Monday by the Numbers
February 2, 2009
Well, it looks like Ol’ Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, so that means six more weeks of winter. Not to worry, though, as here’s a list of lists to keep you warm.
5 Steps to Becoming a Teacher – The Apple delivers this list of five things you need to do in order to get on the road toward becoming a teacher. Since most of you reading this are already teachers, feel free to pass these tips on to your friends and family members who want to know what it takes. Each step is further broken down into more detailed categories, such as “Characteristics teachers need” under the first and possibly most important step, “Decide if teaching is right for you.”
5 Online Tools to Help You Cite Your Research Papers – We’ve mentioned EasyBib before, but The Students’ Blog brings four more citation tools to help your students breeze through the often headache-inducing process of creating a research paper bibliography.
Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008 -I know, I know, it’s 2009, but that doesn’t mean this list is totally irrelevant. With 100 tools on the list, there’s bound to be some things you’ve seen or possibly used before, like Firefox and Skype, but there are plenty of new toys to play with, too. This list comes to us from across the pond at C4LPT (Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies).
69 Free or Open Source Tools For Students – We don’t believe in having to pay for software, especially when it comes to tools that are useful for educators. That’s why lists like this one from “This is the OC (Online College)” are so useful. Again, you’ll probably see some old favorites here, but the list is divided by categories like “Learning & Brainstorming,” so you can discover new open source software no matter what your students need. -JEREMY S. GRIFFIN
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