World History
Mark Gleason, a primary school teacher, posted this graphic on his blog along with some comments about the difficulty of understanding technology buzzwords and whether we need as many technology-based systems as outlined in the graphic. Check out the graphic--it does have all the buzzwords and includes most of the major technology initiatives like flipping, gaming, digital story-telling, and MOOC.
- You Can Now Pre-order My Book!
We now have a definitive early January release date for my book, whose name has changed to "Deeper Learning Through Technology: Using the Cloud to Individualize Instruction." The name pretty much says it all as I relate research, examples and explanatory...
- 5 Ways To Use Google Sites In Schools
Richard Byrne posted this on his blog, Free Technology for Teachers. He includes some really good ideas for using Google sites. For example, he notes that you can use the sites as a wiki, a digital portfolio (which I think is a really neat idea), a digital...
- Top Posts For July
Thanks to all of you for your continuing interest in this blog - even while you may be doing other things than teaching as we had a ton of posts for July. Here are the top ones: Flipping History Without VideoHindu Caste System GraphicSir Ken Robinson...
- Hindu Caste System Graphic
Here is a nice graphic for the Hindu caste system. Once you click the link, click again on the page for an enlargement. What is especially neat about the graphic is that it tells you the names of famous members from each level of the caste, like Nehru...
- 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...
World History
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- You Can Now Pre-order My Book!
We now have a definitive early January release date for my book, whose name has changed to "Deeper Learning Through Technology: Using the Cloud to Individualize Instruction." The name pretty much says it all as I relate research, examples and explanatory...
- 5 Ways To Use Google Sites In Schools
Richard Byrne posted this on his blog, Free Technology for Teachers. He includes some really good ideas for using Google sites. For example, he notes that you can use the sites as a wiki, a digital portfolio (which I think is a really neat idea), a digital...
- Top Posts For July
Thanks to all of you for your continuing interest in this blog - even while you may be doing other things than teaching as we had a ton of posts for July. Here are the top ones: Flipping History Without VideoHindu Caste System GraphicSir Ken Robinson...
- Hindu Caste System Graphic
Here is a nice graphic for the Hindu caste system. Once you click the link, click again on the page for an enlargement. What is especially neat about the graphic is that it tells you the names of famous members from each level of the caste, like Nehru...
- 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...