EPS Ideas Blog

I know I'm still working on mastering getting things done. Who's teaching our kids? I would really, REALLY like it if we a school-wide default GTD system that we taught our faculty and taught our kids.

Perhaps the kids can take some leadership role in pushing the envelope in tech?

If you're considering Standards Based Grading here's a presentation to look through that may help with your decision.

Looking for more reading about the TED talk speakers? Here's a good resource.

Regardless of how you feel about it, our kids have different expectations about education than we did. How much of what you do in your classroom is based on old models?

Connected Learning is a big step from a model in which content forms the backbone of our planning. It seems like this is what our EE is trying to be. Should it play a bigger role in our vision of education?

Seth Godin is one of, if not the, most read business blogger - mostly because he's sharp and says a lot with a little. This is his book on education. If you like Sir Ken Robinson, you'll like this.

This site has some good information about cyberbullying which probably should be considered as we role out the Middle School Laptop program.

There's no doubt that our students experience the world differently than we do because of their relationship with technology. This article explores whether or not that different relationship is beneficial or not.

Whether you're familiar with Wolfram Alpha or not you will likely find this interesting. They are developing apps for every class which are designed to help make challenging real world content much more accessible. Seems to be limited to apple products right now...

Still not sure what it means to 'gamify' your class? This is a great infographic with some of the most common elements of successful games, and what they might look like in a classroom setting.

Perhaps we could put this together with the Pomodoro time.

This 10 point checklist might be something that could be utilized when talking about research and valid sources of scientific information

Should you use all of these? Of course not, but it's a great list to get a sense of what web applications are capable of, and how tech can help you teach.

Can we and/or our students actually leverage email and twitter to improve their memory?

Physical Design Ideas. Still think it would be great if we could figure out a way to creatively and tastefully apply these ideas to our modified office park.

How much time do you spend in reactionary mode? For me it's way to much. I'm trying to shift into more Planning and Problem Solving while automating as much of the Procedural as possible.

A very thoughtful perspective on how curriculum should be defined. I think it's much more practical, but my question is could this be done effectively without a drastic change to the title of courses etc.

This could be awesome. Anyone have a lesson that needs to be 'amplified'?

If 'thinking trumps content', why aren't we grading students abilities in these skills directly?