Project-Based Learning Made Easy By Bob Lenz 4/28/11 ???Project-based learning is great but it is too hard for teachers to do well.??? I have heard this belief stated more times than I can count. Is PBL really so difficult that only a select number of…
Month: April 2011
Facebook Friending 101 for Schools from the Cool Cat Teacher Blog
via coolcatteacher.blogspot.com It’s a lengthy article, but well worth a read – especially if you are friending students in Facebook or are considering it… I would agree that educators should never friend their students on Facebook. The best app…
The right approach (or getting close to it)…
Ban Vs. Embrace and Leverage – it’s amazing to see the difference between these two approaches in dealing with cell phones and other mobile computing devices in schools. Be sure to check out the rest of the article.
IEAR.org – I Education Apps Review
via iear.org The more curation that we can get for educational iOS apps, the better! Teachers just don’t have the time, patience (let alone the money to try many apps out) to wade through the ‘Education’ category and the hundreds of thousands of a…
Evernote just keeps getting better… Mac version adds audio recording
via readwriteweb.com Audio notes in Evernote is not just for mobile devices anymore… Now in the Mac version you can record up to two hours of audio per note with a free account – double that if you are a paying member. Who really wants to take n…
Things to do with Posterous today…
First off, let’s change the theme: From the Manage window, click the Settings button on the top right Under the LOOK AND FEEL section, click the ‘Edit Theme’ button. At the top, scroll through your over 40 theme options. Click the theme thumbnail …
Text A Tip At Staley High School
via schooltube.com Very interesting… You could do this same thing via Twitter or TextMarks, I guess, minus the anonymous part… I tried to look for more information on what service they are using, and I found http://www.smscrimetips.com/ – but …
SnipSnip.It – Share the Good Parts
In case you didn’t know, SnipSnip.it is an easy way to share your favorite parts of videos you like. Here at SnipSnip, we believe that there are two kinds of people in this world… The kind that just snip videos and the kind that do more with tho…
How to Use Cell Phones as Learning Tools
via teachhub.com Regardless of your school???s cell phone policy, the reality in most schools is that students have phones in their pockets, purses, or hoodies. Why not get these tools out in plain sight and use them for good and not evil? Here are …
70+ Google Forms for the Classroom | edte.ch
Google Forms is a great tool and I hope to use it more throughout this year. Take a look here for a more detailed introduction and guide to using and creating a Google Form ??? this was written prior to Google bringing forms into the NEW menu. I hav…