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Attention problem? Let’s blame classroom technology!
I don’t know how I managed to miss this story, but did you all see the piece in the NY Times a few weeks ago, Technology Changing How Students Learn, Teachers Say? If you didn’t, you should check it out. The … Continue reading
Posted in Learner Behavior, Professional Development, Technology
Tagged Applied behavior analysis, Attention span, Behavior, Behavior Analysis, Child, Classroom, Dan Willingham, Education, Educational technology, Educators, Learning, New York Times, Steven Pinker, Student, Teacher, Technology
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Civics Instruction…free and fun!
Sandra Day O’Connor was the first woman Supreme Court Justice here in the U.S. She was appointed to the bench by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and she retired from the bench in 2006. Justice O’Connor’s appointment to the bench … Continue reading
A Math App Worth Bragging About!
On Tuesday I wrote about a math app that gave me paroxysms so today I want to write about a math app that gives me the warm fuzzies. It only seems fair. This way we’ll balance out the Universe. Just … Continue reading
Posted in App Reviews & Recs
Tagged App Store, apps, Counting, Education, education apps, Educational technology, IPad, K through 12, learn, Mastery learning, Math, math apps, Mathematics, mathematics apps, maths apps, Native Brain, Native Numbers, Number sense, Student, Teacher, Technology
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5 Low-Tech Ways to Increase Engagement in Lectures
Today I attended a two-hour workshop put on by a local government agency that shall go unnamed, to protect the not-so-innocent. It was a good workshop. I was interested in the topic and I learned a few new things. That … Continue reading
Posted in Technology, Uncategorized
Tagged Applied behavior analysis, Education, Educational technology, Eric Mazur, Formative assessment, graphing, guided notes, Instructional design, K through 12, Learning, Microsoft PowerPoint, peer instruction, PowerPoint, Scott McLeod, Student, Teacher, teaching, Wi-Fi
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U.S. Schools with the Best Technology…and Everything Else
Ever wondered about this? I don’t know what got me thinking about it, really, but I started wondering about technology in Department of Defense schools. Maybe it’s because it’s Labor Day weekend and I always associate Labor Day with … Continue reading
Intrinsic Motivation can be Aversive
A few days ago, a friend of mine, Matt Welch, wrote something on his blog that totally blew my mind. There’s been so much conversation lately, on this blog and others, debating the use and value of intrinsic and extrinsic … Continue reading
Posted in Learner Behavior
Tagged arranged consequences, artificial consequences, aversive control, Education, extrinsic motivation, intrinsic motivation, Matt Welch, Motivation, natural consequences, negative reinforcement, positive reinforcement, Reading, reinforcement, Student, Twitter, United States
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Five Tips for Using Student Response Systems for Formative Assessment
This post originally appeared on the Promethean Planet community blog on May 17, 2012. There are a few redundancies with another of my posts, Top 12 Best Practices for Clickers in the Classroom, but the current post endeavors to focus specifically … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment, Technology
Tagged activengage, activexpression, activote, assessment, classroom technology, clickers, Education, Educational assessment, Educators, Formative assessment, K through 12, LRS, promethean planet, Promethean World, Student, student response systems, Teacher, Technology
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Bizarro World: Is Algebra Necessary?
I had a whole other post planned for today, but it got bumped because yesterday I, like many of you, read the strangest op/ed piece that I think I’ve ever read in the NY Times. And that’s saying something. In … Continue reading
Five Questions to Ask When Choosing Digital Content for Education
There is just so much digital content out there … a simple Google search reveals hundreds of education technology companies offering digital content products. And the difficult part for teachers and parents is that the claims these companies make all … Continue reading
Posted in App Reviews & Recs, Instructional Design, Learner Behavior
Tagged digital content, Education, education technology, Google, Google Search, Instructional design, instructional sequencing, learn, Mastery learning, Mathematics, performance data, promethean planet, Skill, Student, student performance, Teacher
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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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disrupt learning! 