the close cross-content collaboration of teachers, is important in improving the overall success of teachers, and, by proxy, our students. We are all responsible for the success of every student in the school, not just those who are in our classroom.