What is the purpose of school? Just finished a two day workshop lead by George Couros hosted by my school and
Category: The digital classroom
Teaching creativity, can it be done?
I recently listened to a 5 minute talk by Sir Ken Robinson where he discusses creativity in teaching. Excerpt from interview with
The Networked Leader
Workshop for school leaders For more info in Norwegian and to sign up please visit this page. Join us the
Connected learners
Sharing and learning online Seems like almost every week our national newspaper will post articles about using technology in school.
The 21 century student – is he in your classroom?
MOOC what is it? A massive open online course (MOOC) is a category of online course where the participants are
The digital native – an active learner
Are all students digital natives and active learners? On my daily Scoop it journey I found this video on “A
Five Tips for New Teachers to Become Connected Educators
This month, the U.S. Department of Education kicked off Connected Educator Month, with engaging keynotes, panel discussions, book chats, and
“Stop asking questions you know the answers to and open the door to communication and collaboration.” – Norway
This post is cross published. It originally was posted in Microsoft “Daily edventures” by Anthony Salcito. Ann Sorum Michaelsen believes
What is 21st century education?
And are you ready? I know this is old news! And we have talked about it before. But this video
19 Bold Ideas for Change in Education – are you ready?
Ready for change? Powerful Learning Practice‘s co-founder, Will Richardson, gave a five-minute presentation on 19 Bold Ideas for Change at the
21st Century Literacies
The Definition of 21st Century Literacies The bullet points below are taken from the NCTE website, National Council of Teachers
Beeing young and making a difference
Theme All through this school year our main theme has been how to make a difference, concentrating on examples from
Connected Test-Taking: Is It Cheating?
I recently wrote a post called “Connected Test-Taking: Is It Cheating?” at the Voices from the Learning Revolution. Would you
The Flipped classroom – what is it?
I recently had a conversation with a principal at one of our neighbouring high schools. We were talking about the
