7 Ideas For Using Hashtags In The Classroom By Anibal Pacheco, TeachThought intern If you are an Educator looking to use Twitter in the classroom you might have noticed most tweets include a #Hashtag. The use of the # sign with a word attached to it makes up one. Hashtags trace their history to IRC…
Here are five new tools for edtech that I plan to use this spring. I hope it encourages you to sprout new ideas, too.
Education technology has changed what’s possible in learning. No longer are students confined to desks, textbooks, or even classrooms or schools. Today, a student has at least the potential for access to apps, an incredible catalogue of videos, podcasts, learning simulations, digital communities and so much more, all through a simple internet connection. The following…
No-Zero Policy: Students Don’t See Zeroes The Same Way Adults Do by Heather M. Stocker, TeachThought Intern Many teachers see zeroes as punitive, but teaching 11th Grade English has taught me that the least motivational force on the planet is a zero. Though many teachers would chaff under the prospect of a zero, many students…
Technology Is Technology & A Computer Is A Computer Many years ago, I taught, or really, introduced, young Pre-K and Kindergarten students to computers. Every two months, I brought a different type of computer to use. Some months I would lug that huge beige monitor and big, heavy CPU. By comparison, it was such a…
If you love twitter but not carpal tunnel, this graphic might help. From CTRL-V to spacebar scrolling, here are 25 twitter keyboard shortcuts.
Most of these are concept maps of sorts with a design that signifies extended function, detail, or features of some sort.
How Does Technology Improve Learning? This is a contributed post by Jenna Smith It doesn’t matter what you want to learn, whether it’s how to play the piano, solve advanced calculus problems, or cook gourmet French food, technology can help you do it. A simple example of this is biologcal dissection. Twenty years ago, all…
Tarun Mitra, CEO & Co-Founder of LurnQ “Big breakthroughs happen when what is suddenly possible meets what is desperately necessary” – Thomas Friedman, NY Times Three big Stanford classes demonstrated a breakthrough in late 2011. There was a need for education and learning to undergo a transformation and this was now possible through the open…
iPad has an intuitive, elegant touch interface, & user-friendly operating system. Here’s what a teacher should be able to do with an iPad.
Using a mind mapping tool would bring together valuable resources within the same context, thus appealing to the different learning styles of students.
Pursuing college education is now more expensive than before, which means that the academic degree that is being pursued can be considered as a career investment. With the rising cost of education, selecting a worthwhile major almost a necessity. The courses that students pursue have variable economic value and subsequent employability chances. If your students…