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The Blended and eLearning PBL Classroom… A Journey from Analog to Digital Project Based Learning

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. Eamil we and we can talk about a powerful interactive online workshop for educators that models blended learning best practices. Next, students learn about heroes and their attributes using their text and the library.

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Formative Assessments Are Easier Than You Think!

The Web20Classroom

When I was teaching science one of the best lessons I learned was about formative assessment. Either way it gave valuable insight to how the students were learning but also could help shape the lesson for the next day. These provide a virtual corkboard for students to leave notes of questions or comments on their learning.

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Ideas and Tools to Give Everyone a Voice

A Principal's Reflections

You can even integrate a Twitter hash tag. Mentimeter – Move over Poll Everywhere. Mentimeter is a great tool that allows you to poll your audience in a variety of ways. It is a free game-based learning platform that not only gives everyone a voice, but also provides a fun way to do it.

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Small Changes, Huge Results

A Principal's Reflections

Last week my school was fortunate to have the NJ School Boards Association (NJSBA) visit to produce a live event called Learn@Lunch: Technology as an Engagement Tool. Yes, I was the Principal at that time, but my perspective and philosophy as to what constituted a 21st Century learning environment was vastly different than what it is today.

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5 Ways Teachers Can Encourage Deeper Learning With Personal Devices

Edsurge

While pushing students to learn outside our classrooms is a step in the right direction, how do we ensure that these experiences lead to deeper learning ? While ensuring rigorous learning experiences is critical, we also must be mindful that we run the risk of schooling students out of their curiosity.

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Embracing Formative Assessments This School Year

The Web20Classroom

I could reflect back on the previous year, examine what I had learned over the summer and plan for a better year coming up. Either way it gave valuable insight to how the students were learning but also could help shape the lesson for the next day. The students can respond via text message, website or even Twitter.

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Teaching Gen Text authors explain why cell phones should go to school

The Innovative Educator

She has taught students how to record podcasts, use Twitter and post photos to Flickr with their phones. “My Apps that Webb has used include Celly , which allows teachers to text students while not revealing phone numbers, and Poll Everywhere , which helps teachers conduct polls through text messages.