I have something to confess. The biggest impact on my teaching has not come from technology. I love technology but, when things get difficult, I don’t find comfort in the soft glowing light of my Chromebook screen. Nor is technology alone a source of inspiration. The Need To Practice The biggest and most positive impact on my …
It is no surprise that Google Classroom is a popular choice for teachers. Yet, it always felt incomplete. There were a lot of features missing that exist in other LMSs. For that reason, I have been a long time critic of the barebones Classroom. Yet, Google is continually updating the platform and in August 2016 …
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If you aren’t showing interactive videos to your students, they probably aren’t watching them. Interactive videos offer countless opportunities to engage, interact, and assess students without disrupting the video. Over the years, I have shown dozens of history documentaries or film clips of varying length during class. Only once or twice have I shown a …
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Pokemon Go isn’t a fad. It isn’t going away quickly. It is the beginning of something big. Something that is not going to just happen on student cell phones outside of class. This is a game that has introduction millions to the possibilities of augmented reality (AG). Your students are among them. So lets answer the …
I went all through school using PowerPoints. Google Slides is essentially a cut-down version of PowerPoint but there is something different about it. Maybe its the potential for collaboration, the speed at which slide decks can be made, or maybe the fact that it is web-based. I am not sure but it just seems better …