While some outdated educators are hung up on making students sit, stare, and copy down their every word (by hand!), innovative educators know there is a better way.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.
How many tabs do you have open in your browser? Would you like to open more? Here are some ways you can manage your tabs in Chrome. I regularly have over 150 tabs open across 10 or more windows, and with these tips I can easily find the tab I need and organize them. BEFORE…
First there was Bob, then Julia, and now we’d like you to meet Fred. But you can call him Mister Rogers. We are incredibly excited to announce an all episodes marathon of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood starting on May 15th at 12:00pm PT. All 886 episodes — including many episodes that have only aired once or are unavailable elsewhere online — will stream consecutively on twitch.tv/misterrogers….
Somewhere between education and entertainment lies a sweet spot. MinecraftEdu — rereleased as Minecraft: Education Edition — hit square on the mark by bringing game-based learning to subjects like anatomy and art history. Now, Nintendo’s Pokémon GO mobile game appears poised to find its target too. The augmented reality app, released just one week ago,…
I’ve been playing around with gamifying my classroom this semester. After looking at Classcraft I decided I wanted something a little simpler, so I put together a Google Sheet to keep track of XP, AP, and HP. The problem came when I needed to add or subtract a stat from a student. Entering the data…
More and more companies, government agencies, educational institutions and philanthropic organisations are today in the grip of a new phenomenon. I’ve termed it ‘metric fixation’. The key components of metric fixation are the belief that it is possible – and desirable – to replace professional judgment (acquired through personal experience and talent) with numerical indicators…
This thread by Tony Vincent on Twitter got me thinking about the various ways you can set up a document camera with your phone or a tablet. **Since I posted this article, I have had a chance to put together a video showing the software side. This technique is easier than the software listed below…
