Self-Paced Professional Development Here are some options for self-paced, learn-when-you-can professional development. Your district will not hand you these options, but I encourage you to seek them out. iTunesU iTunesU is an iPad-based repository of courses, lectures, and resources for teachers and students. The content can be accessed exclusively on the iPad, and the material…
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Flipping the Classroom Requires More Than Video
Flipping the classroom has become a large passion of mine. It is one of my ongoing professional goals to implement next year. I have to agree with these four bullet points. Poor video lectures are worse than the live version of the same lecture. They need to be engaging. Video lectures lead to less engaged…
iPad is King in Education
Today I was reading the blog of Steven Anderson, District Instructional Technologist with Winston-Salem Schools in Winston-Salem NC, where he was discussing “Taking a Step Back and Thinking Critically About Technology“. Take a moment to read the article to understand my standpoint below. So why is iPad King in Education? Apps! When you have a…
TeachPaperless: 21 Things That Will Become Obsolete in Education by 2020
21 Things That Will Become Obsolete in Education by 2020 Last night I read and posted the clip on ‘21 Things That Became Obsolete in the Last Decade‘. Well, just for kicks, I put together my own list of ’21 Things That Will Become Obsolete in Education by 2020’.
The Complete Guide to Facebook for Educators #edtech
Quotes: Google Reader (28) Here is some of what you’ll find in his post:100 Ways You Should Be Using Facebook in Your Classroom50 Useful Facebook Tips for Teachers8 Real Ways Facebook Enriched Ms. Schoening’s First Grade ClassUsing Facebook to Connect With Students & ParentsFacebook Apps for eLearningTeacher’s Guide to Using Facebook (Read Fullscreen)Facebook Top 20…
New Library for the 21st Century! #edtech
I think that this is fantastic! Reading the main story on the Houston Press, there are some teachers and librarians that are up in arms about this. Stating that students need to compete for the computers in order to access books. Why? Don’t most kids now days have smartphones? And for the most part does a…
Step 1 – Create A Class Blog | The Edublogger
Why Have A Class Blog A class blog is always a good starting point if you want to blog with your students. It gives you to time to increase your skills while gradually introducing your students to blogging and educating them on appropriate online behaviour. Start initially with you being responsible for writing posts, and…
Teachers: Please stop prohibiting the use of Wikipedia #edtech
I couldn’t agree more with this post on using Wikipedia in the classroom. Many times I have run across teacher that tell their students to not use Wikipedia as a source because it can be inaccurate. Information on Wikipedia at time can be inaccurate but we should be teaching students to cite properly and to…
‘School of One’ Pilot Program Under Way in Chinatown Middle School 131
Now this is a school! Amazing article by the NY Times on a new way to approach educating students. I have always believed that educating students is much more successful when you take this approach and eliminate the confines of the typical four walled classroom. I wish my middle school was like this when I…
World of Warcraft Invades Language Arts Class
I never would have even thought of using WOW as a learning tool in schools until I saw this post and student responses given in the project. This is the kind of outstanding risk I like seeing teachers taking to incorporate technology in the classroom. While there should be caution when using games like this…