Daring To Be Proud
The first-year students made this photo-collage of themselves at the end of last semester. What’s cool about this isn’t the stuff they’re doing in the photos (well, that was great, but.) What moved...
View ArticleThey Kidnapped My Whiteboards
My students are starting to appreciate classes where small groups share their problem-solving with the class. Each small group gets a different problem, based on which homework question they had...
View ArticleSocial Media and My Students, Part 1: Is “Online” the New Wild West?
A really interesting series of comments is happening over on Shawn Cornally’s blog Think Thank Thunk about teachers and students communicating through Facebook. The central question seems to be: Can my...
View ArticleThe scanner in my pocket
Quiz review has become a lot more useful now that We review the questions immediately after writing the quiz The students have their own completed papers in their hands The papers have no grade or...
View ArticleOffering a Workshop on Blended Learning
Since I’m known to experiment compulsively with Web 2.0 and ed-tech tools, I’ve been asked to present a workshop for the campus PD week on blended learning. This is an interesting tension for me for a...
View ArticleResources for Prezi Workshop
I’m presenting a workshop on using Prezi tomorrow. The agenda includes What is Prezi, and what are its pros and cons? Best practices, including how and when to zoom, pan, or rotate Evaluating a...
View ArticleResources for Blended Learning Workshop
Here are some of the resources we’ll be using in today’s Blended Learning workshop. I’ll keep it updated as the conversation continues. Pre-Reading Assignment Two contrasting views of blended...
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