Last Wednesday, I was asked to give the Keynote speech at the Oklahoma Technology Association lunch during the Encyclomedia conference in Oklahoma City. It was a chance to introduce some emerging ideas I’ve had for educational reform. Of course, 40 minutes was barely enough time to scratch the surface and bring the activities of the […]
Continue reading →Another great classroom tool shared by Wesley Fryer. VoiceThread is a new web2.0 tool that allows voice annotation of photos in a digital slideshow. The designers have made it very classroom-friendly and feature that aspect on the website, including instructions for downloading and printing. Here’s what I really like about it: It’s kid classroom friendly. […]
Continue reading →A key tenet to my belief in democratic education is shared learning on a global scale. In this and upcoming posts I’ll be introducing web tools that strengthen this concept (previously, I mentioned Scratch’s website, which would also fall under this category). Having students create and present what they are learning is a highly effective […]
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