May 2012 – The digital classroom, transforming the way we learn

The value of formative assessment

Formative vs summative assessment You have to begin to weigh formative versus summative assessment.” Rick Wormeli, author of Fair Isn’t

What can we learn from other countries? In this video they take a look at countries making the big strides

Hans Rosling had a question: Do some religions have a higher birth rate than others — and how does this

Theme All through this school year our main theme has been how to make a difference, concentrating on examples from

I recently read this post; Flipped Classrom: The Full Picture for Higher education by Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D., where I found

Preparation before taking the exam There are some important areas where you can improve your work before you start writing. One

What is high-tech cheating exactly? Is it really a problem, or do our old-school definitions of cheating need rethinking? Most

I have copied this post from the Powerful Learning Practice web site. Mostly to remind myself of all the books

Global challenges One curriculum goal for us this year is Elaborate on and discuss a number of international and global

I recently wrote a post called “Connected Test-Taking: Is It Cheating?” at the Voices from the Learning Revolution. Would you

The journey! We started on an adventure with our class this year. Collecting money for a school in Lesotho, wanting

Did you ever wonder where a special event took place? Richard Byrne posted how to use Google Maps on Free