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Holding on to myths
This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this. (or, “we’ve always done it that way”) One of the trickiest aspects of education is hard it is to measure performance. Gut feelings and anecdotes may “feel” correct, but can also be wildly…
Get more out of whiteboard pictures with Microsoft Pix
So, for example, if you’re at an important meeting, you can use Pix to take a photo of a diagram on the whiteboard to remember it later. The Pix app will then sharpen the focus, ramp up the color and tone, crop out the background and realign the image appropriately so that the diagram is…
Exit and entrance tickets with Google Forms and Google Slides
Using entry and exit tickets is a way for students to summarize and reflect on their learning in the classroom. Given at the start or end of class (or sometimes both!), these tickets are also a way for a teacher to see how the students are learning the material and to see if any changes…
It’s not the tool, it’s what you do with the tool
I like toys. Especially tech toys. I don’t think there is anything wrong with that, as long I keep the toys in check. Not everything needs a technological solution, and even when it does, there are always multiple ways of solving the problem. What is really interesting is seeing what others do with technology. A…
Wasting our technology surplus – Seth’s Blog
When someone handed you a calculator for the first time, it meant that long division was never going to be required of you ever again. A huge savings in time, a decrease in the cognitive load of decision making. Now what? You can use that surplus to play video games and hang out. Or you…
Free icons to use for badges from OpenClipart
Thanks to Brian Pool I’ve been looking at using Moodle and adding some gamification elements to my classroom. One aspect of gamification is creating badges for students to earn. In the video Gamify your Moodle courses in under 20 minutes Federic Nevers shows how he makes his badges for Moodle by using OpenClipart. When you visit OpenClipart, there are samples…