The New Classroom

I am Brian Paris. New technology is changing the way that we learn. The variety of new ideas is coming at a breakneck pace. Some will change the traditional classroom, and some will take education completely out of the classroom. While this provides opportunities, there is also a concern about how effective these techniques will be.

[baqki]

OK to make a font out of your own writing

go here

http://www.myscriptfont.com/

instead of printing it off just use this blank thing that way you dont have to scan it or anything

so fill that out by pasting it in any art program and whatnot

then save it and upload it to that site

and itll give you an option to download it

so do that and then install it BAM

[dustandhalos]

[kittenmogu]

[pickle-inspect0r]

[ilikedaisiesinthespringtime]

I JUST GOT THIS ON MY TABLET IT’S SO COOL OH MY GOD

[nakadoo]

[jupiter24jay]

[movedtosaucymcfuzzy]

[zeekist]

for some reason it refused to recognize the third page of my letters but they were all pretty unnecessary mathematic things anyway so I’m not too worried. still something to keep in mind though, I hope it doesn’t happen for you!

[januarycomicsmonth]

paintfont.com would be a good place to go to quickly make a custom font for your comic!

[weavingmemories]

[timon-the-tomato-deactivated201]

ehh

It looks just as horrible in real life..even worse with the letter attached…

[frickmyrick-deactivated20170811]

[trveroman]

I’ll try this later.

[roachpatrol]

you can also use alternative alphabets

[authorloremipsum]

[cobalt-draws]

Welp. Guess I know what font I’m gonna be using for comics from now on. B)

[io-ooc]

Welp. Looks like I have to do this now. So I can use this for Tengri’s asks.

[keelime-art]

For some reason there is no apostrophe in my set, but it still looks cool.

[changephase]

NEAT THING ALERT

[kingloptr]

[mahouwl]

The site is now called https://www.calligraphr.com/en/ but it’s basically the same!

[thecaffeinebookwarrior-deactiva]

@skeletonsandwildflowers, you need to use this.  The world needs your beautiful handwriting.

[barelyfunctioningangel]

PSA for everyone writing term research papers right now

Mendeley is the greatest program ever

I want to weep with joy every time I use it

Just click a button when you pull up an article and it will automatically save it to your library

And cite it for you

And you can use it on your mobile devices

And it’s free

Just download it and you won’t have so many urges to kill everyone in sight while writing a research paper

[dynastylnoire]

Thank you so much!

[anthrocentric]

Guys, I cannot stress how amazing this program is. 

You can use it to highlight, write notes, mark up, etc. What I do is I highlight all the important jazz, use the comments to write notes on the document, and on the side bar, I write an annotated bib for it for future me. It save everything you write on it forever for you and you can put the articles in folders and organize it.

But that’s not the best part, the best part is that you can access your articles ANYWHERE. Literally anywhere. Forgot your laptop and at a public library? No worries! You can go to the Mendeley website and ACCESS ALL YOUR ARTICLES WITH YOUR NOTES ONLINE. You don’t even have to download the program to access it! It is a life saver and I suggest everyone in academia use it!

[jadorececexo]

Not even in school, but somebody might need this.

[lustyloveylady]

For my college peeps

[thenewclassroom]

How to Use CrowdTangle in the Classroom - MediaShift

Examples for using the social media listening and analysis tool CrowdTangle in an academic setting.

[historygrl]

educational youtube channels:

for when the burnout is real and all you really wanna do is lie in bed and watch things but you gotta at least try to study. these are mostly channels i’ve watched and subscribed to!

sciences

veritasium

it’s okay to be smart

pbs space time

crash course: astronomy

crash course: ecology

crash course: biology

crash course: chemistry

crash course: anatomy and physiology 

crash course: psychology

the school of life: sociology

the school of life: psychotherapy

scishow

scishow space

asapscience

minute physics

minute earth

khan academy

literature / art

crash course: literature

the school of life: literature

the school of life: art/architecture

history / geography / government

crash course: world history (season one)

crash course: world history (season two)

crash course: us history

it’s history: the industrial revolution

it’s history: the history of pirates

it’s history: battlefields (military history)

it’s history: the cold war

the school of life: history

alternate history hub

crash course: intellectual property

crash course: economics

crash course: u.s. government and politics

geography now

the school of life: political theory

it’s history: the history of china

it’s history: weapons of mass destruction

it’s history: the history of sex

extra credits: extra history

khan academy: history

khan academy: american civics

the great war

tom richey: ap euro review

tom richey: ap us history review

cgp grey

math

numberphile

khan academy

philosophy

the school of life: philosophy

the school of life: eastern philosophy

philosophy tube

misc / no particular subject

crash course: big history

ted-ed

smarter every day

in a nutshell

vsauce

dnews

test tube news

test tube plus

seeker daily

the good stuff

thoughty2

[pbsdigitalstudios]

We get the struggle. Thanks for including some of our shows on your list! 

[itsokaytobesmart]

#YouTubeEduandChill

[teachingtoday]

Just found out about this site at a PD

It’s rare for me to come away from a PD with something useful— but I really like this site.

It’s called “Today’s Meet” and is great for classroom conversation or an alternative to exit tickets.  You create a name for the day’s topic/convo/whatever and kids can type to respond.  Especially great for kids who are shy verbally.  

[thenewclassroom]

Chomsky: How America's Great University System Is Being Destroyed | Alternet

[thenewclassroom]

(via Content Curation Tools: The Ultimate List | Content Marketing Forum)

[tellio]

using stories to teach—yes, keep them handy. ▼ Reshared Post From SlideShare ▼ 11 tips for delivering a great speech, via Hugh Culver: http://slidesha.re/1qy1em6 #SlideShare #presentation http://click-to-read-mo.re/p/8lvJ/53a1f3a5

[gjmueller-deactivated20181226]

New college data give fuller picture of graduation rates — and show challenges

Dozens of public universities across the country, including three in Maryland, report that fewer than half of their full-time freshmen in 2007 earned bachelor’s degrees after six years at those schools or after switching to other schools.

This chart shows data for 266 colleges and universities, tracking outcomes for first-time, full-time students who entered college in 2007. See the chart.

[thenewclassroom]

(via MIT Blossoms: Educational tech needs nothing but a TV and VCR.)

[thenewclassroom]

Instead of using units and seat time and accumulating credits, let them have real world experiences and then come back and show they have these competencies that they need. There would be a combination of much more real-world-based learning and having schools help kids to develop real sets of skills. Not just sitting in the classroom while I tell you this stuff.

Author Camille Farrington talks about need to redesign American high schools - The Washington Post

[revolutionizeed-blog]

I love this reflection on how a classroom could be better used by students and teacher!

[thenewclassroom]

[stoweboyd]

Clive Wilkinson is an architect that recently worked with the Barbarian Group to resign its NYC offices, including a 1,100-foot-long ‘table’ that forms a moebius-like ribbon running around the 23,000-square-foot office. He was interviewed by Elaine Louie about the reasoning involved.

Mr….

[thenewclassroom]

(via Talks to watch with kids | Playlist | TED.com)

[thenewclassroom]

[theatlantic]

Should High Schools Offer More Job Training?

Just seven years ago, the Texas Legislature mandated that all high schoolers pass two algebra courses and geometry to graduate. This summer, the state reversed course, easing its strict math, science, and social-studies requirements to free up class time for job training.

Texas legislators want to create a more flexible system that helps students who aren’t headed to four-year colleges enter the workforce. And it’s not just Texas. State legislatures nationwide are enacting laws to promote career and technical education and workforce training in high school.

But that approach carries risks. While it’s true that not all students will go on to college, pulling back on college preparatory coursework has to be handled carefully in a state like Texas, with its hundreds of thousands of low-income and minority students. They’re the students who would benefit from college the most—and who need the most help getting there.

Read more. [World Bank Photo Collection/Flickr]