See on Scoop.it – Education 100 Ways To Use Google Drive In The Classroom See on www.teachthought.com
Written by Sarah Bylsma
Written by Sarah Bylsma
Written by Sarah Bylsma
See on Scoop.it – Education That we have evolved our favorite forms of communication is obvious without more than simply watching our students walk through the hallways. It would be easy to demonize social media and each medium that it provides for human interaction. But it would be educationally valuable to embrace it, turning it … Continue reading “Using Social Media to Teach Visual Literacy in the 21st Century Classroom”
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See on Scoop.it – Education How to become a curation king / queen. Traditionally, a curator researches and puts together a collection which speaks to a narrative and / or serves a larger idea in art galleries and / or museums… See on justadandak.com
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As I continue to grapple with my role as an educator, I am haunted by my ever present action plan…in which I feel not enough action has taken place. This is not to say that I have not been implementing what I have been learning or experimenting with new ideas or techniques-because I have-there is … Continue reading “Flipped? Blended or Personalized?”
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It was a recent article in the Los Angeles Times, entitled “Handing out iPads to Students isn’t Enough,” and a prompt from @Think_teach that inspired this next post. What is our role as 21st Century educators? Is it our role to teach students the content (knowledge and facts) that they need to move forward in life? … Continue reading “Content vs. Skill: Our Roles as 21st Educators”
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As I look ahead to the new year, I realize I have not left nearly enough time for reflection (hence the lack of posts) and either have my students. As a result, I would like to focus my action plan on how I can use technology in my lessons as a backchannel for discussion … Continue reading “Action Plan 2014: The other side of the monitor”
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After my first Cohort21 meeting, I was instantly drawn to Twitter, but I began to question how Twitter could be an effective tool in the classroom. How could I use Twitter in the classroom to teach students 21st Century skills and encourage literacy (especially in only 140 characters)? While my first post began with Dickens, … Continue reading “Can Twitter be an effective tool in the classroom?”
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“Now, what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of any service to them” (Dickens). Long has gone the … Continue reading “Hard Times Calls for Educational Reform”