As I get ready for the Ohio Educational Technology Conference this week I though it would be a good idea to revisit my conference checklist.
1. Charge devices and battery packs
My devices I’m currently taking are a 2010 MacBook Pro, iPad Mini 3, and i…
As I get ready for the Ohio Educational Technology Conference this week I though it would be a good idea to revisit my conference checklist.
1. Charge devices and battery packs
My devices I’m currently taking are a 2010 MacBook Pro, iPad Mini 3, and i…
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,…
Yesterday I mentioned using Protopage.com as a way to share links with your class or to replace bookmarks. I don’t know what I was searching, but I came across Start.me. It works pretty much like Protopage, with a couple of differences. It has a more visual flair, with the ability to change the icons of the…
After my post about using bookmarks and the bookmarks toolbar, Alving Trusty reminded me about protopage.com. Protopage lets you easily create a web page with links, RSS feeds, and other widgets for quick access. You can have your personal page of links that only you can see, but you can also set up other…
In the 1950s, the Air Force hire Lt. Gilbert S. Daniels to figure out the size of the average pilot. The Air Force was having issues with pilots dying in plane accidents, and they couldn’t figure out what was wrong. Lt. Daniels measured 4,063 pilots on 10 physical dimensions (height, chest circumference, etc.) and set up…
I’ve been struggling with my online identity and what I want to share. Too often I try to spread myself too thin, but if I’m not trying to learn it all I feel like I’m missing something. If you haven’t noticed, I’ve taken a different route with RyanCol…
I’ve been struggling with my online identity and what I want to share. Too often I try to spread myself too thin, but if I’m not trying to learn it all I feel like I’m missing something. If you haven’t noticed, I’ve taken a different route with RyanCol…
Yesterday I talked about using Google Forms and Google Slides for exit or entry tickets. One addition I like is adding a timer to Google slides in the form of a countdown timer. By adding a timer the students and you get a sense of completion for the current task or project. Without the timer it might…
Using entry and exit tickets is a way for students to summarize and reflect on their learning in the classroom. Given at the start or end of class (or sometimes both!), these tickets are also a way for a teacher to see how the students are learning the material and to see if any changes…