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Category Archives: Technology
The Flame Challenge – an awesome STEM project for kids!
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
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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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
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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Mobile Apps in Education….what is “Success?”
This week I’m attending the Sandbox Summit at MIT. The focus of the Sandbox Summit is kids, play, education and mobile apps. It’s a fairly small group that is attending…probably about 200 or so people…and a really cool cross-section from … Continue reading
Top 12 Best Practices for Clickers in the Classroom
I recently had the opportunity to write a whitepaper for DYMO/Mimio Interactive Teaching Technologies about use of hi-tech Student Response Systems (aka “clickers”) in the classroom. In full disclosure, DYMO/Mimio, a Newell Rubbermaid company, is my former employer. When I … Continue reading
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Tagged Best practice, Classroom, Classroom Performance Systems, clickers, Education, Educational technology, Multiple choice, SRS, Technology
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