Curriculum Is More Important Than Learning Technology
The overwhelming amount of information will surely impede learning for many students in the absence of teaching grounded in good curriculum.
An Aging Teacher Looks At 64: Staying Active In Education
Ageism in education can be a factor but we paid our dues long ago and deserve to stay active and contribute our experience to education.
The Context & History Of Blended Learning
This infographic on the history of blended learning does a good job of making the case that the concept has always existed!
When The WiFi Goes Out: Responding When Students Can’t
When The WiFi Goes Out: Responding When Students Can’t Recently, our middle school sports team played a game far away. The coach suggested the students bring their backpacks to do homework on the long bus ride. Not surprisingly, no one got any homework done—at all. The students tried, but they needed the internet to access…
A Visual Guide To Creative Commons Licensing
A Visual Guide To Creative Commons Licensing Creative Commons licensing was one of the best things that ever happened to the internet. Where once the internet was an untamed beast overran by plagiarism, non-attributed image theft, copyright confusion, and super shaky sense of who owns what–well, really that hasn’t changed for most. But for those…
4 Important Ways To Make The Common Core Transition Easier On Students
by Judy Willis and Terry Heick Like killer bees, the Common Core Standards have been coming for what seems like decades now, and with a similar tone of doom and despair. (Or hope and interest, depending on your perspective.) Most of the adjustments discussed are focused on curriculum and technology, but there is the matter…
11 BYOD Apps That Keep The Focus On Content
These 11 apps can be used in BYOD classes to keep the focus on content and publication, rather than digital fences that distract institutions.
How The iPad Can Promote The Development Of Non-Cognitive Skills
Recent studies show that non-cognitive skills might be as important – or more so – as cognitive skills in determining educational outcomes.
Research Tools For Students To Diversify Their Approach To Data Seeking
Research Tools For Students To Diversify Their Approach To Data Seeking by Susan Oxnevad first appeared (under a different title) on gettingsmart.com Why do so many students choose Wikipedia when asked to find information on the Internet? I believe the answer is that Wikipedia is like the McDonalds of the Internet, you can always find it and you …
A Primer For Mixing Introverts & Extroverts In The Classroom
How To Mix Introverts & Extroverts In The Classroom by Christi Wilson There has been a tremendous amount of research on the biological differences in how the brain works. Within these studies, researchers have discovered that there are in fact two distinct personality types: introverts and extroverts. One thing is clear: Teaching introverts is different….
Public Participation In The Arts Data Reflects Digital Shift
Public Participation In The Arts Data Reflects Digital Shift The National Endowment for the Arts has released data from the 2012 Survey for Public Participation in the Arts, and there are some interesting trends. More than 70% of American adults accessed electronic media, 1 in 4 adults now share photography online (see Instagram and facebook), and…
10 Team-Building Games That Promote Critical Thinking
Begin a story that incorporates whatever happens to be on your assigned photo. The next student continues the story, incorporating their photo, and so on.
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