Day two of our visit to Mamoeketsi primary school is completed and we are having an amazing time here! 4
Peter Senge – what schools need to focus on now!
Peter Senge, author of The Fifth Discipline, Senior lecturer at MIT and Founder of the Society for Organizational Learning shares
Teaching peer review of writing
Written project: Peer-reviewing (also called peer-editing) means people getting together to read, comment on, and recommend improvements on each other’s
TED2012 remixed
It’s time for TED 2012 The miracle of your mind is to see the world as it isn’t” (Kathryn Schulz
Why videos go viral? Can we all be stars?
Background Kevin Allocca is YouTube’s trends manager, and he has deep thoughts about silly web video. In this talk from
Keeping students engaged in a 1:1 environment
Creating Students’ Survival Guide to the Web I recently wrote a post about the world of Infotention at Voices of
What is blended learning?
Here, Khan uses his trademark “chalkboard” sketching approach to explain how the idea of blended learning — combining technology like
Election 2012
Election 2012. What you need to know about the primaries! Scholastic offers an interactive web-page with activities that should be
25 web 2.0 tools for teachers
Richard Byrne has a great web-page called Free Technology for teachers. In one of his resent posts he shows the
Finland’s formula for school success
What can we learn from Finland? Food for thought…. it’s clear that early intervention is a key part of the
EduCon 2.4 — January 27–29, 2012 — Philadelphia
“Educon is both a conversation and a conference.” An innovation conference where educators come together, both in person and virtually,
Learning objectives; Social Media Classroom
In December, the busiest month of the year, I signed up for the the course “Social Media Classroom” by Howard
Rubrics
In education jargon, the word rubric means “an assessment tool for communicating expectations of quality”. Rubric actually means “a heading
Search Engines for Students
Here is a great list of search engines made by Mr. Byrne and found on Free Technology for Teachers. Unlike
Nobel Prize Games for learning
Educational section The Nobel Prize website has an educational games site designed to help students learn about subjects in the
