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One of my current educational interests is maker education. As such, I have begun creating games for maker education – see my first one, a board game, at Reflecting on the Making Process. I like and have always used games in my classrooms.
Digital Promise
DECEMBER 1, 2016
Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) has prioritized a culture of technology-enriched student learning through its Students and Teachers Advancing Tomorrow Initiative (S.T.A.T.). is to transform BCPS into a student-centered, personalized learning environment.
User Generated Education
JUNE 14, 2016
Maker education is currently a major trend in education. But just saying that one is doing Maker Education really doesn’t define the teaching practices that an educator is using to facilitate it. Maker education takes on many forms. Role of the Educator.
User Generated Education
DECEMBER 1, 2014
It is titled Experiences in Self-Determined Learning and can be found at [link]. My Own Chapter: M oving From Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0. This edited book is the perfect primer on self-determined learning or heutagogy. Education 1.0:
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Ditch That Textbook
MAY 30, 2017
Honestly, I’ve never wanted my education career to take a major hiatus for months at a time. [.]. Ed Tech conferences edtech education on air educational technology professional development professional learning seesaw voxer
Two Guys and Some iPads
JULY 27, 2014
Augmented reality(AR) has continued to gain momentum in the educational landscape over the past couple of years. These educators featured below have dove in head first using AR in their classrooms and schools. and Flipped Learning: Gateway to Student Engagement.
Digital Promise
MAY 10, 2016
When designing a program or product, many education leaders and ed-tech developers want to start with the best knowledge available on how students learn. We need better tools to help make research more accessible for everyday work in education.
The Christensen Institute
JANUARY 4, 2017
Here are four trends in personalized learning we’ll be watching unfold in the coming year: 1. Over the past few years, we have witnessed homegrown learning platforms crop up inside of schools trying to push the boundaries of personalization. Education Blog
eSchool News
APRIL 27, 2017
[ Editor’s Note: This story is Part 3 of our April series on Blended Learning. Click here to read Part 1 on what makes a blended learning initiative fail. Click here to read Part 2 on what blended learning really looks like in the classroom.].
User Generated Education
MAY 31, 2015
Today, though, I was thinking about all of the connections important for learning. Connecting of Concepts – Deep Conceptual Learning: Creating Connections That Last. Education connected learning learning networked learning social-emotional learning
User Generated Education
APRIL 8, 2016
As I’ve discussed in numerous posts, I am an experiential educator. I believe in and promote learning-by-doing and hands-on learning. https://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2016/01/13/a-natural-and-experiential-cycle-of-learning/.
Brilliant or Insane
APRIL 22, 2015
Technology cannot replace teachers, but teachers who use technology and cloud-based learning will replace those who do not. The post How Cloud-Based Learning is Changing Education appeared first on Brilliant or Insane. Social Media Technology cloud-based learning edtech
User Generated Education
FEBRUARY 22, 2015
I have discussed educators as model learners before: The educator’s role has or should change in this age of information abundance or Education 2.0-3.0. Educator as Model Learner ). It is a mistaken assumption that educators know how to do so. How I Am Learning.
User Generated Education
MARCH 7, 2015
If I ask you or your students, “How do you learn,” how many of you could clearly articulate this process? If you can, are the strategies you’re using the best ones for learning? During my school years, I noticed there was a problem with how I was being asked to learn.
Brilliant or Insane
JULY 6, 2015
In an effort to learn more from what I call Education Hackers, I launched a new Voxer group, called #HackLearning. Thousands of teachers, parents and thought leaders from more than 60 countries were using the Hack Learning mobile app. Featured Mobile Learning HackLearning Voxer
User Generated Education
JULY 8, 2017
This is my third summer offering maker education summer camps as part of a bigger program at a local school. Given all of the media coverage, an educator new to Maker Education may get the perception that it is all about this kind of high tech stuff.
User Generated Education
MARCH 29, 2015
In a past post blog I discussed the idea that every educator has a story and that they should share those stories: Educators are doing amazing things with their learners in spite of the standards-based and accountability-driven movements. There really is no they in education.
Educational Technology Guy
FEBRUARY 12, 2015
Google has created App Kickstart Guides for Google Play for Education apps to help you build your "Android app-titude" for some specific apps in Google Play for Education. Related: Google for Education Resources Android for Education Resources --.
EdNews Daily
OCTOBER 20, 2016
At the turn of the 21st century, public interest in games as learning tools took hold. In the eyes of digital game-based learning proponents, the general public and today’s teachers finally understood something that students and educational researchers knew all along.
EmergingEdTech
AUGUST 31, 2016
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EdTech4Beginners
APRIL 12, 2017
Learning something new can be both exciting and excruciating. Be it learning a new language or a new craft, acquiring new skills need not always be a complicated affair. Such techniques largely contribute towards making learning a productive process. 2) Multisensory Learning.
The CoolCatTeacher
OCTOBER 19, 2016
Brad Currie and Billy Krakower, two of the three authors of 140 Twitter Tips for Educators , share with us the basics of Twitter. But as a 92-year-old precious “Miss Alice” said this past week in my Sunday school class, “I’m so glad I haven’t learned yet.
User Generated Education
DECEMBER 22, 2016
For the past several decades, I have had my feet in both elementary education and teacher training and development. Regardless of age, grade level, and setting, I include hands-on and experiential learning as a integral part of my instruction. Increases retention of learning.
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
Educators searching for flipped learning inspiration can now find it in a list of 100 people who are innovating and inspiring others in their pursuit of flipped instruction.
Ditch That Textbook
DECEMBER 28, 2015
In our eighth-grade math prototype and our elementary math programs, I’ve watched teachers as they adapt to blended learning. Ed Tech blended learning edtech educational technology flipped classroom formative assessment
The CoolCatTeacher
AUGUST 28, 2015
Online learning is growing. She tells all: the challenges of online learning and the strengths. How do you know if a student is “really” learning? The benefits of online learning, particularly for kids who are shy or quiet. Online learning is growing.
The Web20Classroom
NOVEMBER 21, 2016
It also got me thinking about how much boring time educators spend in meetings and “PD” when they could be doing something more authentic. Each time we meet and learn together is another opportunity to be better for kids. It seems educators meet all the time.
User Generated Education
MARCH 29, 2016
Planning educational activities that incorporate social-emotional learning has broad benefits. Maker Education and Social Emotional Learning. Maker education, when planned around skills acquisition, can enhance social-emotional development.
User Generated Education
JUNE 21, 2015
I am a huge proponent of using hands-on, interactive learning activities to explore ill-defined problems as a way of teaching for all age groups. With half the kids under 7, I learned a bunch about young makers. This is not the norm for kids in mainstream education environments.
Educational Technology Guy
JUNE 11, 2014
Yesterday Google announced the launch of Google Educators Groups. This is a program made up of communities of educators who can connect with each other to learn, share, and help each other. This is a great resource for educators. Related: Google for Education Resources.
The Principal of Change
OCTOBER 17, 2016
This is a first draft and I am trying to learn through reflection. People have come to loathe the term “21st Century Education”, or “21st Century Teacher” The argument is that “we are 16 years into the 21st century!”, The learning environment matters.
Education Elements
FEBRUARY 1, 2017
Before we get too far into 2017 I like to reflect on what has been and make predictions for what the year ahead will mean for education. As a company, I can say that Education Elements will be changing the way we think about our partnerships and what these districts really value from our relationship. This is beyond driving a new initiative, and instead around changing the hearts and minds of educators to consider the needs of the student differently than we have in the past.
Dangerously Irrelevant
JANUARY 23, 2017
The partiality of the lecture format has been made visible by studies that compare it with a different style of instruction, called active learning. ‘Rock star’ professor lectures + Lower-cost instructional facilitators = The future of higher education?
The Principal of Change
MAY 16, 2017
If you are looking for some good books to read over the summer break, take a look at this thread: What is a book that had a significant impact on your views and practices on education, but is NOT an education book? Everyone is born with an intense drive to learn. I love Twitter.
The Web20Classroom
MAY 17, 2017
These are truly incredible times to not only be a learner but an educator as well. And the tools we have to create a learning environment where all students can succeed are ever increasing. Being a Tech-Savvy Educator doesn’t have to be either daunting or complex.
EmergingEdTech
JULY 13, 2016
Being Aware of These Online Learning Challenges can Help Educators Create Better Experiences for Their Students Have you noticed that e-learning has been developing rapidly?
The CoolCatTeacher
JUNE 29, 2015
ECM 155: EdGaming expert Kae Novak tells us how to find good learning games for kids. The word “game” doesn’t make learning great. Learn to tell the difference. I asked teachers on the ECM Awesome Educator Network. 6 Ways to Find Good Games for Learning.
User Generated Education
JUNE 18, 2017
This post discusses my Cardboard Creations Maker Education Camp that was taught to fifteen 5 to 12 year old learners for five days, 2.5 Summer Maker Education Camp Project. The learners engaged in these high tech learning activities with high excitement and motivation.
The Web20Classroom
APRIL 27, 2017
For nearly 9 years I’ve written about technology, improving school leadership and have shared my personal insights on being a connected educator. For me, blogging has become a part of my learning process and a platform through which I share information. Busy educators.
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