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Five Steps for a Successful Classroom Technology Implementation
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
Carrots and StickKs…Achieving Behavior Change Goals
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
Posted in Learner Behavior, Technology
Tagged Association for Behavior Analysis International, behavior change, behavior contract, behavioral contracting, Behavioral Science, commitment contract, Facebook, Ian Ayres, Learning, National Rifle Association, Seattle, stickK.com, Yale School of Management
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Sharing Between Teacher and Student Devices: Nearpod!
I wanted to share a super cool app that I just started using. It’s called Nearpod and it allows teachers to create interactive content that runs on their iPads and share that content with students on student-controlled devices. In the … Continue reading
Posted in App Reviews & Recs, Technology
Tagged App Store, apps, collaboration, Education, education technology, interactive, IOS, IPad, IPhone, Nearpod, Student, Teacher
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Love this blog post!! Let’s keep fighting the mythology and insist upon science-based approaches to education! From experience to meaning… I love people discussing education. It means they are concerned. It means they care about how children and youngsters are … Continue reading
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With Analytics, Don’t be a Sheep!
In this brave new world of big data and analytics in education, we have a lot of thinking to do. Having a ton of data to inform what we do and analytics to help customize our instruction has the potential … Continue reading
Originally posted on eLearning Development News:
SCORM and the LMS are the Achilles Heel of training. Tracking data has become synonymous with measurement. This week I got an email from a vendor promoting the tracking capabilities of the product. It made realize…
Posted in Instructional Design
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What Do Austin Powers and My Mom Have in Common?
“Oh, Behave!” My post today is in honor of my mom, Jane Mahon, and other mothers out there who do an awesome job parenting, just based on their natural intuition. They didn’t need any of that fancy book-learnin’ that I … Continue reading
Low-Tech is Still Okay!!
I’ve talked with a bunch of teachers and administrators out there who are grappling with adding technology into their classrooms and schools. It’s not an easy thing to do, as we all know, and I find that oftentimes teachers think … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged Classroom, ed tech, Education, education technology, Educators, implementation, K through 12, Low-technology, Teacher, Technology
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Do Kids Really Need to READ??
I was chatting to a colleague in the publishing industry recently. We were talking about the Headsprout Reading programs….Early Reading and Reading Comprehension. My colleague shall go nameless (to protect the innocent and not-so-innocent!), but he told me that publishers … Continue reading
Posted in Academics
Tagged Arts, Business, Child, Collegiality, early reading, Education, Educational software, Headsprout, Mimio, Publishing, Publishing and Printing, Reading, Reading Comprehension
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Temple Run is Educational!! (What??)
I have to confess that, as an educator, it’s kind of hard for me to think outside the box when it comes to the “educational” benefits of some of the game apps that are available for kids today. So I … Continue reading
Posted in App Reviews & Recs
Tagged Android, AppStore, Education, Eye–hand coordination, Fine motor skill, games, gaming, IPad, IPhone, Math, Motor skill, Temple, Temple Run
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disrupt learning! 