Research Paper 2.0
Wikis are a great tool for student projects. Teachers often think of them when they want students to do something collaborative, but, wikis are also a great tool for individual...
Tips for Engaging Underperforming Students
Cochrane Collegiate Academy saved their school from closure by focusing tightly on instructional strategies and professional development. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=y0H5XsZ1gzA#!] Read their Ten Tips for Engaging Underperforming Students
Screencasting: A 21st Century Teaching Tool
Screencasting is great way for teachers to create demonstration tutorials in any subject area, using any computer application. What is a screencast? According to Wikipedia, A screencast is a digital...
Twitter in the Classroom
There are so many ways that teachers can use Twitter in the classroom (and outside the classroom, too!) Teachers can Tweet reminders about assignments and provide links to interesting articles...
Technology Makes the Classroom Come to Life
What a great way to engage students in your classroom - let them use their phones to take notes. Watch and learn!! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Biu7OQV-tA&feature=player_embedded]
10 Ideas for Using Audio and Video in the Classroom
Here are 10 ideas for using audio and video in your classroom. Digital Storytelling Student Speeches Student Plays Poetry Readings or Poetry Slams Language Lessons Class or School Newscast Oral...
Audio in the Classroom: Resources for Instructors
There are many excellent resources available on the web for instructors to include in lessons. I came across a lesson idea using “Prototype Online: Inventive Voices,” a podcast series from...
Finding your passion: “It just comes from the heart”
That is a quote from NY Giants sensation, Jason Pierre Paul (JPP). "Ever since I was young, when I started playing football, I didn't know too much, but it was...
Curating content in an Interactive World
Erin Scime does a great job explaining the need to “curate” content in an interactive world in the article, “The Content Strategist as Digital Curator.” Scime points out that when...
Critical Reading and Thinking Resources
New forms of literacy are critical in an age of technological revolution and our education system faces the challenge of deploying new technologies in creative and productive ways. In the...
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