Jane Hart at Jane’s E-Learning Tip of the Day lists her compilation below of the top 10 e-tools for learners and top 10 e-tools for professionals (hat tip: David Hopkins at eLearning Blog//Don’t Waste Your Time). Top 10 Tools for Learners The current Top 10 list of tools for learners, based on contribution of 47 [...]
Kevin Purdy at Lifehacker gives some sage advice on what to do when–insert prayer of your choice here–the internet is down. Among his suggestions are: Take a look at your lengthy to-do list. Organize pc files and folders. Do some old-fashioned work. Use your mobile unit. Clean out your workspace. As resourceful educators, it’s not [...]
Helen Barrett explains how GoogleApps can be a one-stop shop for creating centralized, dynamic, and effective e-portfolios. I’ve been using Blogger for my students’ blogs and had considered using other applications alongside, but Helen does a great job here showing how it can all work together. I’ll definitely plan on working more applications into my [...]
Should we or shouldn’t we? We should! The ongoing debate about the wisdom of using laptops in class gets a fresh look in this article by John Timmer. Many schools are now adopting a 1:1 laptop to student ratio but not without hiccups. The benefits are numerous, and the flaws tend to center around the [...]
This is an excellent video highlighting the incredible need to adjust our teaching approach to the evolving needs of our students. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnh9q_cQcUE&hl=en&fs=1] This video was created by Tom Woodward of Henrico County schools in Virginia. Tom used the work of Karl Fisch from Colorado who created a PPT using various quotes and statistics from “flat [...]
Amazing video highlighting new manipulative classroom technology. Thanks to Jo McLeay at The Open Classroom.
I’ve been using classroom blogs for some time now and have found it very effective, both in terms of student interest and academic value. I was inspired to employ this strategy after reading this post by Darren Kuropatwa in his blog A Difference. I have found great success with the process, and I highly recommend [...]
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