Today the rapid development of science and technology, students are not obstructed by the classroom walls. Unrestrained access to knowledge from different parts of the world. The (VR) virtual reality and (AR) augmented reality, even further students learning experience. Make the abstract idea more tangible, and the scene that was far away and even disappeared […]
Though online teaching/learning are hardly new concepts in education, the pandemic has necessitated a massive shift to online learning such that educators worldwide–at all levels–have had to engage with online learning in new, immersive ways. Online learning can take many forms (synchronous, asynchronous, hybrid, hyflex, etc.), but regardless of the form, educators with access to …
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Understanding that humans learn best through active learning has given rise to using social robots to augment student learning and teach social skills to children. This post follows the journey of Jibo – the first social robot – through its rise, demis…
Email, social media, RSS feeds, and blogs are all commonly used tools and digital platforms. As an educator, we also use these tools to establish and participate in some learning networks related to my profession. But when you produce this information, you may ask yourself questions. How to let more people see the content you […]
Question of the Week ISTE Standard for Educators 1C challenges professors to “Pursue professional interests by creating and actively participating in local and global learning networks.” But what if networking is not our forte, offline or online? What if we don’t quite understand how to get engaged on social media? Is that a requirement for…
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Since I began teaching in 2002, I have seen spurts of enthusiasm guide the adoption of new teaching tools and materials, many of which soon become abandoned. Innovation and experimentation have permeated the teaching profession for centuries. This was true from the beginning of formal education in the United States when Horace Mann saw uncharted […]
My principal loves Twitter, and frequently lauds it as one of the best places to access professional development. This endorsement led me to approach social media as a professional development tool with an open mind, and I find that I return most frequently to TikTok. But social media app like
This post explores the notion of how technology might impact the demand for teachers in the future and how educators can prepare themselves today for such a future.
I do enjoy a list. Honestly, I almost cannot function if I do not make a “to-do” list each day.
Resilient pedagogy is an emerging instructional philosophy with extremely timely implications for this current moment in education and the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Though facets of resilient pedagogy have long been practiced by educators in the form of classroom differentiation, and though other frameworks like Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Transparency in …
