Tag Instructional Design
For years, I’ve proudly explained my content specialities in grades 4-8 as having a strong focus on “content literacy.” Imagine my surprise during the first video in MOOC, when they explained that content literacy is an intermediary step with Disciplinary Literacy being the… Continue Reading →
The term ‘Personalization’ has made the rounds in the educational technology portions of education for sometime now. Usually the education community incorporates terms like this or abandons them, but ‘Personalization’ seems to have been artificially kept alive by #EdTech companies. Teachers… Continue Reading →
It is time. Time to update your online content. When you are ready to freshen your online content there are some essential questions to ask. [Tweet “When you are ready to freshen your online content here are some essential questions… Continue Reading →
What social media does for Connected Educators today is amazing. I noticed an inbound link to my blog Thursday, likely because it was “funny” Spanish to me – also known as – not English or Spanish. I followed it to an interesting blog… Continue Reading →
Once you get some content online from your face-to-face classroom you might wonder how to facilitate that area of your classroom. This is a good question because a significant portion of a teacher’s work in a face-to-face classroom is classroom management… Continue Reading →
Blended Learning Amplifies Teaching Blended Learning is changing teaching. Changing teaching from something which happens once to something which is available to a student as s/he is ready. The focus turns to the learner and his/her needs. There is something exotic in… Continue Reading →
Don’t get me wrong, you’re probably a rock star. But this isn’t about you. If you are an effective coach, it is about making the other teacher the rock star. I personally struggle with that same drive that brought me to… Continue Reading →
While you convert your class into a blended learning experience is the perfect time to spring clean. Clean up your content Broken links are a show stopper for any online portion of a course. Consider investigating if your Learning Management System… Continue Reading →
What are you saying with your social media pictures? Let’s explore PicMonkey and consider what your Instagram, Twitter, and blog posts can convey. Created for TOMECON16, a regional literacy conference for Georgia students. Learn more about TOME.
It is an honor when any other educator honestly asks you a question. Think about admitting what you do not know in education; until recently teachers were keepers of the knowledge – all the knowledge. Not anymore. You can imagine, a teacher… Continue Reading →
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