Category: Technology and Learning
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Be a Creative Teacher and use Gliffy
Creativity: Recently I came across a blog by George Couros. I liked his post on 4 Digital Habits that Will Make You More Creative. As you know part of our Definition of Learning includes a focus on creativity. Take a look and see if any of George’s ideas are applicable to your class. Tech Resources: Several teachers…
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The iPad Toolkit for Learning?
See on Scoop.it – Technology for Kids in the ClassroomTHE STARTING POINT? It is interesting to reflect how this simplification of iPad key tools has changed in a relatively short space of time. iWork suite aside, you could purchase the above apps for …See on dedwards.me
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Teach With Movies – Lesson Plans in History, English, Science
See on Scoop.it – Technology for Kids in the Classroom Movie Lesson Plans Based on Films that will Inspire and Motivate Students; 350+ Movie Lesson Plans for High School, Middle School, Elementary and Home School See on teachwithmovies.org
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VideoNot.es – Video Note-Taking Shared!
VideoNot.es – is a note-taking system for videos. Many of you post videos for class or use video as a part of a flipped class lesson. VideoNot.es is a great tool for taking an ordinary video and making it interactive for students. Here is an Example of VideoNot.es. Basically it allows you to share a video and…
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Teaching Stuff…School
See on Scoop.it – Technology for Kids in the Classroom Above and Beyond: The 21st Century Skills (Above and Beyond: The 21st Century Skills http://t.co/W3TdJq7kjm) See on www.pinterest.com
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Highlighting Text
I have had a few requests for some type of page Highlighter. There are lots of these out there. Most of them (almost all) are Extensions or Add-ons to Browsers. This means if you want the highlighter to work you will need to be in a certain browser. That being said the one I recommend…
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The FLTmag | A magazine on technology integrati…
See on Scoop.it – Technology for Kids in the ClassroomArticles, interviews, technology, reviews. ChristopherBell‘s insight: This is GREAT and from my college! See on www.scoop.it
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We are Wrong.
I just gave a presentation at the Google Bangkok Summit on Technology Coaching and the Learning Management System and after talking with professionals in the same field I am convinced we are wrong. We look at what the teachers are doing in the class and do not focus on student outcomes. A simple analogy is…
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Minerva College?
If you haven’t heard of the MOOC’s (Massive Open Online Courses) you might just be behind in higher education. It would appear that now investment capitalists are trying to get in on the picture. Can education be completely online? Is this good for our students? Read this article and tell me what you think. Is…
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Apple and Education
I am currently working at a school where Apple computers are throughout as are ipods and ipads. I was a PC guy and have made the change. No real complaints. This being said, again Edudemic posts a fantastic story by Katie Lepdi on Apple’s influence into modern education. Crazy Facts About Apple’s Role in Education.…
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