OK, so this is showing up here later than I posted it, but I’m trying to post only 1 thing per day to this site and I have a bit of a backlog thanks to PUWT15. I regret nothing.
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I’m Vlogging? I’m Vlogging!
After a very long hiatus, I’ve started vlogging again. The last time I did anything like this, I apologized for the video being a whopping 50 megabytes. Let that sink in for a bit. In any case, the new videos are being published over on my YouTube channel, but I’ll be embedding them here as …
#PUWT15 Thoughts: Session 5: #Twitter4Educators
Session 5: #Twitter4Educators, by Evylyn Quiñones Going around the room introducing ourselves and saying how comfortable we are with Twitter. I joined Twitter in March of 2007. I think I’m the old fogey here. Norms Take risks Share ideas Ask questions Have fun learning Addressing two things simultaneously: Teacher tweets and student tweets. Remember, there is …
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#PUWT15 Thoughts: Session 2, Fusing Media Technology and Content in the Classroom
Session 2: Fusing Media Technology and Content in the Classroom, by Margaret Olson Starts off asking who uses social media already. One teacher is using Snapchat? Wow. David Warlick quote about technology on the 2nd slide. Oh, that takes me back. Recommends having a social media account for the class. Ratio of student/teacher content creation can vary …
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#PUWT15 Thoughts: Keynote, A.J. Juliani
Keynote:Â A.J. Juliani Technology “With a purpose.” “I was at a very good school district that was focused a lot on test scores” is a contradiction. “My students aren’t motivated about anything except grades!” They were motivated by a lot of things, but learning his lessons wasn’t one of those things. Started following the Google model: …
#PUWT15 Thoughts: Make Discussions Matter!
Session 1: Make Discussions Matter! by Jason Flanagan Presentation is online. Better yet, so is his assessment template. Started out weak. I come to sessions to be wowed. This started with “Here, read this.” Underlying concept is great. He uses a custom Google Sheet to objectively assess student led conversation and show the results in …
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Save A Tree, Go GAFE! #PUWT15
Presenting at PUWT15 today. Here’s my session. If the video turns out I’ll post that here, too.
Android vs. Chrome in Schools? Android.
So apparently, Chromebook manufacturers will soon have the option of making Androidbooks (not a word they used, but I guess it makes sense?). The news & commentary site re/code goes over the details, which you can read in full here. Personally, I like the idea of notebook computers running Android. Android works very well with …
Time Out!
(This post is inspired by Why You Shouldn’t Send Students Out Of Class For Time-Out | Smart Classroom Management. You should really click that link and read it.) When I first started teaching full time, I could not walk down the hallway of my school without seeing a student standing in the hallway outside of their …
Cardboard Creations
We love cardboard. It’s versatile and you can find it just about everywhere. Here are some awesome cardboard projects from Maker Faire. Source: Makers Love Cardboard: 8 Awesome Projects from Maker Faire Prove it | Make: It’s articles like this that make me wish I hadn’t gone digital, but no matter. There’s a lot of …