Blog ArchivesScreensharing Adds MobilityIn the 1 to 1 classroom, it is easy to share a screen with the whole class simply by connecting to a projector. Needing to do so, however, does not need to tie you to the four walls of your more » Search Visually with Tag GalaxyThe standard keyword search has its place, but there are advantages to varying how you and your students navigate the web. One way to search online is using tags. Tags are descriptions, often one word, created by the person who more » bloomsapps: Bloom’s Taxonomy 2.0Educators are quite familiar with Bloom’s Taxonomy but I wonder how many have seen its latest extension. Some are now using Bloom’s to categorize and rate apps, such as at this Google Site. If you are working within or considering more » Research, Projects and Licensing with Creative CommonsYou probably have noticed the Creative Commons license logo while surfing the web and may or may not have payed much attention to it. Creative Commons’ tagline “a culture of sharing” is quite appropriate to its applications, as it allows more » Incorporating the ArtsWhen studying a particular time period or contextualizing a particular concept, alluding to the arts help students have a more rounded picture and engage more of the senses. Fortunately, this has never been easier to do in a seamlessly integrated more » Twitter in the Classroom: Current Events for Our Digital AgeWant your student to be among the first to learn of breaking news in a region they are studying? Want your students to follow their favorite author or a renown scientist or mathematician? Then why not have them use Twitter? Visual Bookmarking with SymbalooThere are a few good social bookmarking sites out there, such as Diigo, which are quite useful when guiding students in research and organization. Although Symbaloo might not be the site of choice for intensive research annotation, it is a more » Educational Apps ListingFor those exploring which apps (iPad and iPod) to use in the classroom, this top 20 listing from Appolicious is worth a look. Items are marked with subject and grade level and include 1to1connect – Collaboration CentralHave you ever left a conference promising to begin a collaboration or continue dialogue but realized that good intention was a victim of “returning to real life”? Most of us have. Or have you ever wondered how people at other more » QR Tagging: Engaging PossibilitiesYou may have notices QR codes on packages received in the post or seen QR reader apps and not thought much about them. QR codes however present limitless opportunities for teachers to facilitate activities which blend thought, movement and contemporary more » |