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7 Digital tools for student engagement across all grade levels

Neo LMS

Over the years, I have noticed that student engagement tends to decrease in my classes around this time and I reach out to my personal learning network (PLN) for ideas or tools to boost engagement. Documents, images, text can be added to each slide in the lesson for students to interact with.

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Connectedness as the Standard

A Principal's Reflections

My personal and professional journey in this area is well documented and something that I regularly present on. This makes the learning process meaningful, relevant, applicable, and convenient. One of the most amazing attributes associated with social media is that it makes the world a much smaller place.

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7 days of Twitter chats

eSchool News

Social media is ubiquitous in many people’s lives, and it’s no different for educators–some of today’s most innovative teachers are using social media platforms such as Snapchat and Twitter to engage students and build their own personal learning networks.

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Communicating a Concept With Instagram

A Principal's Reflections

As she explained the project to me I immediately asked her if she could email it to me so I could not only share it, but also gather some feedback for her from my Personal Learning Network (PLN). educational technology Innovation Instagram New Milford High School Social Media' So what do you think of this project?

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10 Strategies to Improve Instructional Leadership

A Principal's Reflections

With the evolution of social media yet another responsibility was added to my plate in the form of digital leadership. As you come across research that supports the types of effective pedagogical techniques that you wish to see in your classrooms archive it in a document that you can refer to when writing up observations.

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Do You Have the Backbone for a PLN?

My Island View

Some of the most popular sites on the Internet are social media sites. These sites are designed for collaboration and collaboration is a key component in adult learning. Frankly, it is key to all learning, but adults seem to get it better. This includes how to use technology to learn more technology.

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Cape Town Summit and the Power of Google Keep

EdTechTeam

A generation of learners are currently growing up with access to the internet being the norm and are encouraged to document and share their stories digitally (this is only true in certain sectors of society i.e. middle/upper class). It is also important for them to share their learning.

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