BUFS TTP 2013

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Practice Idioms

Resources:

Using English Idioms

EnglishClub Idiom

Quizlet Flashcards Set 1 Set 2 Set 3

Activities

a4ESL.org Idiom Quizzes (by letter)

UsingEnglish Idiom Quizzes

EnglishClub Idiom Quizzes

Try to tackle some of these quizzes/activities

Advanced Vocabulary

Easy English Customized Quizzes

Mixed Phrasal Verbs 2

(phrasal verb/idiom reference at UsingEnglish.com and TheFreeDictionary.com )

FreeRice.com

Play word games
- PopWord - like Word Tetris
- Bookworm - my sister's fave!
- Wordit - arrange all letters to make valid words. Timed or untimed.
- MindFlipper - click on words and click submit. The more words you submit, the higher your score.
- Jumble Solitaire - Solatair with words
- Group Boggle - Find as many words as possible as others around the world do the same
Sites with lots of Word Games
Mobile Games
- Free Android Word Games
  Jeff's current fave is Words with Friends
- iPhone Word Games

Food for Thought: Changing Education Paradigms

Transcript
Other cool RSA Animate Videos
  Language as a Window into Human Nature
   The Power of Networks

  The Divided Brain
Ken Robinson Ted Talk: Schools Kill Creativity
and from other sources
Visionsofstudents.org
Rethinking Education

Connectivism

At its heart, connectivism is the thesis that knowledge is distributed across a network of connections, and therefore that learning consists of the ability to construct and traverse those networks.

Connectivism
Connectivism: Questioning the Role of the Teacher
Seven Habits of Highly Connected People
Students and Technology Statistics More Stats

The Networked Student: Video & Blog Post

The Flipped Classroom a form of blended learning which encompasses any use of technology to leverage the learning in a classroom, so a teacher can spend more time interacting with students instead of lecturing. This is most commonly being done using teacher-created videos that students view outside of class time.

Let's use Video to Reinvent Education (click show transcript to see English or Korean)

More about Khan Analytics (starts at 1:10)
http://www.thegatesnotes.com/Topics/Education/Sal-Khan-Analytics-Khan-Academy

Interview with Salman Khan
http://fora.tv/2011/05/03/Khan_Academys_Salman_Khan_The_Real_YouTube_Revolution#chapter_07

About Flipped Classroom
http://www.peterli.com/spm/resources/articles/archive.php?article_id=2604

The Flipped Classroom Project
http://www.flatclassroomproject.org/

Teachers "Doing The Flip" To Help Students Become Learnershttp://www.thedailyriff.com/articles/teachers-doing-the-flip-to-help-students-become-learners-531.php

The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman The title is a metaphor for viewing the world as a level playing field in terms of commerce, where all competitors have an equal opportunity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_world_is_flat