techieMusings

Some major resources shared: iNACOL Blended Learning Teacher Competency Framework Making Competency-Based Learning Real for Educators . Full session notes storified here…

The opening #inacol15 keynote was given by Craig Kielburger, Co Founder of Free the Children, Me to We and We Day. His topic: Sustaining Lasting Change: Mobilizing Thousands Toward Student-Centered Learning The future of learning will start w a “set of values that start w putting students at the center.” @SusanDPatrick #inacol15 — Stacey Roshan … Continue reading →

Buncee released a brand new experience for users this summer. I have been using Buncee quite a bit at my school for student-created presentations. The two stand-out features that drew me to Buncee initially were: 1. ability to record audio (slide voice-overs) right within the web tool; 2. ability to add images/video via search within … Continue reading →

Zaption is one of my go-to tech tool recommendations for the 2015-16 school year. This is the first year that we will have a site license at my school, which I am super excited about! I have assembled some getting started information for our teachers, which I will share below: . Introduction and Highlights: Use Zaption to … Continue reading →

Pear Deck is one of my go-to tech tool recommendations for the 2015-16 school year. We have a site license at my school, so I have assembled some getting started information, which I will share below: . Introduction: Pear Deck will help engage students during lecture and presentations. Any presentation created in Google Slides becomes an … Continue reading →

I had the opportunity to spend the week out at UCSB for a Learning and the Brain conference presented by Dr. Judy Willis entitled “Neuroscience and Classroom Engagement: Strategies for Maximizing Students’ Attention, Focus and Potential.” The Program Schedule Below you will find links to my full storified notes for each of the 5 (half day) … Continue reading →

I wanted to share a writeup of a final project that I had the opportunity to work with our Human Geography teachers on. Tech tools integrated into this project include ThingLink, Weebly, and Buncee. Ninth grade Human Geography students spent the last month of the school year analyzing how megacities (10+ million people) are transforming … Continue reading →

Last weekend, I had a chance to work with some young campers (3rd & 4th graders). They were learning about birds and nature and I had an hour to work with them in their computer lab. I did some searching around and stumbled across a neat project idea – MaKey MaKey Bird Chorus Project. I … Continue reading →