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Ivan Beeckmans wrote a new post, Feedback – Feed Foreward, on the site Catching Up 1 year, 1 month ago

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This part of the journey that is the dRAFT project has come to a conclusion and therefore can be assessed. Feedback of the project came in two forms: […] -
Ivan Beeckmans wrote a new post, Three Little Bops – Final Project, on the site Catching Up 1 year, 3 months ago
The question looming for most COETAIL participants when embarking on their final project is how to reach for the top – ‘new things, new ways’. Depending on your perspective, this is […]
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Ivan Beeckmans wrote a new post, Presenting Matters!, on the site Catching Up 1 year, 3 months ago
Original image: cc licensed ( BY SD ) flickr photo by Vvillamon: http://flickr.com/photos/villamon/4468869725/I have become a recent student in the art of presenting. To motivate myself to learn more about […]
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Ivan Beeckmans wrote a new post, Dear Presenter…, on the site Catching Up 1 year, 3 months ago
As we make our way to your session, you should know that many of us have great expectations. Some of us have come significant distances, others from just down the hall. A few will be rather knowledgeable about […]
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Ivan Beeckmans wrote a new post, Disaster WARNING: Visual Illiteracy, on the site Catching Up 1 year, 3 months ago
Last month I witnessed a natural disaster – of sorts. No, it wasn’t the flooding of biblical proportions that hit Thailand in October, it was a presentation made to middle school students. The topic: Natural […]
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Ivan Beeckmans wrote a new post, The Irony of Visual Literacy and the Classroom (Text Only), on the site Catching Up 1 year, 3 months ago
One of the prescribed readings for COETAIL Course 3 is the article on Visual Literacy in the Classroom, by Erin Riesland in the Johns Hopkins School of Education magazine called New Horizons for Learning. It is a […]
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Ivan Beeckmans wrote a new post, The Irony of Visual Literacy and the Classroom, on the site Catching Up 1 year, 3 months ago
One of the prescribed readings for COETAIL Course 3 is the article on Visual Literacy in the Classroom, by Erin Riesland in the Johns Hopkins School of Education magazine called New Horizons for Learning. It is a […] -
Ivan Beeckmans wrote a new post, Today I Learned…, on the site Catching Up 1 year, 3 months ago
Before you begin this post, watch this 1:40 (that’s one minute and fourty seconds) video.A re-make of the 70s Sesame Street video
This is my final project for COETAIL Course 3. I know it does not […]
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Ivan Beeckmans commented on the post, Three Little Bops – Final Project, on the site Catching Up 1 year, 3 months ago
Paige, by all means, share this project with those at RIS! I will try to update as we go along. We launched it on Friday and things will move along this week. I, too, like the idea of the web search choice. I hope […]
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Ivan Beeckmans commented on the post, Three Little Bops – Final Project, on the site Catching Up 1 year, 3 months ago
Thank you for noticing. Would be keen to hear the response from your English dept. If I can assist, let me know.
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Ivan Beeckmans commented on the post, You spin me right round…….., on the site And so it begins 1 year, 3 months ago
Jason,
You have summed up many of my concerns very succinctly. Isn’t the Flipped Classroom just switching when we do what most call homework at school? My, albeit limited, reading on the subject seems to […]
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Ivan Beeckmans commented on the post, You spin me right round…….., on the site And so it begins 1 year, 3 months ago
Jason,
You have summed up many of my concerns very succinctly. Isn’t the Flipped Classroom just switching when we do what most call homework at school? My, albeit limited, reading on the subject seems to […]
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Ivan Beeckmans commented on the post, Does it pass the innovation sniff test?, on the site Synapse 1 year, 3 months ago
Paige,
I like the way you think. Indeed, the idea of reverse instruction is really not that new. Heck, isn’t show and tell a version of it? But this makes me think that instead of getting depressed about how we […]
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Ivan Beeckmans wrote a new post, Caught in the NETS, on the site Catching Up 1 year, 3 months ago

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I recently revisited a video most have seen at one time or another. It is entitled Did you Know 2011 – Shift Happens (see below). There have been […] -
Ivan Beeckmans wrote a new post, Tools of the Trade, on the site Catching Up 1 year, 3 months ago

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Today’s classroom, for the most part, has not changed all that much over the past 100 years. We have gone from blackboard, to whiteboard, to […] -
Ivan Beeckmans wrote a new post, Flippin’ Out – Does reverse instruction work?, on the site Catching Up 1 year, 3 months ago

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One of the latest trends in education is reverse instruction or the ‘flipped’ classroom. In short, it involves students learning some of the content at […] -
Ivan Beeckmans wrote a new post, Blurred Vision – The Future of Education, on the site Catching Up 1 year, 3 months ago

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The Problem
I just re-read a blog post by Lisa Nielsen entitled You can never replace the teacher. Or can you? 10 ways to learn without teachers. […] -
Ivan Beeckmans wrote a new post, Chaos or Calm – Laptops in the Classroom, on the site Catching Up 1 year, 3 months ago
The issue of classroom management is one that consumes many a teacher’s time and effort. Some prefer an environment that is yoga studio tranquil, while others prefer the action and activity of a rodeo. Both […]
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Ivan Beeckmans commented on the post, Constructing a New Age of Teaching, on the site Jillian's Jargon 1 year, 3 months ago
Jillian,
Sadly, there are a few issues preventing us from moving forward or even keeping up with the change you mention. One has to be control. The education sector of our economy seems to have a great problem […]
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Ivan Beeckmans commented on the post, Dock Your Fear of Change, Love or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love 1:1, on the site te@chnology 1 year, 3 months ago
Jesse, this post is good on so many levels.
It is honest. So many people that ‘fear’ the transition to 1-1 laptops in their classrooms need to really think about where that fear originates. Is it from the […]
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