World History
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 also talks about the burial grounds surrounding it. It is a nice video to highlight archeologists, artifacts and how they are collected to create history.
- What To Flip In A Flipped Class
This is adapted from my book, Deeper Learning Through Technology: How to Use the Cloud to Individualize Instruction, which comes out on the 27th (and you can pre-order now). WHAT TO FLIP IN A FLIPPED CLASSROOM To...
- A Short How To Flip Post
At the end of the month, George Coe and I are co-presenting on flipping the classroom. Below is the PowerPoint we will be using. The hardest thing to do is to cut what you want to lecture to ten or fewer minutes. To create the lecture watch...
- Flipping Class Within My Class
So I just completed Sal Kahn's new book titled The One World Schoolhouse. If you are interested in the history of his KahnAcademy or where he intends to take education, it is worth the $12, but be warned that it is woefully short on quantitative...
- 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...
- 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...
World History
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 also talks about the burial grounds surrounding it. It is a nice video to highlight archeologists, artifacts and how they are collected to create history.
- What To Flip In A Flipped Class
This is adapted from my book, Deeper Learning Through Technology: How to Use the Cloud to Individualize Instruction, which comes out on the 27th (and you can pre-order now). WHAT TO FLIP IN A FLIPPED CLASSROOM To...
- A Short How To Flip Post
At the end of the month, George Coe and I are co-presenting on flipping the classroom. Below is the PowerPoint we will be using. The hardest thing to do is to cut what you want to lecture to ten or fewer minutes. To create the lecture watch...
- Flipping Class Within My Class
So I just completed Sal Kahn's new book titled The One World Schoolhouse. If you are interested in the history of his KahnAcademy or where he intends to take education, it is worth the $12, but be warned that it is woefully short on quantitative...
- 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...
- 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...