Making Thinking Visible: The Story Of A Sketchnoter contributed by Reshan Richards Before I even learned about sketchnoting, Explain Everything was available on the App Store for almost 2 years. I was at a conference for Apple Distinguished Educators and Brad Ovenell-Carter from Vancouver was posting these amazing, visually engaging images on Twitter with the…
Can You Cultivate Critical Thinking With Infographics? contributed by Latasha Doyle One of the most difficult aspects of teaching is ensuring that your students are actually evaluating the information, rather than just regurgitating it back to you. Critical thinking skills are incorporated into nearly every lesson plan now, especially with the implementation of Common Core…
Close-reading is an active process characterized by questioning, adjusting reading rate, judgement thinking, and dozens of other strategies.
That Dragon, Cancer is an immersive experience that narrates Joel Green’s fight against cancer through poetic, imaginative interaction.
Today, nerds have all of the potential. Following and adhering and conforming are currencies less valuable in comparison.
If the content is interesting enough, teachers won’t have to work too hard to encourage students to actively engage.
Technology is ubiquitous, fluid, and a matter of human experience. The crafting of things for our own use is ongoing and ever-evolving.
Growing Great Teaching And Learning Under The PBL Umbrella Framework contributed by Drew Perkins “You mean I have to throw out all the work that I’ve done to refine my teaching over the years?” Our PBL workshop facilitators hear this question, or something similar, with regularity and the answer is, NO! We certainly understand the nervousness…
To browse with split screens, open 2 tabs, ‘grab’ one, and drag it off-screen to the side. iOS 10 will automatically split the view equally.
Made With Code encourages girls to use code meaningfully to address problems and express ideas that are important to them.
Instead of taking away cell phones in class, use this tech to your advantage. Set up a competition that requires them to use the internet.
College never taught me that being flexible can be my greatest victory in teaching. When something isn’t working, I can try a new direction!