Take an online course is part 4 of a 13 part series, 13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning. Take an online course Online courses aren’t just for students, there are many ways teachers can take an online course to increase their knowledge and get experience. Depending on your school district and local professional development…
Participate in a Twitter chat is part 3 of a 13 part series, 13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning. Although I touched on Twitter Chats yesterday, today I want dig deeper into what Twitter chats are and why you would want to participate. What is a Twitter chat? When Twitter was first released to…
Good discussion starters for those moving from an information environment of carefully vetted resources (libraries and print publication with journalistic integrity) to, well, the Internet. It seems our lessons did not take. To our detriment and possibly to the deteriment of our nation. While the ability to spot “fake” news on the Internet has always…
This is part 2 of a 13 part series, 13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning. Why Twitter? Twitter launched in July of 2006 as a social network for SMS (cellphone text messaging). Labeled as a “microblogging” site, Twitter was a way to post short. 140 character messages to the world. Much like blogging, Twitter is…
This is part 1 of a 13 part series, 13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning. Why blog? There are several reasons to blog, but we seem to get caught up in the reasons to not blog. To overcome this friction, we have to not only see the benefits of blogging, but to also try to…
To be effective tinkerers, students need to achieve a state of mind in which they are primed to play and make joyful discoveries. Young kids who are playing don’t worry about making mistakes. They’re just playing, and the idea that they could make a mistake—that there’s a wrong way to play—doesn’t enter into their consciousness. It’s this freedom that…
Elementary classroom STEM challenges Twenty eight ideas for STEM activities in the elementary classroom. StoryBots Classroom is FREE for Teachers Videos, games and other activities for the PreK – 1 classroom. Introducing GSuite for Education Sites Google has modernized several features in the new GSuite Sites.
Does your classroom mirror the rectilinear seating arrangement popular in Sumerian classrooms, circa 2000 BCE? Or is your classroom seating flexible and tricked out with the IDEO designed Node Chair by Steelcase? What classroom design changes can you do on a budget that supports learning? Source: Tips for Creating Wow-Worthy Learning Spaces | Edutopia A…
Preschool, kindergarten, and pre-k teachers are using the StoryBots educational games and alphabet songs to make learning fun in classrooms around the world! Source: StoryBots Classroom: FREE for Teachers StoryBots is a collection of books, games, videos and more for the pre-K to 1st grade classrooms. The company behind StoryBots is JibJab, the 45 person…
In a PBL classroom, students do things. But what about the teacher? What do we need to be doing while the students are doing things? What does it look like when the teacher is a coach? Are we still doing things, and if so, what are they? In Making Space for Thinking, we made the…