If you want to live a more creative life, one of the most helpful suggestions I’ve received is to stop trying to plan for the BIG MOMENT when you’re going to have the time and money to quit your job so you can take award-winning photos while on safari in Kenya, and instead simply turn … [continue reading]
On Saturday January 14th Karen was the featured guest on Classroom 2.0 Live! Karen’s presentation ‘Web of Relationships’ discusses concepts of relationship and community in the online space, how they affect today’s learners, and examines the application of social networks and other online tools in education. For a full list of resources, please visit the … [continue reading]
Have you been watching the back-to-school ads on television? How about the news stories about what students need as they return to the classroom?
I was just watching a national news program and saw a back-to-school segment that made me grit my teeth and dash to my laptop to vent a little. Am I the … [continue reading]
A look at the 5 Cs outlined in Tuned Out. In this episode, Karen asks if it’s really the technology itself that engages students, or does it depend on a deeper context?
There’s nothing inherently magical about technology. As George Couros says in his blog post, “[It] is not about the tool, it’s about learning.”
Interactive whiteboards, iPads, and smartphones don’t automatically result in sustained engagement and increased student achievement. In fact, I suspect that stellar results coming from the use of a particular technology are still … [continue reading]
Finish this sentence: “To engage today’s adolescents in learning, we need to ….”
Did your answer include a reference to technology? If so, you are far from alone. “Technology is all about engagement,” wrote psychology professor Larry Rosen in a recent Educational Leadership article.
Rosen made many helpful observations in “Teaching the iGeneration” but in my opinion … [continue reading]
