World History
I like to think of myself as fairly energy efficient. I get give clothes to charity as soon as I buy new ones, recycle tons, hardly use any paper, but then I took this ecological footprint quiz and I find I still need 5.4 earths to support me. It seems the driving I do for my kids adds up. You can take the quiz here with your students.
- Creating Online History Quizzes
I have featured several online history themed quizzes on this blog. And that got me thinking, how hard would it be for me to create one? So, I went to http://www.gotoquiz.com/ and gave it a try. It did not go well. I was not sure what the best type of...
- Personalized Urls
We normally start my classes with a five question quiz where my students can use their notes from their flipped video to answer the questions. It serves a few purposes. First I won't count the quiz grade if the notes aren't good enough...
- Changing The Face Of Instruction
I am a member of several Facebook teacher sites and am in the midst of adding to one where a teacher said his administration has banned front of the room teaching. A number of the teachers are saying how awful that is. Truth be known I have...
- Audio And Written Notes In An E-book
Kno is a start-up that is just about two years old, but is already working with tons of e-books to make them even better. If you are toying with buying e-books, you can see what is starting to be out there. In the above video, one sees how...
- Blackboard Quiz Converter
We are mandated to use Blackboard and while I link a ton of things to it, here is an easy way to create a file which you can import into Bb for a pre-made quiz. Just cut and paste the quiz in the box and push the bottom to convert it. Then...
World History
Ecological Footprint
- Creating Online History Quizzes
I have featured several online history themed quizzes on this blog. And that got me thinking, how hard would it be for me to create one? So, I went to http://www.gotoquiz.com/ and gave it a try. It did not go well. I was not sure what the best type of...
- Personalized Urls
We normally start my classes with a five question quiz where my students can use their notes from their flipped video to answer the questions. It serves a few purposes. First I won't count the quiz grade if the notes aren't good enough...
- Changing The Face Of Instruction
I am a member of several Facebook teacher sites and am in the midst of adding to one where a teacher said his administration has banned front of the room teaching. A number of the teachers are saying how awful that is. Truth be known I have...
- Audio And Written Notes In An E-book
Kno is a start-up that is just about two years old, but is already working with tons of e-books to make them even better. If you are toying with buying e-books, you can see what is starting to be out there. In the above video, one sees how...
- Blackboard Quiz Converter
We are mandated to use Blackboard and while I link a ton of things to it, here is an easy way to create a file which you can import into Bb for a pre-made quiz. Just cut and paste the quiz in the box and push the bottom to convert it. Then...