Seven Tools For Student Collaboration In Digital PBL by Rob Sabo Education today often requires extensive collaboration between students and faculty. Team assignments are an excellent way to improve learning and help students develop the communication tools necessary to thrive in the workplace. Choosing the right tools for small group collaboration is crucial for facilitating…
What if you tied financial literacy to your content area through a PBL unit about design, social media or the effects of World War II?
Student voice and choice, publishing, and a driving question are some of the essential ingredients of project-based learning.
6 Questions On Measuring Creativity & Other Abstractions by Grant Wiggins, Ed.D, Authentic Education Oh, you can’t measure that… I hear this in almost every conversation about assessment of long-term educational goals. “Critical and creative thinking – oh, you can’t measurethat.” Why are educators so quick to say things like this? On its face the claim is a…
The Changing Landscape For Libraries & Librarians In The Digital Age by Frankie Rendon, librarysciencedegree.usc.edu The advent of the Internet has placed the need for libraries, and librarians under scrutiny. Now that everything in print is available online, do we really need physical libraries and librarians anymore? Of course we do…now, more than ever before. According…
Introducing Competitive Leagues–For Creativity Image: Releasing Our Inner Beast, Jaden N., Barrow High School, Alaska. From Game 2 – (We Are) Animals By John Sobol, Media League Commissioner The Media League (www.themedialeague.com) is a unique and innovative new educational program – a competitive creativity league for high schools – that is just like a varsity sports league, except that instead of…
Compared to physical texts, digital resources and online tools provide a broader array of information about words and word meanings.
Hands-On Games To Build Thinking Skills In Students by Judy Willis M.D., M.Ed., radteach.com Executive Functions (EF) are the higher-level brain functions–e.g., planning, analyzing, evaluating, and designing–that education seems to covet most in students. But are there ways we can promote EF function and literacy–that is, ability and awareness of that ability–in students? Below are two games that…
Kaizena is a voice feedback tools for Google Drive that teachers can use to provide learning feedback to students.
Hashtags can be a valuable tool for educators, administrators, parents and students to connect with each other and share ideas and discoveries.
What Are The Best Mind Mapping Strategies For Teachers? by Andrea Leyden, examtime.com The adoption of Mind Maps in teaching has grown recently due to the benefits of using Mind Maps to learn and the availability of free online mind mapping software. Teachers have recognized the value of using Mind Maps to engage students, encourage…
Technology has has made access to information, people, and networks recreational. It is useful only insofar as it extends our own humanity.