Preface In part 1 of this post we took a look at the writing process itself–the relative awkwardness of the process for many developing writers, and how live modeling can help support writer growth. In this part, we are focusing on using cloud-based word processing and general productivity suites like Adobe Buzzword and Google Docs….
But the whole ‘universe at your fingertips’ via Google is unhelpful in this sense: what you’ll actually find is strangely limited.
We love Digital Media and Learning. Among other virtues, their attention to the macro level ideas in learning and education set them apart from many education resources available. The video above explores the fundamental design of our system of education, from its goals to its processes and “leaks.” It also addresses the very important question…
The internet is fast becoming a place of spectacle. Early transition to the world wide web was marked by text-heavy prose while developers struggled for ways to “digitize” old media forms. Admittedly, this process is not entirely new. The benefits and allure (not always one and the same) of multimedia have been leveraged from the…
Teachers are the hardest working professionals I’ve ever seen with my own eyes. My own experience as a teacher in rural and urban public schools has shown me that (almost) every single moving part performs with the best of intentions and extraordinary effort that is easy to miss for anyone outside of the walls of…
Swiping, pinching, zooming, and other ‘non-typing’ interactions are emerging, moving us closer to a ‘touchless’ future of hardware.
“What Does an Ideal Learning Environment Look Like?” by Adrienne Albregts first appeared on the CompassLearning Navigator and gettingsmart.com How would you describe the perfect learning environment? Yes, I realize the question is open-ended, and after launching Compass Learning’s Ideal Learning Environment Video Contest, it’s evident that plenty of people have very specific thoughts regarding their education. We received…
Though we haven’t written about it much just yet, something that’s of enormous interest to us here at TeachThought is media–its creators, forms, themes, design elements, consumption patterns, and ultimate impact on thinking and human behavior. We put together this chart as a way to visualize the differences in the five most popular media consumption…
In the following video from Digital Media Research Hub, Katie Salen discusses the role of play in learning.
Social learning has always been a staple of education since Piaget, Thorndike, Vygotsky, and countless others before them began exploring how people learn. At its most basic level, this idea can be reduced to the need to socialize thinking, and experiment through interaction, play, and authentic, self-driven performance. In 12 Tips For Supporting Social Collaboration Jane Hart from Center for…
Like thinking, reading in the 21st century is endlessly linked in an increasingly visible web of physical and digital media forms.
Chris Langan was profiled in Malcolm Gladwell’s book as “the world’s smartest man.” The former bouncer has an IQ measure between 195 and 210.