Hi, This week, we’ve been experimenting with wikis in my class at the MAET program. Wikis stand for an effective sharing and collaboration platform which can be used and edited by virtually anybody. One task required us to create our own wiki and experiment with...
In cep811, where we focus on how to adapt innovative technology to education, we have been introduced to an approach that interests me deeply: the Universal Design for Learning. The idea behind it is that our curricula have been historically established to fit all...
According to our school’s Grade 7 Literature curriculum map, students are expected to read The Giver, by Lois Lowry, as we begin the third quarter. This task, however, proves to be a challenging one for students and teachers alike at TCIS. In a community where 100% of...
The Instructional Design Principles lesson plan published by Molly Beer presents an authentic problem, which are the difficulties demonstrated by 6th graders in creating an organized paragraph, led by a topic sentence and sustained by the use of supporting reasons....
In my last course, Teaching for Understanding with Technology, we learned about how personal learning networks, or PLNs, can help you connect to your desired learning opportunities, grow professionally, and share your own experiences. WATCH: This short story, by our...
If you’re interested in screencasting, or if you’ve never heard about it and would like to learn more, check this website that my colleagues from Seoul Foreign School, Nathan (@walkna01) and Megan (@uthoffme), and I put together. In it, you will find ways...
