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Why you want to create screencasts
What are screencasts A screencast is a recording that usually includes a computer display or some other device’s screen. Although a screencast is normally a display, it can also include live video such as from a webcam or document camera. For teachers, a screencast can be as simple as recording a presentation to introduce or…
Alan November on the ‘$1000 Pencil’ and Why Edtech Companies Aren’t Pushing the Envelope | EdSurge News
A few weeks back, EdSurge published a podcast interview with education consultant and commentator Alan November, and Director of Secondary Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment for the Houston Independent School District Mike Dorsey, after chatting with the two education experts at ISTE. The interview got quite a number of listens, likely because November said that the…
Embedding a Google Sheet in a Google Doc
Here’s how to embed a spreadsheet into a Google Doc, and how to keep it up to date. Open the Google Sheet Open the Google Sheet that contains the information you want to embed. Click and drag over the cells that you want to include in your Google Doc. In this example, I included the…
Against “Personalized Learning” « Annie Murphy Paul
But if students are not properly equipped to direct their own learning, then what? “We created the profession we call ‘teaching’ largely to solve for this problem,” he dryly observes: “Students need to be guided down the path of their learning. Teachers should remain central to the activity of imparting knowledge to students.” From my…