I feel like my teachers always emphasized the importance of group work but kind of threw us to the wolves to figure out how to do it, especially when we are all supposed to be equal players with no manager to oversee the final product. Can you recommend any resources for how to do effective, professional group work among peers?
Almost 20 years ago, when Paul Curtis was a social studies teacher at the just-opened New Technology High School in Napa, Calif., there wasn’t much “tech” to support project-based learning. “We didn’t even give the kids email addresses back then,” he chuckles. Even now, Curtis, Director of Curriculum for the New Tech Network, is confident…
When Jacqui Young studied pre-calculus as a high school junior, she found the experience unexpectedly fulfilling. She didn’t consider herself a “math person,” but pre-calc came more easily to her than it did to most of her peers, and she spent a lot of time helping fellow students grasp the concepts. “It felt good to…
In the age of #CSforAll, there are hundreds of online resources to teach you and your students how to code. But is it possible to learn this digital skill through an analogue method? For those of you that love the touch, smell, and feel of books, below is a list of recommended reads to get…
Although I haven’t had a chance to try it yet, Quizizz looks like a fun way to have students practice and demonstrate their knowledge of skills in the classroom. One feature I really like is the ability to assign a quiz as homework. This lets Quizizz differentiate itself from other online quiz builders such as Kahoot.
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…
