Gaming to Learn: Research Meets Classroom Practice

Today is the University of Northern Iowa College of Education’s Education Summit.  I was invited to talk about gaming in the classroom at this conference.  It was a great opportunity to discuss the topic with about 20 people.  These educators ranged from 19 – 60+ years of age.  It was […]

Send Dr. Z a VoiceMail

I was just reading a posting by my friend, Vicki Davis (AKA CoolCatTeacher). She was mentioning that she had been having a lot of fun with her readers sending her voicemail through her blog.  She was using the SpeakPipe voicemail gadget. Seemed like a lot of fun so I just […]

Teaching Generations Differently (weekly)

Designing Recruitment, Selection & Talent Management Model tailored to meet UNJSPF’s Business Development Needs.pdf tags: generations chart Characteristics learning Generations Chart.pdf tags: generations chart Characteristics Generational Chart.pdf tags: generations Characteristics table Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here. What’s YOUR opinion? Leave a comment and keep […]

Learning Makes a Difference 05/29/2013

Guidelines for Working with Adult Learners. ERIC Digest tags: andragogy adult_learning eit Building An Online Learning Community by Kevin Wilcoxon : Learning Solutions Magazine tags: eit online learning community developing Building an Online Learning Community | Samuel Merritt University tags: eit onlinelearning online learning community Education Week Teacher Professional Development […]

Learning Makes a Difference 04/04/2013

Tech-savvy ‘iGeneration’ kids multi-task, connect – USATODAY.com tags: igeneration learn learning article iGeneration Educational apps designed for those born in this decade. tags: igeneration learn learning Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here. What’s YOUR opinion? Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.

Learning Makes a Difference 03/23/2013

Free Technology for Teachers: Wideo – Create Animated Videos With Voiceovers Looking for a tool to create animated videos with a voice over? This one might be your answer. tags: Learn learning video animation tool web2.0 Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here. What’s YOUR opinion? […]

Learning Makes a Difference 03/17/2013

21 Things 4 Students This is a site filled with resources for students. It is designed to “help students improve their technology proficiency as they prepare for success in the 21st Century.” Topics range from Digital Footprint to Cyber Safety to Search Strategies to Troubleshooting to Career Prep to Mobile […]

Learning Makes a Difference 03/15/2013

Tech Learning : The State of STEM Interesting article in Tech & Learning about STEM. Describes Obama’s “Educate to Innovate” and STEM’s Report Card which is a report card that says less than 1/2 of respondents have a STEM program in their schools. Discusses future of STEM. tags: learn learning […]