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Neil commented on the post, What my student think about the flipped classroom, on the site Commons Sense 11 months, 4 weeks ago
I don’t do anything like that – the vodcasts I make are content driven but I will pause and instruct students to pause to give themselves of checking their understanding before I explain it. The mastery questions […]
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Neil commented on the post, What my student think about the flipped classroom, on the site Commons Sense 1 year ago
Dan Pink highlights the key points of motivation in the modern world as autonomy, mastery and purpose. I really took this on board when planning my flipped classroom. First of all I see the video watching in […]
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Neil commented on the post, What my student think about the flipped classroom, on the site Commons Sense 1 year ago
Hi Mark,
My lessons always start with a review question of some sort from which I can spot if a student has/ or has not done the required viewing. I do also record those issues in an on-line grade book which […]
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Neil wrote a new post, What my student think about the flipped classroom, on the site Commons Sense 1 year ago
My year 12 IB Physics class is first approaching the completion of a full year of my flipped classroom and I wanted to know what they felt about the experience. So in an attempt to respect their privacy and […]
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Neil wrote a new post, Flipped classroom and a changing perception, on the site Commons Sense 1 year ago
Thinking about perception - I am now approaching the end of my first flipped academic year. I have personally found that this has allowed me to refine the content to exactly what the student’s need, so cover […]
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Neil wrote a new post, Project Based Learning, on the site Commons Sense 1 year, 1 month ago
Proposal: The integration of project based learning into the curriculum
The following proposal incorporates the key points made in the following sessions at ASB Unplugged 2012:
The “Power of the […]
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Neil wrote a new post, One-to-one integration the continued journey, on the site Commons Sense 1 year, 1 month ago
Following my attendance at the ASB Unplugged 2012 conference in Mumbai I have started to reflect on how my own school’s one-to-one program needs to continue to work towards true integration of […]
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Neil wrote a new post, The magic button is effective integration!!! , on the site Commons Sense 1 year, 3 months ago
The Irving Independent school district quite rightly state:“The key to good classroom management in a one to one school is acknowledging that there is no “magic button” technology solution that will ensure […]
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Neil wrote a new post, Everyone is already connected (and education is playing catch up), on the site Commons Sense 1 year, 3 months ago
Three events occurred over the last week which got me thinking that education is falling actually behind the interconnected curve which is our digital society.1) My own wife’s thoughts about how our […]
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Neil wrote a new post, Trails and tribulations of the flipped classroom, on the site Commons Sense 1 year, 3 months ago
The reflection upon where I have got to with my own flipped classroom seems a sensible culmination of my coetail experience. From my first introducing the idea to my year 12 Physics class the IT integration has […]
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Neil wrote a new blog post: Evaluating and integrating technology 1 year, 4 months ago
The classes I would quite happily allow someone into to evaluate the technology integration in my classroom are those that I have had a key role in designing the related unit. In these my classroom displays effective technology integration due to the fact the technology is seamlessly embedded in my expectations of the actions and outcomes [...] -
Neil wrote a new blog post: Improving my vodcasts? 1 year, 4 months ago
For those that follow my blog over this past academic year I have been flipping my IB diploma Physics class. In a previous blog ( I Launch myself onto You tube ) I shared my initial vodcasts and the related reflection. So now a few months further down the line I am returning to further reflect on the vodcasts that I [...] -
Neil wrote a new blog post: Comparing a year group’s MYP Science results responsibly 1 year, 4 months ago
People fear close analysis of their student’s results because of concerns of what it could reveal about them as teachers. This fear can stop analysis which could provide a fascinating insight into student learning. For this reason it is great that one group of teachers have allowed me to analyse the results of common assessment [...]
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Neil wrote a new blog post: 101 Reasons Why Not To See A Band That Has Reformed In 2011 1 year, 4 months ago
101 Reasons why not to see Simply Red Five years ago in protest directed at people from my school going to see the band Simply Red I constructed 101 reasons from the last year to motivate people to continue their search for new music. Due to a set of anally retentive personality traits which I am [...]
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Neil wrote a new blog post: What is carved in stone in our educational standards? 1 year, 4 months ago
I am asking the question when considering several sets of educational standards what is really carved in stone? For this I have considered: 1) The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) has created a set of standards which they feel reflect the core requirements of students in our digital age. 2) The International…[Read more] -
Neil commented on the blog post My first infographics resume 1 year, 5 months ago
Hi, I went on the same voyage of discovery with respect to investigating the same three infographic resume sites but came out with a different viewpoint – well favourite at least. However looking at the screen shots within you blog it appears that you took a much closer look at the tools within the software [...]
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Neil commented on the blog post Flipped PD: Walking the Talk 1 year, 5 months ago
Hi Jesse, So the failure of a workshop is often that the teachers coming in have very different starting points. I see your idea of a flipped element as an opportunity to level the playing field. I do not expect everyone to be able to or actually need to but it really could help. Of [...]
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Neil wrote a new blog post: I launch myself onto Youtube 1 year, 5 months ago
Having spent some time setting up the structure of my reverse learning classroom I have now truly flipped it by making my own knowledge front loading videos. The final push was that I could not find anything on the web that was just right for my class to cover the concepts of power and efficiency. [...]
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Neil wrote a new blog post: PowerPoint in my classroom 1 year, 5 months ago
So it needs to be made clear from the start the context in which I am discussing the use of PowerPoint. I am a teacher and I am talking about the use of PowerPoint by a secondary school teacher during a class. 1) This means I am not talking about the corporate presentation which is mentioned [...] -
Neil wrote a new blog post: Does an infographic reflect me? 1 year, 6 months ago
So I have spent a few minutes using some infographic resume sites which all pull data from my own personal linkdin site . Let me share the initial outcomes 1) visualize.me Here is my personal infographic resume from this site - http://vizualize.me/neilcommons?r=neilcommons This is my favourite of the three offerings. I like the timeline…[Read more] - Load More
