The key to future-proofing education is to empower students to not only think, but to apply their thinking in relevant ways to demonstrate what has been learned. Whether you call this rigorous, deeper, personalized, or just plain learning is of …
‘Is it too soon for a history of PowerPoint and its effect on teaching, learning and thinking?’
One leading educator reflects on the processes and skill sets that once transformed classroom teaching and learning
How To Add Courses To WordPress With LearnPress
No matter why you want to create a course, LearnPress can help you build it in WordPress. LearnPress is a free learning management system (LMS) plugin offered by ThimPress. It essentially allows you to turn your website, or at least …
Classroom Management Strategies for Digital Learning
The suggestions below can help teachers successfully manage their 1:1 classrooms, and continue to leverage technology to enhance student learning outcomes.
http://engagucate.com/blog/classroom-management-strategies-for-digital-learning/…
7 Good Collaborative Bookmarking Tools to Use with Students
The web is a treasure trove of interesting resources to use for a variety of educational purposes. To leverage the educational potential of the web and be able to make the best of it in your instruction, you need to …
Three Ways Educators Are Using Analytics To Improve The Learning Process
Discover how data analytics creates new opportunities to improve the education process.
As Google for Education tools enter classrooms across Canada, some parents are asking to opt-out
Google is not only creating new consumers in schools, it’s creating a new consumer database from schools. “According to Google’s privacy policy for their educational products, the company doesn’t collect student data for advertising purposes or sell them to third …
5 Ways to Make Stop-motion and Time-lapse Movies
Creating a stop-motion video or a time-lapse videos can be a good way for students to tell a story in the style of Gumby. Making stop-motion and time-lapse videos can also be a good way for students to demonstrate how …
Presentation of the Week: What fuels pedagogic innovation?
What we’ll learn about the brain in the next century
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This crazy device turns any TV into a giant touchscreen
Microsoft recently announced an awesome new wall-mounted touchscreen called the Surface Hub 2 that will launch sometime next year. It works with any TV up to 65 inches, instantly transforming it into a fully functional Android-powered touchscreen.
http://bgr.com/2018/06/05/turn-tv-into-touchscreen-amazon-accessory/…
What Are the Benefits of Learning Analytics?
Learning analytics are web-based measurements and reporting about student learning that is intended to help teachers improve the knowledge and skill acquisition of their students. The data provides several benefits to aid educators and students. In this piece, we will …
The Uncertain Future of OER
“Will we ever get to a Wikipedia-type model of teaching resources, with teachers freely giving and taking textbooks, lesson plans, and tests, refining and improving them, and sharing their improvements?” My thinking here is that so long as you think …
The 101 Most Useful Websites on the Internet
Here are the most useful websites on the Internet that will make you smarter, increase productivity and help you learn new skills. These incredibly useful websites solve at least one problem really well. And they all have cool URLs that …
The Pedagogy of Digital Discussion
Digital discussion serves as a sound pedagogical strategy. The next step is to begin implementing various tools into daily lessons and learning activities.
https://esheninger.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-pedagogy-of-digital-discussion.html
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