The final day of ISTE and I ran out of steam. What a whirlwind of a conference! Wednesday was a bit lighter with content because I was exhausted and did need to spend some time in the expo hall! Free Carmen Sandiego book! As a Microsoft district I found a lot of great tools that Shake Up Learning’s Kasey Bell was presenting on can be applied to our Office 365 district and I can’t wait to share all of it…
Just like last week, I am adding more content that I learned at ISTE using this awesome tool Wakelet. Wakelet is something that you can use in your classroom, as it is a way to organize materials for students to use. Check out my highlights below! We’ll post Tuesday’s Learning Next Week!
Authentic learning, if you have read or listened to me on the SPS Digital Learning Hour Podcast, you know that this is something I am constantly saying about using technology in the classroom, but do you or I even know what it means? Edglossary.com (A website that defines Ed Reform terms) defines authentic learning like this: In education, the term authentic learning refers to a wide variety of educational and instructional techniques focused on connecting what students are taught in…
In our blog post last week, we discussed Flipped Classrooms, this week we are going to examine blended classrooms. Blended Classrooms focus on some of the best parts of Flipped Classrooms and Traditional Classrooms. Essentially a Blended Classroom uses a mix of face-to-face instruction and technology-led instruction. During the face to face time, the teacher leads the students through a concept or standard. When the students are working independently, they are able to work at their own pace, focusing on…
For this week’s podcast I have a very exciting announcement about a training opportunity in the SPS district plus we discuss the finer points of the SAMR model and how you can apply it in your classroom. (You probably already do the first two letters without even realizing it)