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…
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.
How I Approach Global Learning In My Classroom by Neven Valev, Associate Professor of Economics at Georgia State University As the world becomes ever more connected, many universities and high schools have made efforts to “globalize” their curriculum. That is a worthy goal but achieving it is not easy. Developing global content is time consuming for…
Why I Hate School But Love Education That “school,” as it is, could be improved isn’t a new argument. How to make those improvements to revise our “systems” of learning in light of modern technology access and cultural patterns is why organizations like TeachThought, Edutopia, and so many others exist. With so many talented teachers…
We’ve got a guide to twitter hashtags for education that helps aggregate some of the must-know twitter tidbits. And of course, cybraryman has especially useful twitter resources as well. But there is something approachable about the following infographic from USC Rossier School of Education’s online teaching degree that makes it the kind of thing you…
…Nonetheless, the above framework can help support the teacher in a blended classroom in promoting student motivation
Questioning In The eLearning Environment by Rosa Fattahi, WizIQ As discussed in A Primer in Effective Questioning, Part I, it is important that traditional and eLearning teachers employ a variety of question types that address a range of intellectual skills. Questions should not only be used to assess student comprehension of the material, but also…
Those Who Can’t Teach implies that the field is full of professional failures who bring that non-performance to the classroom.
How Automated Tutoring Can Support Transition To The Common Core by Zacc Dukowitz, Learnbop.com As the majority of states in the U.S. transition to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), so far, test scores have plummeted. While the reality of exactly why is complicated, automated tutoring programs may be able to help, which is why…
Question stems can be used as thinking prompts for class discussions, prompting, and various forms of assessment.
The old way to be cool was to be plugged in and always-on. Digital reputation on point. More followers than people you follow. Respond to messages in seconds. The new cool? Total isolation, solitary confinement style. And it can be yours for just over $2000 US. Distraction-free academic interaction: the students, the text, and nothing…
At their core, MOOCs can speak to the best, altruistic nature of educators by allowing them to share their knowledge freely with the world.