Flipped Classroom - my thoughts on it, some other ideas, & infographic "Flipped Classroom" is a classroom model where the teacher works with students on projects and what would be typically homework instead of a lecture and the students get the "lecture" at home, usually through a video (like from Kahn Academy, or made by the teacher, or from Discovery Education). The proponents of this model say that it offers the teacher more time to work with students on projects and applying the knowledge, rather than spending time delivering that knowledge. The opponents say that it moves too much work to the student at home and many students don't have access to the resources, like broadband internet and a computer, to watch these videos. In my opinion, this is nothing new. Teachers assigned reading out of the textbook for homework, and now they want to assign video lectures to watch. What's so different? I have students who don't have the time, computer, internet access, or ability to watch videos at home. I use lectures in my class. Related: Project Based Learning
12 Tech Tools That Will Transform The Way You Teach! In a Simple K12 blog post titled “17 Signs Your Classroom is Behind the Times” they provide a list of things that characterize a classroom that has fallen behind. Number 16 lists a variety of technology tools that every educator should know about. As I read the list, I realized that although many teachers are interested in and excited about technology integration, they are too busy to explore all the new technology tools available online. This blog post is dedicated to all of the overworked teachers who just don’t have the time to seek out this information. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. [Note: StoryJumper is another online digital storybook maker worth checking out!] 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
PSFK Future Of Wearable Tech - Summary Presentation ROCK HILL | Technology 'hooks' students at Northwestern High ROCK HILL — South Carolina is at risk of a water shortage. With $500,000 in grants available for innovative conservation projects, it's up to the students in Bryan Coburn's introduction to engineering course at Northwestern High to devise solutions. Armed with smartphones and an array of Web tools, the teens spent much of last semester on that hypothetical assignment. By the project's end, they had created elaborate online portfolios showcasing their research, 3D designs and multimedia packages. Students said they never felt so enthralled by school work. Some were inspired to become engineers. "It was amazing," freshman Parker Hooten said. That's the kind of school experience that Coburn, the state's Teacher of the Year in 2009, and the founders of a national program want to replicate. Coburn is among a cadre of celebrated teachers rethinking how to prepare students to excel in an age of rapid innovation and global uncertainty. The project is called "The Model Classroom." An important role
ChronoZoom ChronoZoom is an educational tool for teachers and students who want to put historical events in perspective. A great many resources have been created already in ChronoZoom for your enjoyment and enlightenment. Start Exploring Use ChronoZoom to get a perspective of the extensive scale of time and historical events relative to what happened around the world. New Teacher Resources RT @MSFTResearch: See how #Chronozoom helps students “think historically” & travel though time with 3 newly created curriculum modules http… #chronozoom is a valuable tool for illustrating Climate Change: @metanexus Anyone can author their small or Big History on the 14 Billion year timeline at - an open source project. @BillGates Congratulations to the Big History Project. RT @BillGates: Big History is my favorite course ever. You don't have any favorite timelines yet.
Presentation Software Features for iPad | Flowboard Flowboard is the perfect presentation software for the modern world. Create stunning presentations from your Mac or on your iPad, using just a few simple gestures. Bring words, images, documents, and videos together to tell a compelling story that will captivate your viewers. Flowboard presentations are dynamic, interactive, and easy to share. Because Flowboard was designed specifically for the iPad, using familiar interactions and gestures, you’ll feel familiar with Flowboard right away. Templates Choose from our gallery of hand crafted and beautifully designed templates. The Technology Integration Answer...Well Almost Earlier this year our district adopted the TPACK model of technology integration. What is TPACK you ask? Basically, it takes the approach that planning for technology integration shouldn't be an event. It should be something that adds to what we are already doing. Through the use of Activity Types, teachers can take the activities they are already doing and match them up with appropiate technologies that may or may not work, depending on the context of learning. You can view this presentation to learn more. According to the feedback we have gotten from the folks who have embraced it has been overwhelmingly positive. Recently I came across something that you can also use to make technology integration easier for you and your staff. There are actually 2 that you can take a look at. The first is the original from The Florida Center For Instructional Technology at the University of South Florida. The other is an adaption from Northern Arizona University. About Steven Steven W.
ePEARL click to enlarge The ePEARL Learning Process guides students through the creation process, allowing enough flexibility for truly creative work and just enough scaffolding to keep students on the right track. There is a text editor and an audio recorder for the creation of work. Readings, music pieces, or oral presentations may be recorded. The software also offers the ability to attach work created with other software, so it can accommodate any kind of digital work a student creates in class, including scanned images of paper-based work. Before work is created, students are encouraged to set their goals for this work, and may attach learning logs, evaluation rubrics and study plans to keep track of their learning process as it takes place.
A Thousand Mile Journey Begins with a Single Tweet EdSurge Newsletters Receive weekly emails on edtech products, companies, and events that matter. Siddhartha Guatama, Indian religious leader, and founder of Buddhism eloquently said, “ A thousand mile journey begins with one step.” That quotation perfectly describes the journey of connected educators who have established networks of camaraderie never seen before in education. In fact, my first tweet (online Twitter message) was that quote from Siddhartha Gautama. Getting Started Embarking on a venture to become connected could challenge the establishment that has been in place for hundreds of years. Signing up for Twitter is extremely easy and only takes a few minutes. After developing your handle and a description of who you are, there a few items to consider in the first few days: Lurking and Learning In the beginning, adapting to social networking can be daunting. New users to social media must take time to lurk and learn.
Hybrid Classes Prepare Students for College - Chartiers Valley, PA Patch Less class time adds more responsibility and independence for CV students Upperclassmen at Chartiers Valley High School are learning more by attending class less with a new hybrid format. The classes only meet once a week and are offered first period in the morning, allowing students to arrive about an hour later than normal. The hybrid courses follow the same curriculum as the traditional ones, only with less class time and more online work and electronic communication. “The hybrid classes are part of an initiative started two years ago to restructure the senior year to help students be more prepared for college and beyond,” said Terri Flynn, the new director of administrative services who was instrumental in developing the program. Similar to college, students are expected to come to class having already read the chapter and prepared with questions. If the teacher notices a student struggling or not completing work, they can require them to come in more than once a week.