Tagged: "English"
Interactive 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.
Flipping Isn’t Just About Video: A Better Approach to Vocabulary
I would tell you how I used to incorporate vocabulary in my English classes, but I’m betting you already know. Chances are we pretty much did the same thing. I now do something different. Flipping a classroom is not really about turning lectures into videos; it’s about freeing up class time for more one-on-one interaction [...]
To Tweet or Not to Tweet
A Crazy Idea? Over the past twelve years, I’ve watched my students progress from MySpace to Facebook to Twitter, not to mention the hundreds of other apps-of-the-moment. The one constancy in this trend is that students are online, interacting all day, every day. In fact, most of their social lives are now taking place digitally. [...]
Down With Posters
I despise glitter. It’s proudly gauche and sinisterly invasive. Once a bedazzled project crosses the threshold of my classroom, the insidious sparkles permanently lodge in every nook and cranny. Months later my forehead looks like Lady Gaga’s because I’ve accidentally scratched my head after brushing up against an errant drift of pixie dust. I ban [...]
Symbolics: How To (Pt. 2)
If you are reading this post, you have most likely read its companion that explains what a Symbolic is. If you have not, I encourage you to do so before reading on. In this post I want to give a “meat and potatoes” explanation of how I introduce Symbolics and help students complete each step [...]
Symbolics: Making Abstract Thinking Concrete (Pt. 1)
A Symbolic is a concrete representation of abstract thinking, a picture that demonstrates how ideas interact and work. I use Symbolics as an alternative evaluation tool, and I have found a way to use Flickr to make the entire process much more effective. I explain how later in this post. These videos explain the concept [...]
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