Feedback Makes the Grade
In many schools and districts percentages and their associated letter grades are still the norm, and daily feedback for learning still deemed an impossible consideration—or not considered at all. We...
View ArticleRon McAllister: Technology Instruction Integration
Principal Ron McAllister, Kelly Mill Elementary, Forsyth County Schools Ron McAllister (@rondmac on Twitter), principal of Kelly Mill Elementary School, Forsyth County Schools, Georgia, is a school...
View ArticleRelevancy of Student Learning
Students understand relevancy of learning as well as, or better than, anyone involved with, or in, education. They are, after all, usually at the receiving end of learning, and most often captive in...
View ArticleMany Points of Learning
There should be many points of learning, in every learning environment, and for every learning day. We may have gotten a little too comfortable after the 1:1 acceptance successes of the recent decade,...
View ArticleThe Fate of Handwriting: Dead or Alive?
I recently read a post by an educator on the death of handwriting, which was quite depressing. It had me wondering about the fate of handwriting. Right afterward I received a snail mail letter to me...
View ArticleClassrooms More Like Gymnasiums?
There’s a lot of talk about what a modern classroom should look like, and re-inventing the learning space. In this learning and working anywhere world, it has me thinking more about the space itself....
View ArticleWhat Is A Modern Classroom?
I could simply start out and end with the statement that no one really knows what a modern classroom is, because we haven’t really seen one, yet. But that would be a bit over the top, and possibly a...
View ArticleInstructional Education Technology Continuum
In some school places it is understandable to still hear educators say, “My students know technology, but I don’t know much about technology.” I have to admit that when I hear that statement in some...
View ArticleTeaching Naked and Afraid
Today, if educators aren’t talking personalized and collaborative use of technology in the classroom, they are teaching naked and afraid in a previous century. We are well into the 21st Century talking...
View Article3 Education Myths—Part 1
There are many education myths that continue to get more press than they deserve. We thought a series debunking these ridiculous statements appropriate. Here are 3 Education Myths—Part 1: Myth 1:...
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