I was fortunate to hear Ian Jukes speak at http://ncaistech.wikispaces.com/NCAISTECH2009. I have enjoyed listening to Ian and this time I also was able to talk with him after the conference for over an hour as part of NCAIS C.O.T. His handouts are available at his site.
I was very interested in his brain research and how [...]
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At NCAIS Tech Conference in a session called Creating Learning Studios with Matt Scully http://pdsblogs.org/mattscully/
He is giving his background and introducing how he is now teaching a Middle School English class and realized that he needed to start over with his thinking and teaching.
Quick Quotes: “What is the point?” – Jonathan Zittrain, “Part [...]
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Mrs. Birgel and I started to work with the students on the Romeo and Juliet project. It involves giving students the creative license to retell an Act from a Scene. They are working either alone or in pairs and choose the Act and Scene by “claiming it” in the Moodle discussion forum so all classmates [...]
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WOW,
I read the posts and thought big deal. Over lunch (that is 10 minutes in teacher time), I downloaded, registered my iPod Touch and had the preview of Disrupting Class : How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns (Kindle Edition) on my Touch. It was all down with Whispersync and is almost [...]
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I think our school will need to suggest the best tools for our students. I had suggested in the past that all students would need an Apple Digital Learning device. Many in the audience looked confused. I meant an iPod Touch. I like the Touch more then the iPhone only because I am not prepared [...]
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A long weekend reveals these gems from my “students”.
Dear Mr. Schaefer,
Thank you so much for converting my MPEGs to DVs! I couldn’t have done my Independent Project without you! I really appreciate it! I hope you enjoy my picture of you working on my movie- I did it on Skitch!
Thank you,
Amanda
Ryan created a tutorial of [...]
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