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Thus far this is what I’ve found: The Future of Learning is going to be exciting and empowering for students, teachers, administrators, and parents. The Future of Learning is going to be scary for teachers, administrators, and parents (not students). Not sure what I mean? The classic technology paradox here is easier to understand with a…
Do students learn as much when they read digitally as they do in print? For both parents and teachers, knowing whether computer-based media are improving or compromising education is a question of concern. With the surge in popularity of e-books, online learning and open educational resources, investigators have been trying to determine whether students do…
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Thanks to Brian Pool I’ve been looking at using Moodle and adding some gamification elements to my classroom. One aspect of gamification is creating badges for students to earn. In the video Gamify your Moodle courses in under 20 minutes Federic Nevers shows how he makes his badges for Moodle by using OpenClipart. When you visit OpenClipart, there are samples…
Sleep! is part 13 of 13 Ways Teachers can Hack their learning. From a motivation point of view, this is the easiest hack on the list. Practicality, however, gets in the way. Starting in August, teachers start to become more and more sleep deprived. They may not notice it, but it’s there. You’ll see the…
Having worked with almost 500 school districts and 3,000 school leaders over the past year, I’ve often been asked, “What type of devices should we buy?” The problem with this question, is that quite often this is the leading question – the initial area that the district is investigating. Districts that are working to purchase…