[Translate] Image by lrargerich via Flickr In Jez’ e-Rambler blog, he meditates on the importance of reflection in education. Researchers have long known that reflection is an excellent way to stimulate critical thinking. By comparing new learnings with what you already know, you are[...]
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February 22nd, 2010 - 12:51 pm § in Blogging, EdTech, Featured Posts, TeacherHax, Ted Curran, Web 2.0
Reflecting on Reflection in Ed.
Podcast an Audiobook to Reach Struggling Readers
[Translate] Image via Wikipedia Even in the upper grades, students are struggling to make the transition from “learning-to-read” to “reading-to-learn”. Give a struggling reader a context-reduced novel written in old, antiquated language and you will realize that stu[...]
August 25th, 2009 - 12:41 pm § in EdTech, Ted Curran
Ted Curran Keynote Poem Project
[Translate] Image via Wikipedia This is a motion graphics project I made to show my 11th graders this year. We were taking poems or songs and interpreting the lyrics so we could bring them to life. It was an exercise in using the motion graphics and image layering capabilities of Apple Key[...]
Turn student blogs into an online class community
[Translate] Image by eyesplash Mikul via Flickr I have been interested in using blogging software to create online learning communities for a while now. This last year, I had students start Blogger.com, Tumblr.com, and Posterous.com blogs, then subscribed to all of their blog feeds with m[...]
June 7th, 2009 - 8:41 pm § in EdTech, TeacherHax
Offline is the New Online
[Translate] Image via CrunchBase Web 2.0 has beguiled us to forsake our old offline apps and turn to the online cloud for more and more of our data needs. CNET’s Buzz Out Loud podcast proclaimed that “Offline is the New Online” when Google Gears came out in 2008. Our emai[...]
Why All Teachers should be Bloggers, too.
[Translate] Image by Daniel F. Pigatto via Flickr I have spent my whole teaching career in small, high tech charter schools, and I have seen educational technology grow symbiotically alongside Web 2.0 advances. I have embraced blogs for their power to tackle a variety of classroom teachers[...]
iProcrastinate: helps students stay on top of their work!
[Translate] Mac/iPhone/iPod Touch Need an easy way to keep track of your assignments? iProcrastinate has been a favorite of Mac users for a long time. Now iPhonies and iTouchers can get in on the fun. [...]
Student Blogging= Easy Grading, Authentic Feedback and Review
[Translate] This semester, I had all of the students in my digital design class start a blog on either Blogger or Tumblr (.com) where they would be posting all of their work for my class. I then had them send me the web address in an email so I could subscribe to it with a blog [...][...]
June 21st, 2008 - 5:23 pm § in EdTech, TeacherHax
Google improves everything– how 'bout your spelling?
[Translate] Image by macwagen via Flickr GSpell is a great little add-on for the Mac OS that basically uses the power of Google as a spell-checker for all your desktop applications. It works in Word, Firefox, email…. everything on your computer. It’s cool because it searches th[...]
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