I recieved a question from a teacher at Northwest Catholic High School . I am helping the school launch a 1:1 iPad initiative . As part of the workflow teachers can set up a classroom website using Known ,an open source learning platform designed for educators. We do not yet use a Known Campus licesened site yet. During the pilot year teachers are building t
@jgmac1106 @heatherwalder Incognito doesn’t filter out IP address influences, right? Does DDG? (I’ve never considered this.) #digped — Chris Friend (@chris_friend) August 12, 2015 As part of #digped folks were Googling themselves. I discussed how search results are now curated and influenced by those we follow, where we are, and what we have searched for in
As part of our language arts class we had to choose from a few options for a cumaltive project. I chose to work on the "flipped classroom" videos that have emerged as an instructional genre. In the flipped model background knowledge and lecture material are delivered out of class so the work with the material can be done inside. I use the term more loosely o
As part of a graduate class we have been discussing what it means to learn to read and write. We have discussed the correlations between core skills such as phonemic aawareness and phonics while reading Heath, Au, and Gee. Much of the discussion has revolved around the boundaries of explicit instruction, the role of poverty, and if reading is taught as a cul
I have searched high and low for the magic sauce. I haven't found it yet. I want the ingredient that makes community flourish in the online classes I teach. I blamed the LMS. Studnets just worked through assignments and if you said post and respond twice. That is exactly what they did. I realized it is in't the LMS that suck it was me. I tried every configur