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Flip Instruction on its Head

February 7, 2011 0 Comments

Last October at our 21st Century Learning Expo, a couple of teachers shared that they were recording their lectures for students to view at home so they could spend more class time applying concepts and working on projects together. Well, this month’s eSchoolNews wrote about this emerging instructional trend.

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21st Century Learning, Differentiated Learning, Management, Step 4 - Presentation
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Cross-Campus Collaboration

May 22, 2009 2 Comments

Both John and Jan Delke were looking for an activity to wrap up their Tier work. Hmmm… perfect opportunity for some cross-campus collaboration.

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Collaboration, In the Classroom, Learning 2.0, Toons

Poster Yourself

April 23, 2009 3 Comments

Katie Isaacs and Ashley Earp had their students use Glogster.com, an online poster builder with a social networking component, to express their understanding of the Elizabethan Age.

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In the Classroom, Learning 2.0, Storytelling
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Revolutionary War Battles

April 2, 2009 1 Comment

Here’s another example of Mrs. Kilpatrick using a collaborative Google Map to visualize information. This time, her students placemarked key Revolutionary War Battles.

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In the Classroom, Learning 2.0, Warriorlife/Google Ed
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Peer Editing 2.0

March 19, 2009 1 Comment

This week, Mrs. Hori took her students online for a peer editing activity. Students uploaded rough drafts of their essays to Warriorlife (Google) Docs, then shared them with a partner.

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In the Classroom, Learning 2.0, Warriorlife/Google Ed

Google’s 20% Time

January 24, 2011 0 Comments

Did you know that Google requires their engineers to spend one day a week working on projects that aren’t in their job descriptions?

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Assessment, Curriculum, Differentiated Learning
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2010 Edublog Awards Nominations

November 24, 2010 0 Comments

The Edublog Awards celebrate edubloggers, twitterers, podcasters, video makers, online communities, wiki hosts and other web based users of educational technology.

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Your PLN

Easter Eggs in Your Course Pages

November 19, 2010 0 Comments

Easter Eggs are hidden, hyperlinked tips, messages, bonus points, resources, or just plain fun stuff that reward your students for working carefully through your course.

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ARCS, Management, Methods

Give teachers time to train, collaborate

September 20, 2010 0 Comments

Now that other countries are seeing results in the classroom by allowing their teachers more time to work together outside the classroom, some state are re-focusing on their training efforts.

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Your PLN

How to Make a S'more

August 28, 2010 0 Comments

Back in January, I blogged about the first of Gagne’s 9 Events of Instruction: using an attention-getter at the start of class to motivate our students, improve rapport, and create interest in the lesson to follow.

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Step 2 - Objectives, Step 3 - Recall
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