Showing posts with label Assessment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Assessment. Show all posts

Monday, January 31, 2011

CO11 Free Online Conference on WiZiQ - Feb 4-6, 2011

Welcome to the annual live online conference (CO11). You are cordially invited to participate at the live online conference on the weekend of Feb 4-6, 2011.

The conference will be of interest to educators, administrators, students, and community members who value the importance of integrating technology into the curriculum to improve instruction and learning. Online learning involves various skills on the part of the instructor and learner. These include social and communication skills, social networking, independent learning strategies, critical and higher order thinking skills, creativity, and effective online and face-to-face facilitation. In addition, there are many challenges that educators, administrators, students and community members face.

The theme of the conference is, connecting online for instruction and learning that goes beyond the classroom. Presenters from around the globe will discuss the following topics:

  • Connecting online to improve instruction and learning: Online learning and instructional experiences
  • Experiences with the use of technology in face-to-face and online classes. What worked and what didn't work for you?
  • How do you use technology to promote your online workshops, consultation, and communities?
  • Research conducted on e-learning
  • Books written on e-learning

For more information and the entire speaker schedule click here: CO11 Free Online Conference 2011.

School of Educators–Resource

The online School of Educators is a tremendous resource for teachers, parents and students alike. Best described by founder and editor in chief Vishal Jain …

Education synonyms being breeding, civilization, coaching, cultivation, culture, development, discipline, edification, enlightenment,improvement, knowledge, nurturing, teaching, training, tutoring etc. It encompasses many things which in short mean an overall development of a student.

Success of a nation depends on education of its people. Education has to be at the core of national development agenda. School education is perhaps the most important basic element of education system as it lays strong foundation for further learning.

The learning and development of one teacher will translate into better education for thousands of students. With this in mind, School of educators focuses on bringing forth innovative resources that help educators, administrators, principals and teachers in delivering better quality education to their students and to manage their Schools / colleges professionally.

Vishal Jain
Editor in Chief

Visit SCHOOLOFEDUCATORS today and subscribe (free) to their newsletter.

Do you have an iPhone? Then look here ..

EducationApps of London is a fantastic resources for those with iPhones and some other Smart phones.

George Burgess has created a series of applications to help students revise and prepare for their different exams. From the UK 11+ through to AS Level and beyond. EducationApps is a fast growing company with new offerings appearing every month.

Visit EducationApps web site and discover the resources available and I strongly recommend that you book mark it as a favourite on your internet browser.

For more details contact EducationApps or George directly.

Who is ‘AskEric’?

This is one of the best resources for anyone associated with education. I strongly recommend this as a great place to start your research.

About the ERIC Collection

ERIC provides unlimited access to more than 1.3 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials, with hundreds of new records added multiple times per week. If available, links to full text are included.

Within the ERIC Collection, you will find records for:

  • journal articles
  • books
  • research syntheses
  • conference papers
  • technical reports
  • policy papers
  • other education-related materials

You may also search special collections from the What Works Clearinghouse and the Regional Educational Laboratories.

Who Uses ERIC

ERIC users include education researchers, teachers, librarians, administrators, education policymakers, instructors and students in teacher-preparation programs, parents, the media and business communities, and the general public. The user community conducts more than eight million searches each month through the ERIC Web site and commercial and non-commercial sites.

What's in ERIC

Journals in ERIC

ERIC indexes education journals, the majority of which are peer-reviewed. Most of these journals are indexed comprehensively - that is, a record for every article in each issue is included in ERIC. Some journals are indexed selectively - that is, only those articles that are education-related are selected for indexing.

Journal records typically include bibliographic data (author, title, date, journal citation, publisher) and an abstract, or short description of the work. A small number of journal publishers also make the full text of an article available at no cost directly through this Web site. The majority of journal articles need to be obtained through library print and electronic holdings or directly from the publisher. To aid in the finding process, ERIC includes Find in a Library and/or Publisher's Web site links at the end of every record with an ISSN number.

Other Materials in ERIC

In addition to the journal literature, ERIC indexes education-related materials from a variety of sources, including scholarly organizations, professional associations, research centers, policy organizations, university presses, the U.S. Department of Education and other federal agencies, and state and local agencies. Individual contributors submit conference papers, research papers, dissertations, and theses.

Records for these materials typically include bibliographic data (author, title, date, source), an abstract, or short description of the work, and a link to the full text in PDF format. ERIC appreciates the individuals and publishers who have given ERIC permission to display the full text at no charge. For most materials from 2004 forward, if full text is not available in ERIC, links to the publishers' Web sites and to libraries that may have the full text are provided.

Identifying and providing full-text access to this "grey literature" or "fugitive literature" is one of ERIC's signature strengths. Grey literature provides searchers with a wide variety of important information about education. Diverse in format, it ranges from informational materials to very substantive, rigorously researched and reviewed documents, including research syntheses, conference papers, and policy reports. All materials are reviewed and selected in accordance with the ERIC Selection Policy ERIC Selection Policy.

Getting Started with ERIC

The ERIC Web site allows you to search education-related bibliographic records any time at no charge. A growing number of full-text materials are becoming available in the ERIC Collection as PDF documents in ERIC or via links to library holdings and publishers' Web sites.

  • Use the ERIC Web site's Basic Search or Advanced Search tools to search the ERIC Collection.
  • Use the Thesaurus to identify appropriate words and phrases from ERIC's controlled vocabulary for precision searching.
  • Use My ERIC to manage your search criteria and search results, save searches, and track your online submissions.

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Lord of the Flies Quiz …. how well can you do now?

Quiz

1. Whose responsibility is it to maintain the first signal fire?

(A) Piggy’s

(B) The hunters’

(C) Sam and Eric’s

(D) The littluns’

2. What powers does Jack ascribe to the beast after Simon’s murder?

(A) Immortality and the power to change shape

(B) Telepathy and the power to change shape

(C) Immortality and telepathy

(D) Enormous strength and murderous cunning

3. How does the first boy disappear?

(A) Roger crushes him with a boulder.

(B) The other boys kill him with their bare hands.

(C) A boar gores him.

(D) He burns to death when the signal fire ignites the forest.

4. Who is the first boy to disappear?

(A) Piggy

(B) Simon

(C) Clark

(D) A littlun

5. Where does the beast go during the day, according to one littlun?

(A) Into the ocean

(B) Into the air

(C) Into the fire

(D) Into the caves near the Castle Rock

6. Who sees the dead parachutist first?

(A) Ralph

(B) Sam and Eric

(C) Jack

(D) Piggy

7. Which character speaks to the Lord of the Flies?

(A) Phil

(B) Ralph

(C) Piggy

(D) Simon

8. What lures the navy ship to the island?

(A) The fire in the jungle

(B) The roar of the beast

(C) The signal fire

(D) The shortwave radio

9. Whom does Jack strike shortly after his first kill?

(A) Ralph

(B) Francis

(C) Piggy

(D) Roger

10. When Piggy is killed, what else is destroyed?

(A) The shortwave radio

(B) The conch shell

(C) The Lord of the Flies

(D) The signal fire

11. What is Ralph’s first act upon being elected leader?

(A) Planning the building of the signal fire

(B) Naming Piggy his chief advisor

(C) Naming Simon the leader of the mystics

(D) Naming Jack the leader of the hunters

12. What object does Ralph clutch when he talks about Simon’s murder?

(A) The sow’s head

(B) The conch shell

(C) Piggy’s glasses

(D) A spear

13. Who is the only boy to kill someone on the island by himself?

(A) Piggy

(B) Jack

(C) Roger

(D) Robert

14. What does Jack suggest the boys use as the “pig” in their dance-like reenactment of the hunt?

(A) A littlun

(B) Piggy

(C) Ralph

(D) A real pig

15. Which boy treats the littluns with the most kindness?

(A) Simon

(B) Jack

(C) Piggy

(D) Ralph

16. Which boy would rather hunt than build huts?

(A) Simon

(B) Jack

(C) Piggy

(D) Ralph

17. Where is Jack’s tribe headquarters?

(A) Next to Ralph’s

(B) On the mountain of the beast

(C) Deep in the jungle

(D) At the Castle Rock

18. What tool or tools do the boys use to make fire?

(A) A flint and steel

(B) Ralph’s tinderbox

(C) Piggy’s glasses

(D) Matches from the airplane

19. What is the boys’ home country?

(A) England

(B) Australia

(C) New Zealand

(D) Canada

20. Who kills Piggy?

(A) Ralph

(B) Roger

(C) Sam and Eric

(D) Simon

21. What surrounds Simon’s body as it floats into the sea?

(A) Sharks

(B) Eels

(C) A cloud of blood

(D) Glowing fish

22. Who knocks the Lord of the Flies to the ground?

(A) Ralph

(B) Roger

(C) Simon

(D) Piggy

23. On what obstruction does the dead parachutist become tangled?

(A) Tree limbs

(B) Jagged rocks

(C) The roof of the hut

(D) The Castle Rock

24. Who tells Jack where Ralph is hiding in Chapter 12?

(A) Simon

(B) Roger

(C) A littlun

(D) Sam and Eric

25. Which boy does not dance at Jack’s first feast?

(A) Simon

(B) Ralph

(C) Piggy

(D) Jack

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Robotics - English PPT Project (Year 9)

The following PowerPoint is from Arber and James for their end of semester English project. They chose Robotics as their theme and created this powerful and well constructed PowerPoint to support their presentation.



An interesting and well researched project which enables us to understand the impact of Robotics on our day to day life as well as a glimpse of the possibilities for the future. Good teamwork was observed throughout the project time period. Well done to both boys. (Grade 5+)

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

English and English Literature at MIST

 

IGCSE – English Language – (OCR 0500)

IGCSE – English Literature – (Edexcel 4360)

During the two year course, all of you will study for two IGCSE qualifications- English and English Literature. Although examined separately, these will be taught as one course during your weekly lessons of English.

IGCSE stands for International General Certificate of Secondary Education. As an international school, with many different cultures and beliefs, we feel that this course offers a greater range of opportunities and challenges that relate well to our students. The IGCSE qualifications are run by Edexcel International and Cambridge University in England and are fully recognised by universities and centres of higher education worldwide.

In the English Language component you will study a wide range of fiction and non-fiction, examining how writers construct texts, as well as extracting information for your own writing tasks. Imaginative, personal and creative writing will also be important elements of the course. You will be asked to write in a variety of ways and for different purposes, ranging from descriptive to informative and argumentative writing. Every piece of work that you complete in English could count as coursework, which makes up 50% of your final mark.

Another area of English Language that you will study is Speaking and Listening. You will be asked to use appropriate language in a variety of situations, including personal anecdotes, speechmaking and debating. You will develop an awareness of how language changes depending on situation in both speech and writing.

In the English Literature component you will read a novel, a play and a selection of poems. You will be asked questions on two of these texts in your final examination, which makes up 70% of your final mark and to write an analysis of poetry for your coursework, which makes up the remaining 30% of your final mark. There will be an emphasis on learning about the literary techniques and language used by authors as well as looking at themes and ideas in a variety of texts. You will be asked to make comparisons between texts and to relate the ideas and issues that are raised to one another.

When you receive your examination marks at the end of Year Eleven you will be awarded three final grades and three qualifications as a result of this. One grade will be for English Language and with this will be a separated Speaking and Listening grade; the third grade will be for English Literature. It is possible to be awarded different grades in all three areas.

English Language and Literature are subjects that both allow a great deal of creativity, imagination and personal writing. However, they also both require hard work and determination. With these pre-requisites we believe you have every chance for success.

 

For Further Information :

Please see Dr. Rod

Sunday, April 27, 2008

More IGCSE ~ AS/AL Past papers

IGCSE ESL (0510) Past Papers from June 2003.

Paper 1 (0510)
The first Paper from the June 2003 Session.
Paper 2 (0510)
The second Paper from the June 2003 Session.
Paper 3 (0510)
The third Paper from the June 2003 Session.
Paper 4 (0510)
The fourth Paper from the June 2003 Session.

AS/AL English Literature (9595) Past Papers from June 2003.

Paper 3 (9695)
The third Paper from the June 2003 Session.
Paper 4 (9695)
The fourth Paper from the June 2003 Session.
Paper 5 (9695)
The fifth Paper from the June 2003 Session.
Paper 6 (9695)
The sixth Paper from the June 2003 Session.
Paper 7 (9695)
The seventh Paper from the June 2003 Session.

EDEXCEL:

GCSE in English (1203, 1204, 5203) and English Literature (1213): Specification Guide
PDF (904 KB)
10/10/2002

GCSE English A (1203), B (1204) and Literature (1213): Anthology
PDF (47 KB)
14/10/2002

Specimen Papers and Mark Schemes
PDF (692 KB)
10/10/2002

Paper 2F
PDF (188 KB)
14/10/2002

Paper 3H
PDF (164 KB)
14/10/2002

SAT Past papers and Materials

 

SATs (The Standardised College Admissions Test) are required for many US universities, and it is hard to find past papers and questions to practice online. However, here we have links to SATs past papers, but most advisable is to purchase official sats practice question books.

The Official SAT Study Guide

Cracking the SAT, 2008 Edition (College Test Prep)

Cracking the SAT Math 1 and 2 Subject Tests, 2007-2008 Edition (College Test Prep)

The Official Study Guide for All SAT Subject Tests (Real Sats)

Barron's SAT 2400: Aiming for the Perfect Score 2008 (Barron's SAT 2400)

Barron's SAT Subject Test Math Level 2 2008 (Barron's How to Prepare for the Sat II Mathematics, Level Iic)

Cracking the SAT Biology E/M Subject Test, 2007-2008 Edition (College Test Prep)

The Ultimate Math Refresher for the GRE, GMAT, and SAT

11 Practice Tests for the SAT and PSAT, 2008 (College Test Prep)

The Official SAT Subject Tests in Mathematics Levels 1 & 2 Study Guide (Official Sat Subject Tests in Mathematics Levels 1 & 2 Study Guide)

IGCSE Past papers

The following are links to past IGCSE papers, examiners guides and reports:

IGCSE English Literature

 

IGCSE Second Language English

Paper 1 (0510)
The first Paper from the June 2003 Session.
Paper 2 (0510)
The second Paper from the June 2003 Session.
Paper 3 (0510)
The third Paper from the June 2003 Session.
Paper 4 (0510)
The fourth Paper from the June 2003 Session.

 

IGCSE First Language English

 

OTHER SUBJECTS:

IGCSE History

Compiled List of Past Paper Questions

IGCSE Computer Studies

 

IGCSE Economics

IGCSE Geography

IGCSE Paper 2 Questions and Answers!

Past Paper 2 (0460)
The second Paper from the June 2003 Session.
Past Paper 5 (0460)
The fifth Paper from the June 2003 Session.
IGCSE Geography Paper 2 model answers
A PDF containing model answers for you to try out
IGCSE Geography Paper 2 model answers
A PDF containing model answers for you to try out
IGCSE Geography Paper 2 model answers
A PDF containing model answers for you to try out

 

IGCSE Information Technology

 

IGCSE Maths

Past Paper 1 (0580)
The first Paper from the June 2003 Session.
Past Paper 2 (0580)
The second Paper from the June 2003 Session.
Past Paper 3 (0580)
The third Paper from the June 2003 Session.
Past Paper 4 (0580)
The fourth Paper from the June 2003 Session.
IGCSE Maths Paper 1 model answers
A PDF containing model answers for you to try out
IGCSE Maths Paper 2 model answers
A PDF containing model answers for you to try out
IGCSE Maths Paper 3 model answers
A PDF containing model answers for you to try out
IGCSE Maths Paper 4 model answers
A PDF containing model answers for you to try out

 

IGCSE Biology

See the full list of IGCSE Biology Past Papers, including ones hosted on this site.

Past Paper 2 (0610)
The second Paper from the June 2003 Session.
Past Paper 3 (0610)
The third Paper from the June 2003 Session.
IGCSE Biology Paper 2 model answers
A PDF containing model answers for you to try out
IGCSE Biology Paper 3 model answers
A PDF containing model answers for you to try out
IGCSE Biology Paper 6 model answers
A PDF containing model answers for you to try out

 

IGCSE Chemistry

Past Paper 2 (0620)
The second Paper from the June 2003 Session.
Past Paper 3 (0620)
The third Paper from the June 2003 Session.
IGCSE Chemistry Paper 2 model answers
A PDF containing model answers for you to try out
IGCSE Chemistry Paper 3 model answers
A PDF containing model answers for you to try out
IGCSE Chemistry Paper 6 model answers
A PDF containing model answers for you to try out

 

IGCSE Physics

Paper 2 (0625)
The second Paper from the June 2003 Session.
Paper 3 (0625)
The third Paper from the June 2003 Session.
IGCSE Physics Paper 2 model answers
A PDF containing model answers for you to try out
IGCSE Physics Paper 3 model answers
A PDF containing model answers for you to try out
IGCSE Physics Paper 6 model answers
A PDF containing model answers for you to try out

 

IGCSE Co-Ordinated Sciences

IGCSE Accounting

 

IGCSE Business

Paper 1 (0450)
The first Paper from the June 2003 Session.
Paper 2 (0450)
The second Paper from the June 2003 Session.
IGCSE Business Studies Specimen Paper 1 2004
A PDF containing model answers for you to try out
IGCSE Business Studies Specimen Paper 2 2004
A PDF containing model answers for you to try out

Monday, April 14, 2008

English Progress Reports

Rationale:

In keeping with the National Curriculum Key Stage 3 and 4 objectives and standards I have created a simple progress report that takes each standard in English KS3 and KS4 so that the teacher can give a report which is comprehensive in nature and probably more useful to parents than the standard semester report card.

In the report the teacher is going to indicate the attainment level of the student within MIST, that is within their class. Additionally there is a mark for where the student would 'fit' or be rated IF they were attending school in the United Kingdom. The second grade is therefore based upon the opinion of the teacher and his/her experience in teaching NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS. It would be anticipated that in many situations the MIST grade would be higher than that of a comparison with a Native English Speaking child of the same age.

The report shows all competancies that are to be covered within year Key Stages 3 and 4. (Other teachers are encouraged to use these forms and your comments would be appreciated. If you want a pdf of these papers please write to me.)