I was in Costco buying some garbage bags this morning. I went and lined up. It was quite busy, surprising for a Sunday morning. The man in front of me was talking to his young son about the Lego they were buying.…
Microlectures & Multimedia: Helpful Tips & Strategies
We have updated our Multimedia Tips & Strategies tip sheet! See below for the updated information. You can also click here for a printable version of the tip sheet.
Helpful Tips & Strategies
The modern student is accustomed to multisensory, multimodal learning via technology.
Connecting Diigo and Scoop.it! & Web sites
I want to sum up my Summer 2014 coursework by summarizing a few educational technology links Including:
- E-learning for Educators Diigo
- Scoop.It! Personal Learning Network
- E-learning Portfolio Pam Schield
- Moodle E-Learning View
- (older) Online Training Module for ABE Instructor and ICT MS Portfolio
Kamchatka, Russia
Why Standards-Based Assessment?
Why SBA? Here’s a quick list of my thinking:
- It focuses everyone (me, students, parents) on learning instead of a seemingly endless string of assignments tackled one at a time and then forgotten.
- Course requirements and learning goals will be much more transparent and more effectively communicated.
Creaking Open the Course
It has been a while since I made this presentation at the Stanford Digital Learning Forum, which was rather benignly named “Overview of Innovations in Online Course.” As is usually the case in my self-assessment of such activities, it’s mostly forgettable.…
Practically Open
As part of the week 1 of P2PU Why Open? course participants were invited to join David Wiley on a google hangout (Why Open session with David Wiley). I could not make the live stream so have just finished watching the archive.…
Tom Bennett on Radio Edutalk
A lot of educational research, and I am going to choose my words carefully here, was utterly guff, was utterly, utterly guff, by that I mean, was complete speculation, rhetoric or opinion dressed up as science.
Tom Bennett talking on Radio #EDUtalk.…
Technology Tools for Teaching Online
We have created a handout that highlights technology tools for teaching online. It is separated into category of technology, tool name, website, price, compatibility, and use.
Click here for a printer-friendly version.
Category |
Tool |
Website |
Price |
Compatibility |
Use |
Content |
You Tube |
Glow Blog Migration Notes: e-Portfolios
Lost Puppy flickr image by Tim Shields Creative Commons – CC BY-NC 2.0
Here are some notes around the effect that the glow blog migration will have on e-portfolios hosted on the WordPress instances. There are two main things to consider, users/members of blogs and links to access blogs.…
Ready for a Field Test
I’ve wished I knew how to use a spreadsheet for a couple years, but this summer I finally worked at it, in part because I was inspired by Alice Keeler, who is a spreadsheet wizard. If you’re looking for edtech know-how and inspiration, check out her blog, Teacher Tech, you won’t be disappointed.…