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Khan Academy: Friend or Foe?

A Principal's Reflections

He began his keynote by sharing a video montage of Khan Academy highlights and then presenting some impressive statistics on usage. Dismissive at first, he then began to create video tutorials that were uploaded to YouTube. He officially started Khan Academy in 2009 knowing that quality videos would withstand test of time.

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The Pandemic’s Lasting Lessons for Colleges, From Academic Innovation Leaders

Edsurge

Recognition that the digital divide prevents academic progress has prompted colleges to do more to connect students with tech tools. Flipping the Classroom Professors who recorded video lectures for online learning during the pandemic are realizing they have a new resource at their disposal.

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What the flip?

Learning with 'e's

Everywhere I look I'm seeing 'Flip teaching' or 'Flipped classroom'. There's a lot of hype about this 'flipping' idea and it's getting me flipping irritated. What does flipping actually involve? Even Aaron Sams, a highly visible proponent of the flipped movement admits that the term is ambiguous.

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5 Ways to Flip Your Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

History teacher Keith “Hip” Hughes has a massive following on his YouTube channel.Today, he shares his technique for flipping the classroom in engaging, powerful ways. Today’s Sponsor: Edpuzzle is my new favorite flipped classroom tool. You can take your videos or those from YouTube and: Clip the video.

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14 Tips For Helping Students With Limited Internet Have Distance Learning

MindShift

While there are plenty of best practice guides available for online learning, strategies for bridging the digital divide are scarce. . Host Accessible Video Sessions But Don’t Require Attendance. Video conference calls can be an effective tool, but they require a lot of data. Avoid requiring attendance as well.

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PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Join me in future weeks as together we continue to explore several more posts devoted to the Flipped Classrooms, Project Based Learning, Assessing 21st century skills, PBL, STEM, technology integration, web resources, and digital literacy. This page will provide some amazing articles and videos as you explore Blended Learning.

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How SAMR and Tech Can Help Teachers Truly Transform Assessment

Edsurge

These tools may be used to introduce students to real scientists through Skype a Scientist instead of relying on Bill Nye videos (which I still think are pretty terrific!). But digitally documenting a student’s inquiries through substitution tools makes learning visible and provides formative feedback.