As mentioned in a previous post, several colleagues joined me in the Coursera/University of Toronto course, “Aboriginal Worldviews and Education” back in February and March. (an excellent course by the way – fodder for another post) Our cohort tried to get together online and by teleconference for a weekly discussion.…
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Loading ...In Yr 7 we’ve been learning more about factors, multiples, prime numbers etc. It was the perfect opportunity to introduce kids to a great app called DigitWhiz. Yes, it covers the basic operations of multiplication and division, but unlike a lot of other Maths apps, it includes a lot more that is useful to secondary school students , all in one free app.…
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Let’s keep this relatively short and simple shall we? I’ve spent just a month shy of 10 years in education, and I feel as though some days I know just about as much as I did on day one in the teaching field.…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...In math, it’s called the transitive property:
If A=B and B=C, then A=C.
And it jumped off my iPhone screen this morning while I was reading my morning stream of tweets on Twitter.
I spend a lot of time thinking about peer instruction with clickers, like this, this and this, which naturally leads to discussions about “flipping the classroom.” That’s when students do work before class, like reading the text in a guided way or watching videos created of the instructor, where they learn the simple, background material.…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...One of the greatest challenges we face in today’s rapidly changing, tech-saturated educational landscape is the decrease of physical classrooms based on traditional notions of localized, embodied community. Emerging online classrooms mirror digital, distributed modes …… Continue reading
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Thanks to the lovely folks at NW eLearn, I am honored to share my research via webinar. Just as a fair warning to my readers, one of the audience members at the ATL conference… said my presentation was like “learning on Red Bull.” I think Red Bull tastes like melted Sweet Tarts and it gives me a headache, but I think she was sincere in giving me a compliment. Continue reading
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...My colleague Laurel asked me some questions in her comments on my last blog post.
How have you shifted from being a “stranded evangelist” to a “connected educator”? What have you learned from the people around you? How has your practice shifted as you listen to the teachers with diverse perspectives?…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...If you’re looking for a quick way to improve your course quality, here are two (often overlooked) items you can incorporate in five minutes or less.
Communicate Pre-Requisite Information
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...I went into my first MOOC as an adult learner unseasoned in the self-directed approach to learning. The idea that my learning is directed by me and not facilitator-centered is a concept I am gaining comfort with. I am still getting used to the idea that I must take ownership of my learning.…
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