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Mathieu Plourde

Textbook Publisher Pearson Takes Down 1.5 Million Teacher And Student Blogs With A Sing... - 0 views

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    "Textbook publisher Pearson set off an unfortunate chain of events with a takedown notice issued aimed at a copy of Beck's Hoplessness Scale posted by a teacher on one of Edublogs' websites (You may recall Pearson from such other related copyright nonsense as The $180 Art Book With No Pictures and No Free Textbooks Ever!). The end result? Nearly 1.5 million teacher and student blogs taken offline by Edublogs' host, ServerBeach."
Mathieu Plourde

Don't Let Salami and Google Images Get You In Hot Water - 0 views

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    Using Google Images or copying a photo from most websites is much like plagiarism. Hopefully, by educating each other, we can avoid mistakes like this one and promote fair use of photos and other media on the web.
Mathieu Plourde

Teacher Challenges - Free Professional Development From Edublogs - 0 views

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    "The Teacher Challenge is made up of free professional learning challenges where educators are stepped through weekly tasks that increase their skills while being supported by mentors. The Challenge is open to any educator who wants to increase their skills."
Mathieu Plourde

5 Reasons Your Students Should Blog - 0 views

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    "we have decided to use a blogging platform (Edublogs)  for student portfolios, as it can be used both as a "learning portfolio" (here is what I am learning right now) and a "showcase portfolio" (here is my best stuff).  Through my own experience both blogging, and using my blog as a portfolio, I have seen some powerful benefits of blogging that would directly benefit our students."
Mathieu Plourde

Here's Why We Humans Can "Celebrate" Our Mistakes - 0 views

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    "I've posted a few times about the importance of, to borrow from Carol Dweck, "celebrating" our mistakes. You can find those posts at The Best Posts, Articles & Videos About Learning From Mistakes & Failures."
Mathieu Plourde

SMARTeKIDS Blog - 2 views

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    This is for a K-12 educator. Please comment on these kids' blogs. They are elementary to middle school age, so please keep that in mind.
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    Hi, This site is great for creating blogs for kids-really user friendly or is that I just got use to WordPress. -:) http://scratchprogramming.wikispaces.com/Weebly+Tutorial I am going to share it with some of my colleagues.
Mathieu Plourde

If you don't want to bore your students … don't be boring! : ) - 0 views

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    "I think there is a HUGE disconnect with how things in higher education have always been, and how they need to change today to be relevant. Students don't want to be entertained, they want to be engaged… They need to experience flow. They need to be perplexed."
Mathieu Plourde

How My University Students Evaluated Me Spring Semester - 0 views

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    "The course was the last eight weeks of the first semester, and the last eight weeks of the spring semester.  It was a good experience, and I'll be continuing next year, especially now because I've done it once (though it is tough teaching for three hours in the evening after being at high school all day!)"
Mathieu Plourde

Teachers Can Try-Out New "Minecraft Education Edition" For Free This Summer - 0 views

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    "Now, any teacher - including clueless ones like me - can experiment with a new Minecraft Education Edition for free over the summer."
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