Tag: EdTech
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Flipped Classrooms for the EdTech Loving TESOL and TEFL
So, by now you’ve probably heard of the “flipped classroom” or “flip teaching“. (If not, keep reading!) The idea is that the students do more of the active learner role: first they learn and study on their own, at home or in a study space, possibly with video lessons prepared by their teacher or by…
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Mystery Location Calls, Hangouts and Skypes
So this morning I led the above Hangout and I promised a list of the links I mentioned… so here they are: What Mystery Location Calls are: Cybrary Man’s Mystery Location Call – http://cybraryman.com/mysterylocationcall.html Mystery Hangouts for Foreign Language Teachers – http://mysteryhangouts.blogspot.jp/ Infographic – http://www.slideshare.net/dambrosio7/mystery-hangout Breaking Down Classroom Walls with Google Hangouts: One Classroom’s Mystery Hangout Journey…
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Teaching Newbies GAFE – How to teach the basic menus and operations in Google Slides
For my dissertation I will be giving several classes on different Google Apps for Education (GAFE) Apps and uses for them in your classroom. I thought it might be useful for other teachers and PD Developers to know how you can teach newbies the basics of programs like Google Slides without stressing them out. I…
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Basics of Google Apps for Education
For my dissertation I will be giving several classes on different Google Apps for Education (GAFE) Apps and uses for them in your classroom. But the first class will be on what exactly GAFE is and why you might use it. I will be streaming it as a live hangout tonight, but it will be…
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Maps for Mystery Hangouts
If you don’t know what a Mystery Hangout/Mystery Skype/Mystery Location Call is and you are a teacher… especially a geography, language, or world cultures teacher… then you are missing out. Essentially it is a real-time 20 questions game between students in two different classrooms. You can only ask Yes/No questions and each side takes turns.…
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A History of Educational Technology
I was asked to create a history or timeline in the field of Educational Technology back in 2012. At the time I spent a lot of work on it, and I felt like I learned a lot. I cannot believe how much I have learned since then, just 3 years ago. Here is my timeline…
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Article Review – Death by PowerPoint
Isseks, M. (2011). How PowerPoint Is Killing Education. Educational Leadership, 68(5), 74–76. Retrieved from http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/recordDetail?accno=EJ972036 In this article, Isseks (2011) makes the case that using PowerPoint in the classroom has been changing learning in the classroom, and not in a good way. Instead of a class where the students have to read information, take notes…
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Help #edtech and #ict friends! I have to meet tomorrow to justify use of edtech and #GoogleDrive use at school again!
I want to have as many points as possible! I am again facing critics who just want to keep to the blackboard and chalk standard and I need to explain not only “Why Ed Tech?” but also “Why Google Drive?” If you have a moment and you can go to this Google Doc: http://goo.gl/oAzF1q Please…
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Mindmap on Educational Technology and general philosophy and psychology related to the study of.
#Mindmap on #EdTech and general #philosophy and #psychology related to the study of. I made this mind map awhile ago for a class assignment, and I thought others might benefit from it. I just used it to help me write my lit review, and it really helps me out. Maybe because I made it… But,…
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#EdTech Niche… #Geek who likes to integrate #Tech for #LanguageLearners?
So, I have been working hard lately to figure out what my purpose is in doing what I am doing (i.e. EVERYTHING). I think I have uncovered various places where more communication needs to exist between interested parties. One are that needs a lot of help seems to be language teachers. I think that the…