Posted on March 30, 2012 by kschaefer
Ms. Donnelly’s class has had an assignment this week that asked them to create tutorials on how to use the iPad, Apps, and other things that teachers should know. “One minute presentation about specific topic related to Evernote, Voicethread, Google Docs, or the iPad.” I prompted her to do this with her students as I [...]
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Posted on February 14, 2012 by kschaefer
I enjoy reading Dan Meyer’s blog as he is both a deep thinker and a great writer. He is also a teacher in his core fiber no matter where he finds himself these days. I thought this post was both thought provoking as well as summed up well the description of the role of a [...]
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Posted on January 13, 2012 by kschaefer
Image: Apple\’s Eyes Studio / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Over the last few weeks, more students are looking for audiences for their writing and stop animation movies. Mostly the avenue chosen is to send out email messages individually to students and teachers or to a conference where all students can read the request. I think this is a [...]
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Posted on January 25, 2011 by kschaefer
‘Atlas, it’s time for your bath’ http://www.flickr.com/photos/73645804@N00/440672445 I read Sarah Hanawald’s post on why are we teaching this stuff and was intrigued. I am in my second rotation of my new Digital Learning class for 5th graders. I calculated how many minutes of face time I have with them to be 1,806 minutes. [...]
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