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In this talk by Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the MIT Media Lab, the idea of learning by ones self is explored. From the Solving for X site, this background on the talk is provided: Few people question that education is the most critical problem for to solve – both in the developed and in the . . . → Read More: The worlds biggest problem–education I came across an interesting IOS application called Nearpod. This platform is a bit unique, in that I’ve not seen anything that aggregates presentation, feedback, collaboration and assessment tools into one application. Here are a couple of video clips explaining what it is and does.
Nearpod Education: Pilot program Fall 2011 from Nearpod on . . . → Read More: Collaborative learning with Nearpod The School at Columbia University with a project called Tools for Schools facilitated a great example of what goes into PBL. Forty-four eighth grade students were immersed in the entire design process, from research to ideation to 3D modeling and ultimately launch. Their work was showcased at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF). Take . . . → Read More: Project Based Learning–A great example I’ve used and taught with quite a few Learning Management Systems (LMS) over the years – WebCT, Blackboard, Moodle, Sakai, Angel, Canvas – and wonder why I’ve not yet seen a workflow model that allows the facilitator of the course to do some sort of round-trip grading without having to download documents and other artifacts . . . → Read More: LMS Workflow–Does this exist? The three weeks before school starts has me as busy as a one-legged man at a butt kicking contest. It’s been one of my favorite times of the year – presentation season. I’ve had the honor of speaking with hundreds of educators on all things educational technology and the classroom management necessary to makes things . . . → Read More: Things To Bring When I first started in my job as an Education Technology Consultant, I thought I’d be out of a job after a couple of years because of what I thought I saw with regard to students using technology in their daily lives. Naively I thought that kids would be pulling all their tech knowledge upward . . . → Read More: Technology in the classroom – thoughts on the 2011 CDW-G Classroom Report At the ISTE 2011 Conference in Philadelphia, I sat down with eSchoolnews TV and did an interview about how important I feel it is for teacher to both have a place for their stuff (ATNAPFTS*) and create screencasts of key portions of their classroom content. The clip is here: http://bit.ly/q4aOWq
*All Teachers Need A . . . → Read More: eSchoolNews – Interview with someone you know This is a great talk given by Robert Duke on leveraging learning theory to design more effective instruction. He makes some interesting points on creating enduring understanding in our students, and how to shift from a focus on teaching to one of learning. He speaks about teaching the higher-order skills initially in lieu of teaching . . . → Read More: Why students don’t learn what we think we teach I was honored to be highlighted by TechSmith as one of their 20 Educators to Watch in 2011. I include screencasting as one of the tools that educators should always be thinking about and incorporating into their teaching and learning practice. Here are just a couple of reasons why (but there are many more): 1 . . . → Read More: An honor! 20 Educators to Watch photo © 2006 Paul Wicks | more info (via: Wylio) I’m glad that Wil Richardson’s post, “The UnCommon Core“, appeared on my radar this morning. My primary background as an educator is in Career and Technical Education (CTE) and I was fortunate that the rigid teach to the test pressures were not present in our . . . → Read More: Just where are we going in education? |
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