THE 33 DIGITAL SKILLS EVERY 21ST CENTURY TEACHER SHOULD HAVE
Every single teacher is concerned about his/ her teaching practices and the skills involved in this process. How many times have you wondered about a better way to teach the same lesson you have delivered to an eariler class? How often have you used technology to engage your students and…
Student Achievement Research Meets Technology
We all work hard to integrate research and best practices through the meaningful use of technologies. Last week, I dove into John Hattie’s ‘Visible Learning’ (2009) research. It is the culmination of 15 years of research synthesis of 800 + meta-analyses (over 50,000 studies) that focused on top factors influencing…
Video for the NOT Flipped Classroom
There are many ways to “bring an expert” to your class. Here’s another great (and free!) approach…
Online Community To Prepare Schools for New Assessments Coming in 2014
In an effort to help ease the transition to new technology-driven assessments planned for nationwide implementation in 2014, the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) has launched Assess4ed.net, a new online resource and community for state and district education leaders.
Eighth-Graders and Algebra: Making the Case for Online Education
A better question than “Does online learning work?” might be “Under what circumstances and conditions does it have a positive impact on educational outcomes?”