While some outdated educators are hung up on making students sit, stare, and copy down their every word (by hand!), innovative educators know there is a better way. At this year’s #NYCSchoolsTech Summit teachers came together to learn about innovative ways to support teaching and learning but they weren’t focused on taking notes.
When Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the NSA spying, the term metadata came up. Metadata is the bits of information attached to a piece of intelligence. For example, a phone call has metadata data attached to it such as the date and time of the call, who was making the call, who received the call,…
Keith O’Neal has been putting together a list of educators, by state, which is a great way of getting started on Twitter. New Twitter users are victims of a catch-22 situation. To get the most out of Twitter you want to follow people of interest, but to find the people you want to follow, you…
How to be a Doer. Source: Stop Consuming. Start Creating. – The Mission – Medium There is no shortage of articles promoting creation over consumption! This is a good thing.
13 things to do before the first day of school A few ideas on what you could do to get ready for the first day of school. Launching a Makerspace: Lessons Learned From a Transformed School Library The maker movement is getting huge! Take a step inside the classroom of tomorrow What will the classroom…
