The Weekly Update: January 10 – 16
Innovating Without Permission, Daniel Lemire Napa New Tech: School of the Future is Here, Tina Barseghian Pay Attention, T4 – Jordan School District Math Class Doesn’t Have to Suck, The Innovative Educator Wikipedia Turns 10: Are we Banning or Boosting?, Doug...
Read MoreEnd of School Year Reflections
The end of another school year has arrived for most educators, bringing with it a flurry of closing activity. With summer enticing and vacation beckoning, it’s easy to understand how teachers often fail to conduct deliberate reflection on their past year’s performance. Reflection provides valuable insight into your performance and allows you to create a schedule or road map for change. Not conducting deliberate reflection quickly leads to stagnant teaching with ineffective lessons and the teacher being little more than a highly paid baby-sitter. Effective reflection should...
Read MoreBlended Learning Boosts Achievement
A recent study conducted by the U.S. Department of Education found that students involved in blended learning programs generally performed better than students who participated in face-to-face instruction. According to the study, “The difference between student outcomes for online and face-to-face classes was larger in those studies contrasting conditions that blended elements of online and face-to-face instruction with conditions taught entirely face-to-face.” The study, entitled Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online...
Read MoreWeekly Update: July 13-July 19
Learning to Change, Changing to Learn– Miguel Guhlin, Around the Corner Texting girl falls into NYC manhole– Andre Yoskowitz, Afterdawn.com Richard Baraniuk on open-source learning– Richard Baraniuk, TED Psyched Out– The Economist Network Skills– Tony Karrer, e-Learning Technology Intel Social Media Guidelines– Intel Google Calendar Goes Gadgety– Adam DuVander, Programmable Web Dave Eggers Confident that America’s Literature-Devouring Youth Will Save Print– The Cajun Boy Layoffs prompt teachers to move online– Laura Devaney,...
Read MoreEasy Technology for Education: Edmodo 2.0
Twitter has brought the concept of micro-blogging to the attention of much of the world. The recent Iranian election drama that played out on a world stage, certainly would not have been possible without Twitter. Facebook and Friendfeed have also jumped into the instant update arena to keep up and provide interesting options themselves. In a previous article, I outlined the idea behind micro-blogging and some of the complaints associated with it. In today’s article, I want to take a look at a great way to develop a light-weight, easy to use, Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). While...
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