In their 2012 book, Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds: Move to Global Collaboration One Step at a Time, Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis created a Taxonomy of Global Connection that shows a hierarchy of 5 different levels of online interaction. It begins with connecting students in a class using Web 2.0 tools […]
How do we contact the educators in Iowa? We could email them, but we would need all of their email addresses. We could send them post cards, but that is costly. We could text them, but we would have to know their phone numbers. We could tweet them, but then […]
This is a wonderful 4-minute video by Linda Yollis and her 2nd/3rd grade students provides a realistic examination of how blogging in your classroom can turn writing projects into communication projects. Mrs. Yollis shares how she has used it to change how she is teaching and her students share […]
I have the privilege sharing some ideas with about 80 educators at the Iowa Lakes Community College today. Should be an exciting time.This was originally organized as a lecture, but I have requested that everyone bring their own computers or smart phones or that the college supply laptops so that […]
We have talked about the differences between 20th and 21st century classrooms, but here is a chart that describes the anatomy of a 21st century classroom. You will see that it is divided into the 4 C’s of the Partnership for a 21st Century work suggests plus Research. You will […]
I have the wonderful opportunity to provide a few workshops at the Iowa Central Community College faculty conference called Tools for Teaching (T4T).I have two sets of workshops that I will be presenting. Dr. Z’s Creative Cookbook for Collaborative Learning workshop – This is a workshop where we will be […]
You know, Angela Maiers says that when you engage in social media at least 30% of it should be personal. Including the personal part in your blog provides an opportunity for your readers to see who you are and what you do. Here It Is!!! Time for RAGBRAI!!! Every year […]
Theser are some great tips for keeping up. It was created by @sylviaduckworth The main message is “Don’t try to keep up with it all and build your networks of colleagues to help you keep learning.” Do you have any tips that you would add to this? Please leave them […]
Join the Rube Goldberg Learning Community Based upon the discussion at the end of our ISTE session, I have created a Google Doc where you can add your ideas and examples about how to engage Rube Goldberg problems in learning. Just click here to jump to the Rube Goldberg […]
I was just reading Cool Cat Teacher when I saw this posting. It is an interesting topic but it was more interesting when I realized that I spent the last couple of days with the author, Kae Novak, here at ISTE. She really knows gaming and I am learning a […]