http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:41:10 PDT Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:41:10 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=433985 The Center for Teaching Excellence authored this white paper, Building from Content to Community: [Re]Thinking the Transition to Online Teaching and Learning, to serve as a resource for faculty who are teaching online or are considering making a transition. We hope this paper serves as the starting point for conversation and reflection as you begin this process yourself. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=478248 Article about Barry Moser's trilogy of fairy tale picture books set in Appalachia: The Tinderbox, Polly Vaughn, and Tucker Pfeffercorn. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=448507 The school is in a society that is a complicated process of transformation and can not be alien to it. Students today have many more sources of information that what happened does not make or five years. Sources of information, such as the Internet, cell phones, laptops, iPods that make it necessary to rethink the way how the school teaches. The use of blogs as an educational tool puts school in the dynamics that require our students and training for skills that society is going to sue them. In this paper we develop some experiences in the use of blogs as an educational tool for high school levelLa escuela se encuentra en una sociedad que está en un complicado proceso de transformación y no puede ser ajena a éste. Los alumnos disponen hoy en día de muchas más fuentes de información que lo que ocurría no hace ni cinco años. Fuentes de información, como Internet, teléfonos celulares, laptops, iPods que hacen necesario replantear la forma de cómo la escuela enseña. El uso de los blogs como una herramienta educativa innovadora coloca a la escuela en la dinámica que exigen nuestros alumnos y en la formación de las competencias que la sociedad les va a demandar. En este trabajo se desarrollan algunas experiencias en el uso de los blogs como una herramienta educativa a nivel bachillerato. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=530048 Students face challenges in online and face-to-face classes due to a variety of reasons. Possible challenges include being new to a field of study and/or the online environment, getting acquainted with an instructor's teaching and organizational style, and being new to college or returning after many years. However, the biggest challenge of all is understanding what it takes to be a successful student. Students who are successful know to stay abreast of course requirements, maintain focus on due dates, communicate concerns to their instructor early, and can work around setbacks. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=530087 This article was written for the UMUC community, but also has a list of good resources for others outside the community. Low/no-cost professional development resources are available for both faculty and staff from a variety of sources, including UMUC, Baltimore-Washington metropolitan academic institutions, and national educational organizations. UMUC provides a number of professional development opportunities through institutional memberships with academic organizations and via the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=487879 Engaging the students in establishing the classroom rules might be a good idea.The article includes some of the activities you could do to involve the students to creat the classroom rules. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=375029 It describes scientific literacy and how it is important. This article also touches on the importance of scientific literacy in the classroom and how the American education system is lacking that. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=585294 This article provides tips for teachers in how they can better engage their students. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=373807 This is an article about science. The scientific method is also explained. He provides the explanation for science, pseudoscience and beliefs. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=373803 This is an article about how important it is to be literate in science. It talks about literacy within the science community about what it means to be literate in science. It describes solutions to the problem depending on the level of education.