After reading a book or covering a topic in class, create a Facebook page for a character or a fan page for a cause that you read about. You can personalize the Facebook page, like other "peoples" pages and participate in "online discussions" that these people could have had if Facebook had been around at that time.
"The Louisiana Bicentennial Commission asked students to design a promotional plan for a Louisiana tourist attraction and use emerging technologies and social media to promote it. They could not use traditional forms of advertising." While your class may not have the backing of the Tourism Board for your city/county/state or even a statewide competition, it doesn't mean you cannot give the same assignment to your class with the same general guidelines.
25 Interesting ways to use Twitter in the Classroom. Secondary education is a time where using resources like Twitter can be very effective! There are 25 examples of projects you could use in your classroom. I really like the one on slide #24 when you are tracking your field trip!
Story math is an interactive way for an entire classroom to apply everyday situations and mathematics as well as have meaningful discussion to prove why the class should do what they are about to do next. "The Mystery on the Block" needs geometry to help you solve where all the missing kittens are!
Problem solving and thinking skills that we need to be teaching as educators. This podcast/RSS feed has weekly "puzzlers" dating back to 1996 so there is plenty to choose from!
There is a lot of uploaded projects on this website that continues to get more added to it by people from around the world. Take a look to see what you can find to help accent your lesson or help someone else understand something better!
This website is a collection of projects that anyone can create and use that relate to math. If there is something that is tricky/difficult, maybe one of these projects will help you understand.
There is a lot of uploaded projects on this website that continues to get more added to it by people from around the world. Take a look to see what you can find to help accent your lesson or help someone else understand something better!
GeoGebra has been around for many years but not they have a "Tube." This website has many sources where you can look up ideas and topics as well as assign your own for others to view!
Have the students solve the answer to, "How much would you pay if you were allowed to pay as much or as little as you wanted given the certain price of an item" that you have posted to a blog or website you have created. Make them back up their work through an uploaded file of their scratch work OR maybe even a video presentation of what they did!
The goal of teachers in the digital age and how we can use PLN's to help. "No one is really asking teachers or school systems to change what they've been doing. They're basically asking them to basically do what they have been doing better. The huge barrier is trying to get people to acknowledge that this new world of learning exists and then starting a conversation around how can we make that effective for kids." - Will Richardson
The goal of teachers in the digital age and how we can use PLN's to help. "No one is really asking teachers or school systems to change what they've been doing. They're basically asking them to basically do what they have been doing better. The huge barrier is trying to get people to acknowledge that this new world of learning exists and then starting a conversation around how can we make that effective for kids." - Will Richardson
How our educational system was and is set up and what we could possibly do to help our educational system in the most stimulating time in our history. This is a little bit of connectivism but more about understanding the past and how it is shaping the future of our education and why we need a change!
How our educational system was and is set up and what we could possibly do to help our educational system in the most stimulating time in our history. This is a little bit of connectivism but more about understanding the past and how it is shaping the future of our education and why we need a change!
Everyone's network is going to look different. It is more of a process than just being in a room with those you interact with every day. It is an independent function that you need to engage in! We have to create our own PLN so that we can connect with our students who already have one.
Everyone's network is going to look different. It is more of a process than just being in a room with those you interact with every day. It is an independent function that you need to engage in! We have to create our own PLN so that we can connect with our students who already have one.