Monthly Archives: June 2012

Top 10 eLearning Design Principles Compared

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

Today I was over on Jason Renshaw’s blog, English Raven. He posted a cool idea: to compare your top 10 elearning design principles to those of Kineo, an elearning solutions provider.  Not only am I copying his idea, I’m copying … Continue reading →

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Mastery Learning and Gaming in Education: DragonBox

Posted on June 20, 2012 by

Today I want to write about something very near and dear to my heart, Mastery Learning. For those who are unfamiliar with Mastery Learning, it is a term that was coined by Benjamin Bloom (yes, that Benjamin Bloom) in 1968 … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 19, 2012 by

This veers away a bit from my usual topics, but I loved it SO much that I had to include it. In all things, have integrity and be authentic!

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Three Terrible Truths about Teachers, Exposed!

Posted on June 13, 2012 by

Something’s been bugging me lately…and at 5:00 this morning I woke up realizing what it is. It’s not really something that I didn’t know…sadly I’ve had many opportunities to observe it firsthand.  So here’s what it is: Education Technology companies … Continue reading →

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The Flame Challenge – an awesome STEM project for kids!

Posted on June 9, 2012 by

If you don’t listen to ScienceFriday on NPR, then you may not know about The Flame Challenge. The Flame Challenge is a contest, launched by actor and science advocate Alan Alda, to answer the question that he had as an … Continue reading →

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Five Steps for a Successful Classroom Technology Implementation

Posted on June 7, 2012 by

Today we have the good fortune to have a guest blogger, Ms. Erin Hommeland, who is a Professional Development and Classroom Technology Implementation Consultant.  She also has the advantage of being an amazing person.  Here she is…. –KM For the … Continue reading →

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Carrots and StickKs…Achieving Behavior Change Goals

Posted on June 1, 2012 by

Last week I attended the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International in Seattle, Washington.  It’s a meeting that I have attended nearly every year for the past 20 years.  As the years go by I find … Continue reading →

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