World History
When I interview respective candidates for our department, not surprisingly I do it with my laptop a buzzing. Last year we had the pleasure of adding Jeannine Cotner to our staff. I must say that she was the first person who interviewed with us who gave me more sites in the interview than I could keep up with. She has continued that this year flinging the department lists of great sites every other week. One of them is WatchKnowLearn which is an educational database and an aggregator of educational videos from other sites. For example, here is the list of ones on the Byzantine Empire.
- History's Happening
History's Happening. Links to some of the best sites for junior high and high school students who are studying US and World History. I like this site for several reasons. To begin with, it is organized by category. Hence, it is easy to find sites...
- Best Websites For Teaching And Learning 2015
Right now there are about 1-billion websites, give or take 50-million. Which ones are most engaging and rewarding for our students? Thankfully, a highly-respected authority has already done the scouting for us. The American Association of...
- 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....
- Google+ Personal Learning Community And Hangouts
Google+ was never slow to find users, but it has taken some time to get people to look at it a lot. It now has more people using it than Twitter. One of the reason for that is the hangouts in which you can meet with nine other people (and...
- Differentiated Instruction
We have been discussing differentiation in my school. Above is a super video giving you several examples of what it means to have a differentiated classroom. The video on top is even better (don't be deterred by its start mentioning...
World History
Educational Video Search Engine
- History's Happening
History's Happening. Links to some of the best sites for junior high and high school students who are studying US and World History. I like this site for several reasons. To begin with, it is organized by category. Hence, it is easy to find sites...
- Best Websites For Teaching And Learning 2015
Right now there are about 1-billion websites, give or take 50-million. Which ones are most engaging and rewarding for our students? Thankfully, a highly-respected authority has already done the scouting for us. The American Association of...
- 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....
- Google+ Personal Learning Community And Hangouts
Google+ was never slow to find users, but it has taken some time to get people to look at it a lot. It now has more people using it than Twitter. One of the reason for that is the hangouts in which you can meet with nine other people (and...
- Differentiated Instruction
We have been discussing differentiation in my school. Above is a super video giving you several examples of what it means to have a differentiated classroom. The video on top is even better (don't be deterred by its start mentioning...