Student-Centered Online Learning? Is it possible? This is one thing that I have been having problems with in my online learning classes. Years ago, I was teaching online though Adobe Connect and some other video conferencing tools but I was unsatisfied. I wanted all of us to be able to […]
EduCon 2.5 is happening in Philly this weekend!!!!Educon 2.5 is a national conference in Philly this weekend. It has some of the leading minds in 21st Century education attending. http://educonphilly.org Here are the guiding principles behind EduCon Our schools must be inquiry-driven, thoughtful and empowering for all members. Our schools must […]
Does this sound like your interaction with some students? Brittany and her professor discuss her success in class. Another student complains about his grade. Hope you had a good semester. Z What’s YOUR opinion? Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.
flickr.com/superkimbo –> I woke up this morning thinking about learner-centric learning environments. Hmmm, is that dedication or distraction if you dream about 21st century learning? Anyway, I had the opening phrase “Your class might be learner-centric if . . . ” on my lips when I awoke. I am interested […]
Steve Jobs was one of the most fascinating people of the 20th century. He was a visionary, marketeer, designer, and self-proclaimed hippie (see the end of the video.) I just wanted to share with any Jobs-Heads out there that last night I found a 1995 video, Steve Jobs: The Lost […]
What does it take to make learning meaningful to your millennial students? That is a question that should be on the lips of every teacher. The first thing that we need to do is realize that our students today are different than 20 years ago. They are the first generation […]
I just had to share this video with you. Here we have a real frog trying to get lunch off of the screen of a smart phone. What do you think? Do you see any metaphors for life? Z What’s YOUR opinion? Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.
Keyboard (Photo credit: Shane Pope) Recently, Amy Lockhart and I had an article published in the Journal for Computing Teachers. It was the result of our research with her 4th graders into what characteristics affected their success in keyboarding. We investigated gender, age, hand size, music experience and athletic experience. […]
blog.empowerlms.com Textbooks are resources that have been collected by publishers to fulfill curricular needs. Printed textbooks are provided in a “one size fits all” format. The two largest states, California and Texas, usually identify what they want in their textbooks and then the rest of the country uses these texts. […]
Here is an infographic that shares some interesting facts about how digital textbooks are taking the place of printed textbooks. It is the first of a series of postings I will be providing about what is happening with textbooks. Courtesy of: Schools.com Related articles Some universities require students to use […]