12 Things That Will Disappear From Classrooms In The Next 12 Years – The classroom is changing because the world is changing. That may not be as true as we’d like it to be–the pace of the change in education lags awkwardly behind what we see in the consumer markets. It could be argued that…
Q&A with Paperless Classroom Innovator Kerry Gallagher | EdTech Magazine As a digital learning specialist, Kerry Gallagher looks for ways for teachers and students to use technology more collaboratively. Students scour the Internet for information daily. Digital Learning Specialist Kerry Gallagher says it’s now part of her job to show students how to better leverage…
The Compelled Educator: May Matters! Join the #lastbell movement! In many schools, the countdown has already begun. The days until summer break… the days until the beach… the days until there’s *no kids.* Let’s throw that “tradition” on it’s head. Let’s re-evaluate the influence we have on students’ lives. Let’s all join together as an…
Start with a Question: Teach the Way You Wish You Were Taught There is a difference. If our learners want to learn, they will dive deeper, think more, and be more creative. Instructional design, student voice, and questions that matter to students can make that difference. I was lectured to, took notes, practiced on worksheets,…
Game show classroom: Comparing Kahoot!, Quizizz, Quizlet Live and Quizalize | Ditch That Textbook Now, teachers can bring that experience into the classroom when students aren’t home sick. Several digital tools created for the classroom bring those exciting experiences to students with learning as the focus. Great list of sites, I really like the pros…
Online Learning: Why Libraries Could Be the Key to MOOCs’ Success | MindShift | KQED News For all the promises of online courses disrupting education, completion rates are notoriously low. Some studies found that about five percent of those enrolled in massive open online courses (known as MOOCs) completed the course. And those who took the…
The Myth of Maximal Efficiency « Outside In It is in this narrowing that one might take issue. Because at heart, education is about relationships – a blindspot of the educational revolution which I have previously criticised – which means that it is not always efficient. Indeed, it is sometimes messy. And it is in…
You Don’t Need a Makerspace to Have a Space for Makers | John Spencer When I was a kid, my brother and I built a “roller coaster” in the backyard with a wagon, some scraps of wood, and tons of pipes. Was it safe? Probably not. Did it ever work properly? Not really. But it…
A Principal’s Reflections: Waving Goodbye to Drive-By PD There has been a great deal of knocks on professional development as of late and rightfully so. More often than not, professional development is something that is done to educators as opposed to an experience that they truly value for growth. For many, district professional development is…
All the ways iOS 9.3 will impact school iPad rollouts | eSchool News In March, Apple upgraded the iPad and iPhone operating system to iOS 9.3 (quickly followed by iOS 9.3.1, which tweaked a few bugs). The lead up to the release caught the eye of the K-12 community, which had been waiting for a…