World History
Here is another interesting clip about the use of technology and inquiry based learning from futurist and author David Thornburg. Edutopia has a story about Dr. Thronburg here. Add this video to the one Ken posted about gaming your class and the one I posted about the Virginia tech professor and you start to see a pattern. Technology can change the way we teach!
- My Newspaper Editorial
I have been seeing a lot of negative editorials recently on technology use in the classroom and, not being a shy person, I wrote one and with the help of the Smarter Schools Project it was published today in the Richmond Times Dispatch. As...
- Community Trumps Content
After I posted "Flipping History Without Video," I did a little research on the author, Jeff Utecht. He sees the change in technology as a revolution rather than an evolution with students being the change agents. Here is his TedX talk about how important...
- Virginia Tech Professor Uses Technology To Keep Big Class Engaged
This Virginia Tech professor uses technology in interesting ways to keep a big (3000) class engaged, including gaming principles, Skype interviews with big names, Facebook and twitter. Check it out....
- 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...
- More Statistics
I posted earlier about using Gapminder in the classroom to give students a visual when it came to statistics. (See that post here.) Well, NPR's Planet Money team has posted a video from one of the site's creators that gives a lecture...
World History
David Thonburg on the Evolving Classroom
Here is another interesting clip about the use of technology and inquiry based learning from futurist and author David Thornburg. Edutopia has a story about Dr. Thronburg here. Add this video to the one Ken posted about gaming your class and the one I posted about the Virginia tech professor and you start to see a pattern. Technology can change the way we teach!
- My Newspaper Editorial
I have been seeing a lot of negative editorials recently on technology use in the classroom and, not being a shy person, I wrote one and with the help of the Smarter Schools Project it was published today in the Richmond Times Dispatch. As...
- Community Trumps Content
After I posted "Flipping History Without Video," I did a little research on the author, Jeff Utecht. He sees the change in technology as a revolution rather than an evolution with students being the change agents. Here is his TedX talk about how important...
- Virginia Tech Professor Uses Technology To Keep Big Class Engaged
This Virginia Tech professor uses technology in interesting ways to keep a big (3000) class engaged, including gaming principles, Skype interviews with big names, Facebook and twitter. Check it out....
- 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...
- More Statistics
I posted earlier about using Gapminder in the classroom to give students a visual when it came to statistics. (See that post here.) Well, NPR's Planet Money team has posted a video from one of the site's creators that gives a lecture...