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What If… The Best Education Tue, 19 March 13 Duration: 24 mins Will a sophisticated revolution in online teaching – from the best universities on the planet – meet the shortage of higher education across the world? So there I … Continue reading
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Planning & Finalizing
I have been finalizing my ideas for my project and have settled on the topic of motion. Traditionally I would drive the pace and development of the ideas from the front of the classroom, using worksheets and the Physics book … Continue reading
Flippin’ – Student Reflection
Having produced the flipped classroom videos on The Story of the Atom in a previous course (see 19th October post) I decided to trial them and get some feedback from my students in order to help me improve them in … Continue reading
Ideas for Embedding Technology
For my course 5 project the unit I am looking to embed technology into will be the Grade 9 Physics trimester on Mechanics. This is an easy choice, indeed the only choice as I want to trial it during the … Continue reading
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The Management of Technology in the Classroom
This is the first year I have taught every student having been issued with a Lap Top. I am pleased to report I really like it and think it has created far fewer problems that I expected. All students have … Continue reading
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Technology Learning Theory & the Future of Learning.
Three common theories of learning Behaviorism, Cognitivism, and Constructivism were developed when technology did not have such a powerful impact on education. We are only talking twenty years but boy how things have changed. In a word it’s the ability … Continue reading
The Flippin’ Classroom
The flipped classroom aka reversed instruction is a fairly new idea to the educational world and one that might seem rather radial but does appear to make a lot of common sense. The basic mode of operation of the flipped … Continue reading
What does Technology Integration Look Like?
I believe integrated technology in the classroom means using any technological tools (hardware or software) to enhance learning. These can be used in many different ways and to many different extents but to use them effectively they must sit in … Continue reading
Digital Footprint/Digital Profile
It is estimated that each one of us has an average online footprint of about 45GB, (calculate your digital footprint), about half of which is active; purchasing bills, travel information, pictures etc that puts the total size of the digital … Continue reading
The Story of the Atom
It was a little difficult to decide on what material to use but I finally decided on the story of atomic structure. A few screen casts of basic atomic structure and associated terminology lead on to a few more about … Continue reading
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