Story Starters Make Great Blog or Journal Prompts
Story starters are a creative writing tool that can also be used as writing prompts for journal and blog activiites. Usually starters are a sentence or two, enough to get...
Audio Feedback for Students
Providing feedback for students is one of the most important (and often most difficult) part of being a teacher. Providing feedback to students in audio format has been the topic...
Raising a Generation of Free Range Students
“Grazing the Net: Raising a Generation of Free Range Students” detailed Jamie McKenzie's vision, over 10 years ago, of raising a generation of “free range students — young people capable...
Learning Design: Social Media in the Classroom
My Presentation from the TAFE Connects Social Media Series. Learning design [slideshare id=11980915&w=425&h=355&sc=no]
The “Networked Student”
Great video that depicts an actual project completed by Wendy Drexler's (@WendyDrexler) high school students! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwM4ieFOotA]
RSS – Really Simple but Very Powerful
RSS, Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary, is a format for delivering web content. Many news sites, blogs and online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to...
Designing an ePortfolio Assignment
Consider the following when designing a Portfolio assignment: Define the Purpose Portfolios may be used to: Demonstrate achievement Show growth or improvement Document the process of creating a product or...
Reflective Writing: Ideas for Teachers
Reflective writing can help learners in synthesizing new information, improve reading comprehension, writing performance, and self-esteem through self-examination. In online courses and traditional lecture classes that serve hundreds of students...
A Day in the Life of an Online Teacher
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=M8NpTDsScjg#!]
A Mission Statement for Constructivist Learning
A mission statement for constructivist learning: We need to organize learning environments and activities that include opportunities for acquiring basic skills, knowledge, and conceptual understanding, not as isolated dimensions of...
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