More on Twitter in the Classroom
Great video on how to use Twitter in the Classroom by Josh Stumpenhorst ( @stumpteacher ) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8nCl_Db-QI&feature=related]
Teacher Agency in the Digital Age
To engage today’s digitally literate students, schools need to find ways to integrate students’ technology-rich lives outside of school with what they do in school. Students, who are empowered in...
4 Criteria for Evaluating Digital Resources
The proliferation of digital resources means that there are many new tools available to use in the classroom. It also means that educators must evaluate them before using them. Bull,...
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Wheel of Instructional Objectives
Do you write learning outcomes/objectives for your content or courses? I think the "Wheel of Objectives" is useful to help find activities to match objectives. http://teaching.uncc.edu/learning-resources/articles-books/best-practice/goals-objectives/writing-objectives I found other resources...
Best Practices for Teaching Online
Be present Create a supportive community Develop explicit expectations Use different learning activities Mix up synchronous and asynchronous Ask for informal feedback Search out current resources Combine core content with...
Web 2.0 in the Classroom (A Prezi)
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Up for Debate!
Debates are a great way to help students build research and critical thinking skills. Suggestions for hosting a successful debate: Choose an Engaging Topic Appropriate to Student Age Levels Provide...
WebQuests + Wikis = WebQuest 2.0
WebQuests are an online tool for learning. According to Bernie Dodge, WebQuest expert, they are a classroom-based lesson in which most or all of the information that students explore and...
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...
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