World History
- Force Fitting Technology Into The Classroom
Last week Larry Ferlazzo interviewed me and Susie Boss for his radio show. Ferlazzo is a leading innovator in tech education, a writer for Education Week and a classroom teacher. We discussed the topic of which comes first, technology or content....
- Stonehenge
My students just started prehistory and are watching a flipped lecture for homework on the Neolithic and Paleolithic periods. This short film is something we will watch in our next class as it not only talks about the Paleolithic monument, but...
- Gaming & Education: Jane Mcgonigal
The big talk at the ISTE 13 conference (The International Society for Technology in Education) in San Antonio, Texas, which you can get a taste of on Twitter, is the keynote talk by game designer, Jame McGonigal. Apparently her talk was so compelling...
- Sir Ken Robinson On Eucation (ted Talks)
For the New Yorker, Nathan Heller complied a list of five of the most distinctive TED talks. This one is from Sir Ken Robinson. He's absolutely hilarious but makes some serious points. Here's what Heller says about Robinson:...
- Problem Based Learning And Video Games
James Gee discusses learning with video games in this interesting eight minute lecture. And here's a blog at Edutopia about gaming and learning. Not sure if any of this fits in with history but it's still interesting and reminds me of Jane McGonigal's...
World History
Containerization of the World & Ted Talks on Education
Thanks to a message on Google+ from Larry Ferlazzo for telling me that Ted Talks has now started an education channel. Ted Talks are usually less than 15 minutes (fits nicely into the flipping the classroom concept) and on some innovation. Above is one on the innovation of putting supplies that need to be shipped into containers. It is fascinating and can be useful in both US and world history class.
- Force Fitting Technology Into The Classroom
Last week Larry Ferlazzo interviewed me and Susie Boss for his radio show. Ferlazzo is a leading innovator in tech education, a writer for Education Week and a classroom teacher. We discussed the topic of which comes first, technology or content....
- Stonehenge
My students just started prehistory and are watching a flipped lecture for homework on the Neolithic and Paleolithic periods. This short film is something we will watch in our next class as it not only talks about the Paleolithic monument, but...
- Gaming & Education: Jane Mcgonigal
The big talk at the ISTE 13 conference (The International Society for Technology in Education) in San Antonio, Texas, which you can get a taste of on Twitter, is the keynote talk by game designer, Jame McGonigal. Apparently her talk was so compelling...
- Sir Ken Robinson On Eucation (ted Talks)
For the New Yorker, Nathan Heller complied a list of five of the most distinctive TED talks. This one is from Sir Ken Robinson. He's absolutely hilarious but makes some serious points. Here's what Heller says about Robinson:...
- Problem Based Learning And Video Games
James Gee discusses learning with video games in this interesting eight minute lecture. And here's a blog at Edutopia about gaming and learning. Not sure if any of this fits in with history but it's still interesting and reminds me of Jane McGonigal's...