Education vs Employment

This infographic from focus.com shows the relationship between education and earnings. A college degree is not necessarily a pre-requisite to having a well-paid career. Nor, does that degree guarantee a great income.

The Rearview Mirror 5/19/2012

For those of you who may have missed a Catch of the Day or who didn't have the opportunity to look at some of them during this past week, here's a second chance.

 

Monday

The Faculty Project brings together the best professors from the world's leading universities to teach online for free.

Tuesday

With understoodit, teachers can get student feedback in real-time allowing them to make "in-game" changes during classes to help students better understand difficult topics.

Wednesday

TeacherCast is a broad-ranging online resource created by a classroom teacher for teachers. Educators will find podcasts, app reviews, videos, a career center, and much more.

Thursday

Safe on the Street, presented by BMW, is a road safety education website for 7-11 years olds, their teachers, and their parents. Fun activities, stories, puzzles, quizzes, and contests help kids learn how to keep safe on the street.

Ignite a Fire with DO Lectures

Similar in concept to the TED Talks, DO Lectures are stimulating presentations from people who are changing the world.

DO Lectures is built around a simple idea — "that people who Do things can inspire the rest of us to go and Do things, too". Each year a group of such inspiring people are invited to come together and tell what they do. They can be small DOs or big, extraordinary DOs. 

DO Lectures hopes these talks are "fire-starters" that will inspire the viewers to go and DO amazing things, too.

COD - 5/17/2012 - Safe on the Street [Safety]

Safe on the Street, presented by BMW, is a road safety education website for 7-11 years olds, their teachers, and their parents. Fun activities, stories, puzzles, quizzes, and contests help kids learn how to keep safe on the street.

The Safe on the Street gang along with some of their friends will show students how to be safe when they are out and about. Safe on the Street has been designed to help educators teach valuable road safety lessons within their curriculum.

It is assumed that the children have a basic understanding of the operation and use of a computer. Opportunities are provided for using technology to:

• Find things out
• Collect and analyze information
• Develop ideas by creating and presenting in words and graphics
• Communicate findings and results
• Collaborate in reviewing and evaluating the work as it progresses

Interwoven throughout all the Safe on the Street activities and extension ideas are cross-curricular links into other subjects with a strong focus on English but also science, maths, art, geography, etc.

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COD - 5/16/2012 - TeacherCast [Resources]

TeacherCast is a broad-ranging online resource created by a classroom teacher for teachers. Educators will find podcasts, app reviews, videos, a career center, and much more.

Some of what teachers can do at TeacherCast:

• Listen to the TeacherCast Podcast, a weekly round table show featuring real teachers.
• Find the perfect app with over 100 app reviews to help you choose the best materials for your classroom.
• Watch video tutorials demonstrating todays best apps and web applications.
• Read great articles written by educators about todays hot topics.
• Use the TeacherCast Career Center to search for and post a job.
• Subscribe to The TeacherCast Newsletter.

A free iPhone and iPad app lets you take TeacherCast with you on the go.

In the summer of 2011, Jeff Bradbury created TeacherCast.net to help his fellow teachers learn about the latest technologies available for education. Jeff teaches in the North Brunswick Twp School District.

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