Having worked with instructional technology for awhile, I’m often surprised by how frequently people conflate hybrid pedagogy with flipped pedagogy. At SXSWedu, I bought a bunch of really good books on infographic design, so I decided to create an infographic to cover some of the key differences.
Read MoreA lot has been going on over the last two days, and Austin is such a fun city, that I’m combining my reflections into one super blog post. There is a lot to talk about, so stay tuned, but I’m not going to go in chronological order. Total Fanboy Moments SXSWedu is one of […]
Read MoreMost of the ideas that people have are not new. They may be new to that person, or new to the situation, but so often they are reproductions of other ideas, other situations, other solutions. There is nothing wrong with this. We are social creatures. We learn from each other, our successes, our failures. The […]
Read MoreAlthough many Advanced Placement courses and grade level courses have been offered through online or distance models since the early 2000’s, Virginia has recently made a push to increase the number of online course providers that it allows to offer courses within the state. This represents a seismic shift in the way that people have […]
Read MoreI’ve been thinking a lot about project based learning, both how it can be applied in the public education setting and how I can use this type of method to organize learning experiences for the undergraduate Instructional Technology Collaborators that I will be supervising in the fall. Project based learning involves students applying knowledge to […]
Read MoreMany universities are implementing e-portfolios in some capacity. The purposes of e-portfolios fall into roughly one of three main categories. The first type of e-portfolio involves using the space to learn reflectively. This type is prevalent in teacher preparation programs. The second type of e-portfolio is used to help the institution with assessment. The third […]
Read MoreWhile communication technology has changed rapidly over the last thirty years, our modes of teaching students to be communicative have changed very little. The essay still seems to be the time-tested standard in many areas of the humanities and the social sciences. Increasingly, students in public schools are exposed to informational media that is published digitally, […]
Read MoreI had a long discussion with a young man this afternoon. His words were to me far more poingent than he must have intended. He is not a native Of the U.S., and many of us would judge him for the way that he spoke, his accent, the awkward rhythms of his speech. He told […]
Read MoreI have always struggled with finding interesting ways to teach grammar to less than enthusiastic students. For many American kids, even the first syllable of the word grammar is enough to make them lose focus completely. During my recent student teaching experience, however, I tried something new, at least new to me. Instead of teaching […]
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