[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[...]
Posts Tagged ‘education’
February 22nd, 2010 - 12:51 pm § in Blogging, EdTech, Featured Posts, TeacherHax, Ted Curran, Web 2.0
Reflecting on Reflection in Ed.
January 23rd, 2010 - 8:23 pm § in Featured Posts, TeacherHax
Lost Your Job? Stay Active!
[Translate] Image by 365bunnies via Flickr Lost your job? Put down that remote and listen here! Burrowing a groove in your couch is not getting you any closer to that dream job you want. Why not use your unemployed hours to build your resume? I recently secured my dream job after three depre[...]
November 12th, 2009 - 1:06 pm § in FreeAppoftheDay, TeacherHax
Replace Your Firefox Plugins with Mozilla Ubiquity
[Translate] Image by flod via Flickr Everybody loves Firefox. Even with all the other fast, standards-compliant modern browsers out there (like Chrome, Safari, and Opera– sorry IE!) Firefox stands alone for its rich variety of extensions. If you’re using Firefox, you can be sur[...]
May 9th, 2008 - 5:12 pm § in TeacherHax
Turn any assignment into a movie, quickly and easily!
[Translate] [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=1spqRM40-EA] This is a video we did based off of MWesch’s great work. We started a class discussing how technology impacts our lives and, in one period, turned it into a video that we could share with the wider world. The students wrote their[...]
Have students RECORD key assignments as MP3s so you can listen, not read.
[Translate] As an English teacher, I always felt like I was drowning in a sea of papers. I needed to get the students to do high quality thinking, and the only way I knew how to evaluate that thinking was through their writing. Last semester, I got smart and had them turn in their final art [...[...]
May 9th, 2008 - 1:56 pm § in TeacherHax
Icebreakers
[Translate] Nothing keeps up class morale than silly games. Usually, I do these at the beginning of the year to help get to know the kids, but I’ve recently learned how valuable it can be to play a silly game when deadlines are coming and grades are due. 15 minutes of silliness can go a lon[...]
May 8th, 2008 - 11:20 pm § in TeacherHax
Use your iPhone to control your computer from across the room? SICK!!!
[Translate] TouchPad Pro turns your jailbroken iPhone into a wireless remote control for your computer, allowing you to mouse, type, and control presentations from anywhere in your classroom, wirelessly. I’m sure there are as many ways to use this as there are teachers. I have used it to a[...]
May 8th, 2008 - 5:29 am § in EdTech, TeacherHax
Guilt-Free Sick Days: Post your slideshow on your web page!
[Translate] We’ve all been there: you wake up in the morning and realize “there’s no WAY I can go in to school today!” So you call the substitute and hope that your students don’t have a totally unproductive day without you. [...]
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