The Evolution of School Supplies
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Basic Skills for Online Instructors
Boettcher and Conrad. (2010). "Basic Skills and Tools for Using a Course Management System" in The Online Teaching Survival Guide.
Rethinking Writing Rubrics with Maja Wilson
Barry Lane interviews Maja Wilson, author of Rethinking Rubrics in Writing Assessment (Heinemann) . She describes how her frustration with writing rubrics lead to her study of their history and...
The Twitter Experiment – Twitter in the Classroom
Great video highlighting one professor's Twitter Experiment Dr. Rankin, professor of History at UT Dallas, wanted to know how to reach more students and involve more people in class discussions...
Managing Online Courses
11 Strategies for Managing Your Online Courses http://blog.ltc.arizona.edu/stuartg/2010/06/11-strategies-f.html Thorough explanations of policies and procedures Detailed expectations and formats for assignments Clear instructions for communicating with the instructor on private matters...
Better Late Than Never…Poetry in the Classroom
April was National Poetry month and while I did not post about Poetry in April, I am going to do so in May. President Obama & Poets at the White...
K-W-L (Know, Want to Know, Learned)
K-W-L (Know, Want to Know, Learned) Charts activate students' prior knowledge by: Asking them what they already Know; Then students (collaborating as a classroom unit or within small groups) set goals specifying what...
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]
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,...
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...
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