Five for Friday-Links and Ideas

After getting caught up in baseball playoffs for a month, I am back to my blog. Hopefully, this weekend, I'll be flooding the zone with blog posts. Here are some resources for now.

Looking for free ways to get students involved in class with response clickers. Here are some options. http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/10/three-alternatives-to-clicker-response.html

Great piece from Carol Dweck on Mindset.

Does our 1:1 environment lend itself to a flipped classroom? Interesting story...

http://stateimpact.npr.org/indiana/2011/10/12/how-youtube-is-changing-the-classroom/

Here is a great animated commentary on how our brain functions...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dFs9WO2B8uI

How to teacher kids to multi-task while maintaining focus.

http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/10/how-meditating-helps-with-multitasking/