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New Podcast: Failure to Succeed

May 17, 2013 · 1 Comment · 21st Century Skills, creativity, innovation, podcasting

Just posted a new podcast on the idea that our kids need more opportunities to engage in “productive failure”, or “failure to succeed”. The idea is taken from the engineering design process, and it focuses on the premise that high level problem solving will lead to many failures before it achieves success. I would very [...]

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1:1, Certainly

April 5, 2013 · No Comments · 1:1, 21st Century Skills, Educational technology, implementation, leadership, professional learning, Teaching and Learning

We are exploring some options for our district’s future student technologies right now. We have a significant need to increase accessibility for our students, but I’m not sure what that means, exactly. Does it involve a 1:1 program? Perhaps buying large numbers of wireless laptop/tablets and carts? Labs? iPads? Chromebooks? Laptops? Oh, my! Lots of [...]

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2-Minute Tech Challenge #3: iTunesU

December 17, 2012 · 5 Comments · 2-Minute Tech Challenge, podcasting, professional learning, Teaching and Learning

This edition of the 2-Minute Tech Challenge is all about a great and often ignored tool that is on most teachers’ desktops: iTunes. Specifically, it’s about iTunesU, which is an amazing collection of lessons, lectures, demonstrations, and other resources on just about any and every topic imaginable. Elementary teachers can find math lessons on basic [...]

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TCEA Areas 10 & 11 Conference: Exploring the Flipped Classroom

November 2, 2012 · 1 Comment · Educational technology, Flipped Classroom, images/video, implementation, iPad/iPod, podcasting, Teaching and Learning, Web Tools

Information, implementation guides, and early research on flipped classrooms: Flipped Classroom Pearltree   Technology tools for flipping the classroom: YouTube Facebook TED Ed Khan Academy Screencast-o-matic screen capturing document camera Edmodo Schoology Spreaker Podomatic Audacity Podbean iMovie (iSight Camera) iPad Apps: ShowMe (Free) ScreenChomp (Free) Explain Everything ($2.99) Educreations (Free) Android Apps: ScreenCast Video Recorder ($3.99)

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10 Years, 10 Educational Technology “Truths”

June 28, 2012 · 1 Comment · Educational technology, implementation, leadership, Teaching and Learning

Amazingly, I just finished my 10th year working in educational technology. Time truly passes in a flash when you are engaged in something you enjoy so much. After a decade in this business, I would like to share 10 experienced-based truisms that have come to be the guiding principles for me in this business. It’s [...]

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Random Musings on The Nature of Learning and the Retry Button

June 14, 2012 · 2 Comments · 21st Century Skills, creativity, leadership, Teaching and Learning

Off topic a little bit, but it’s therapeutic for me, and I’m friends with the editor… Three seemingly unrelated things got my educator wheels spinning yesterday and today. The first was a video shared by a Twitter friend that features Adam Savage (Mythbusters), titled “Permission to Make“. In the video (below), Adam discusses how he [...]

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10 Curricula-Spanning, Learning-Boosting, Creativity-Inspiring, Must-Have Apps

April 27, 2012 · No Comments · Bookmarking, collaboration, creativity, Digital Storytelling, Educational technology, images/video, iPad/iPod, mobile computing, podcasting, Teaching and Learning

Because there are just not enough app lists, I decided I needed to throw in one more. There are tons of lists that tout subject-specific apps for students at all levels. The following apps have broad applications in virtually any subject area, and they promote important higher level skills such as critical thinking, analyzing, researching, [...]

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