Teaching + Learning
The Multi-Dimensional Power of Professional Development through Social Media
The use of social media as a professional development tool in the educational world is finally taking hold. As it progresses, those using it need to understand that it is not a one-dimensional environment for learning. In the early stages of my understanding and use of social media to learn and grow as an educator [...]
Read MorePart Two: The Social Media Dos and Don’ts for Students (Applying to College)
I thought I would compile some additional resources that discuss the use of social media and college admissions. The articles provide various scenarios, information, and advice.
Read MoreInteractive Video (Part Two): Mozilla’s Popcorn Maker
To my shock and horror, my students claimed to have never seen a PopUp Video. They were vaguely aware of VH1 and suspected that some old people still watch it? If it even exists? We were brainstorming uses of Mozilla’s Popcorn Maker, and I was sharing that a colleague had a great idea of using the free online tool to make a PopUp video of a presidential debate.
Read MoreInteractive Video (Part One): Flipping at TED-ed
You, like me, have spent a fair amount of time watching on-line videos. Who can blame us? When we need a break from grading, routines, or vacuuming, lovely owls, talking dogs, or five people playing one guitar are irresistible draws.
Read MoreThe 2013 edSocialMedia Summit is coming!
The 2013 edSocialMedia Summit is coming! Stay tuned—the details are in the works... We're in high gear planning the details of the 2013 edSocialMedia Summit, and you know you want to be the first one to hear! We can tell you this: plan to be in the Boston area on April 2, 2013.
Read MoreOne Skill that 9 out of 10 Schools Don’t Teach
The following video opened my eyes to a new language–computer programming. Often referred to as coding, mastery of this language is in high demand. Actually, mastery is not even necessary, “being conversational” in the language of coding can open many doors. Simply put by Steve Jobs, “Everybody in this country should learn how to program a [...]
Read MoreWhat should educators read that’s not about education?
I've recently become hooked on the Harvard Business Review Twitter feed, @HarvardBiz. There's a lot of stuff about management, a lot of stuff about innovation, lots on various management issues, with the occasional weird factoid thrown in (did you know, for example, that politically conservative shoppers are less likely to buy generics?).
Read MoreGeneration G: Clicking Our Brains Out
Next time you’re with your students, look around. How many of them have smartphones in their hands? In a lot of classrooms, the answer will be all of them. Every teen has the web in his or her pocket. And it’s not so easy to unplug. We are almost physically attached to our technology at [...]
Read More5 Things I Learned from My MOOC experience
As I discussed in an earlier post, the two MOOCs I was involved with, Fundamentals of Online Learning and E-Learning and Digital Cultures, started off very differently. After I wrote that post, they continued their different paths. EDC is still going, while FOE was suspended by the teacher and by Georgia Tech in order to [...]
Read MoreTangled up in School – A Slightly Contrarian View for the edsocialmedia Crowd
If you read my blog with any regularity (mom, that was for you), you know that I feel tremendously fortunate to work with the people who walk the halls of my school. On any given day, I have the chance to tangle, and I mean that in every sense of the word, with Bill Stites or [...]
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