With the Common Core’s emphasis on data-driven instruction there is a misguided focus on using technology to deliver content and collect data rather than cultivate learning and stimulate cognitive development.Using education technology isn’t so much about students mastering a device or procedure so much as it is about mastering themselves first.
I’ve seen assessment tools used by teachers in the belief that the tools are an instructional tool. Just because you can get pretty graphs out of a piece of software does not mean it can be used as an instructional replacement. Assessment tools have taken over a lot of edtech, because they are easy to use to generate pretty graphs under the guise that student use of the tool is teaching students. This couldn’t be further from the truth.
Coggle is a collaborative mind-mapping tool that helps you make sense of complex things. Create unlimited mind maps and easily share them with friends and colleagues. Source: Coggle – Simple Collaborative Mind Maps There is no shortage to mind mapping software, and here’s another one, Coggle. With Coggle, users can participate in the collaborative process on…
This is part 3 of 13 things to do before the first day of school. For your students, take the guesswork out of finding your class online by designating your classroom’s default home page. This should be the main site for your classroom to post news, links, assignments, etc. It helps the students know that…
To get a deeper understanding of text, students use close reading strategies to interact with the text using multiple methods. In an analog format, students use highlighters, sticky notes, columns, and writing to question and emphasize important points and questions. In a digital format, OneNote can be an easy digital alternative for teachers to use…
We’ve been there, the class is studiously working on their Chromebooks, researching ancient Rome when, BAM, a student navigates to a site with an annoyingly loud auto-playing video or ad. For those situations, AutoMute can help. Once installed, AutoMute will mute all of the tabs in the browser. The user can then mute or unmute the current tab, giving…
