New Keynote Features Allow for Endless Creativity
One of my favorite things about having 1:1 iPads at my school is that there are so many opportunities for students to create. Over the course of the year, they use GarageBand to make raps about science and iMovie to produce environmental PSAs (among many other things). Now, with new Keynote features, students can even […]
New Year, New You? New Edtech Tools to Try!
The New Year can bring new resolutions both personally and professionally. If you are a classroom teacher, is one of your resolutions to try out some new technology? One of my education heroes, Jennifer Gonzalez, of Cult of Pedagogy, wrote a blog post to give us some guidance (because I must not be the only […]
The Coworking Classroom for the 21st Century
I don’t teach students in a classroom, I facilitate the learning of students in a coworking space. Maybe don’t tell my principle, but my main goal as an educator is not to drill the content into the kids’ heads. My focus is to help prepare them for the 21stcentury and life beyond the classroom. I […]
ISTE 2018 Day 2 Highlights
On Tuesday I attended a session called Leveraging Innovation: The Classroom Startup. I picked this one over so many others because it sounded like it was right in line with what I try to do in the classroom. Amanda Lanicek, Andi McNair and Don Wettrick were the presenters. It turned out to be mostly about […]
Characteristics of a Digital Pedagogy
Leveraging technology in education has created the need for a shift in pedagogy. Now, when planning curriculum, educators need to think about Digital Pedagogy. “Broadly defined, digital pedagogy is the use of electronic elements to enhance or to change to experience of education.” But what are the characteristics of a Digital Pedagogy? TeachThought has presented […]