How do you stay current in your field?
Often, teachers approach me asking if they should be on Twitter. I use it and G+ to find and follow people who can teach me new things. As opposed to Facebook where I stay...
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The “Attention Method” for Effective PowerPoint Presentations
This is a method of constructing effective PowerPoint presentations in a way that helps your audience pay attention to you and understand your ideas more fully. With Attention Method, the slides are designed to...
Speed Read any Site with Squirt.io
We’ve already discussed how great it is to make any website more readable with a simple bookmarklet. Take it to the next step by speed reading the text on any website using Squirt.io. Click...
Collaboratively Annotate Websites the Open Web Way
5by5 | The Web Ahead #60: Web Annotations with Doug Schepers. I have been listening to this episode of The Web Ahead that deals with annotations, or ways to leave comments on specific...
Community Managers in Online Education
My previous post on using MOOC technology to Support Educators to Support Students generated quite a bit of interest, and I realized there was more to be said on the topic of using Community Managers...
Live Motion GIF Screencasts: With a name like LICEcap, It Has to Be Good
If you make a lot of screencasts, tutorials, or documentation, you probably keep a keen eye out for any tool that can make your documentation better. Sometimes when a picture isn’t enough but...
Robo-Grading Essays with EdX Discern: A Middle Path with Our New Robot Overlords
Recently MOOC provider EdX unveiled Discern, a tool for automatically grading written student work like essays and short answer questions. The NY Times article aptly captures the resulting hullabaloo from all sides as people...
MakerSpaces in Education | Horizon Report 2014
One of the emerging trends from the 2014 NMC Horizon Report is the growing prevalence of MakerSpaces in education. MakerSpaces (also called HackerSpaces) are places where people gather to build projects, collaborate, and incubate ideas. The...
The Web Ahead: An Excellent Podcast on the Future of the Web
5by5 | The Web Ahead. I have recently discovered The Web Ahead and have been very impressed by the caliber of the guests speakers and the skill with which host Jen Simmons clarifies and...
Use Google Timer as a ‘Teach Timer’
It’s good practice to use a “Teach Timer” during class meetings to keep a good momentum between different activities. Generally, you shouldn’t do a class activity (like lecturing or project work time) for more...