He's a lecturer. He's not breaking them up into small groups or having them make videos. That's my thing, right? But he's totally in tune with where they are and the struggle it takes to understand physics concepts. He is right there by their side, walking them through the forest of physics."
"Students can all sniff out an inauthentic place of learning," the professor argues. "They think, If it's a game, fine, I'll play it for the grade, but I'm not going to learn anything."
"None of this work is off-the-shelf," she said, noting that the group promotes a "scholarly approach" to teaching. "That means you aren't just picking something and plopping it in there, but you're really thinking through what its value is and what you would have to do to change it."
A thoughtful blog entry directed at technology adoption and PD in schools. As representatives (dare I say ambassadors) of our teams/dept we can lend a helping hand as teachers work to implement tech in their own setting.
You can take an existing Ted Talk and create classroom materials that relate to the talk AND your lesson. A way to "flip" your classroom or deepen content.
This report highlights the stories of nine teachers who are making revolutionary changes in their classrooms. They are joined by colleagues, principals and districts across the country that have begun to embrace both the opportunities and challenges of using an array of digital tools for teaching.