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With all of this talk about screencasts, what about flipping your classroom? Flipping a classroom doesn’t involve gymnastics, trampolines, or basically any physical activity. Which is good, because my balance is on par with Weebles. When you flip your classroom, you provide your lecture or some other support materials to your students as homework before the…
Up until just a few years ago, I got around 350 emails a day, which presented me with an exhausting, time-consuming daily task that I grumbled about plenty. Now, because of social media and messaging services, that number has been cut by more than half. But things are actually worse. These days, messages come at…
Measuring edtech efficiency Frameworks to measure detect. 5 tips for Google Slides from @alicekeeler Great tips on using Google Slides! Web Resource Parent Consent and Approval Process Do you know what data services are storing about your students?
Think about our planet for a second. Earth has an elliptical — oval-shaped — orbit. That means we’re closer to the sun for one part of the year and farther away another part of the year. Does that fact explain why it’s hotter in the summer and colder in the winter? Lots of kids think…
In a world where so much knowledge is a two-second search away, many schools are losing interest in models that promote static learning to know. They’re looking to embrace dynamic models that promote learning to do and learning to be. Project-Based Learning (PBL) allows learners to develop skills by solving meaningful, real-world challenges , i.e. organizing…
I’m not a big fan of end of year lists, just for the simple fact that things released in December have a distinct disadvantage to those items released in January. Looking back over the top posts from 2020, the list seems to be distributed throughout the year. Well, except for March and April posts showing…