Yesterday, I had an energetic discussion on FB with some friends prompted by this: I know many gifted tchrs + admins (some right here on FB) who are in environments that do not represent an optimal model of learning +
QR codes in education
You’ve probably seen QR codes around in holiday ads and on billboards. What you might not be as familiar with are all the great educational applications for these handy little things. I’m excited about the potential and think that they
How to effect change?
There is a lot of dissatisfaction about the current state of public education in America and as a result, calls for reform. Many are unhappy with the amount and nature of testing and the general direction of industrial era curricula.
Policy issues for student use of electronic devices…and a whole lot more
The University of San Diego just released a series of documents and policy recommendations on “Helping School Personnel Control Student Misuse of Electronic Communications Devices On and Off-Campus.” After reading this collection, I have so many thoughts that I hardly
Global Education Conference (virtual) – Nov. 15-19
Education and technology are fast-changing, dynamic spaces, and personal learning needs are at a all-time high. But with school budgets being tight and release days being scarce, it’s difficult to attend traditional conferences or other professional development events. Enter personal
Great video math content for mobiles
Looking for great free video content for your mobile devices? Sal Kahn has built a tremendous collection of over 1800 open-licensed videos offering instruction in math and science. They cover topics in arithmetic, algebra, geometry, statistics calculus, and more. These
New free resources
Here are two series of social studies vocabulary videos that are available for free download. These are good for use with ELL students or others who need extra vocabulary support. The videos can be downloaded onto mobile video players for
Podcasting compilations
For anyone presenting about podcasting or just trying to show some of the possible uses in education, here is the “fastest 5 minutes in podcasting” clips I use. Note that each clip is only a small snippet of the actual
Phonecasting and plagiarism
One of the challenges of Web 2.0 apps is that there are frequent changes to the business models, often resulting in services that were originally free going to a pay-per model or sometimes going away altogether. I understand that everyone
Building blocks for multimedia creation
There are so many great open resources that teachers can use legally in creating multimedia projects (reports, PPTs, web pages, wikis, etc.) with their students, but they take a lot of time to find and correlate. As a part of