Back by popular demand – a roundup of free and easy-to-use software. Consider adding the following to your arsenal of creation and productivity tools: A few notes: Movie Editing You…
Category: Technology
Cool Tools, Part I
There are plenty of tools to help you create – and beautify! – content. Maybe you need to edit an image you got from Unsplash. Perhaps you are looking for…
Constructivism vs. Constructionism
In the book What the Best College Teachers Do, Ken Bain shares the results of a study he conducted of sixty five teachers across twenty-four institutions. He’s organized his findings across…
Inga and Otto and the EMT
Imagine Inga and Otto live in the city and are independently walking to the museum. Inga has a fabulous memory and knows the precise location of the museum on 53rd street….
Minimizing Distractions, Minimizing “Multitasking”
We know multitasking isn’t possible. We know distractions compete for attention, and failure to attend to learning completely derails any hope of future retrieval. In fact, as Michelle Miller states in…
Online Discussions for Face to Face Classes
Online discussion forums are a great tool to use in face-to-face classes. They give all students in a class the ability to be heard. They give students time to reflect on…
Podcast Roundup
Haven’t you heard? Audio is in! It’s the hottest form of content delivery – perhaps you’ve heard about the Clubhouse app (a delicate balance of call-in radio shows, conference calls, and social media)? Or…
Surprising Thoughts About Multimedia
Dr. Richard Mayer published a wonderful book in 2001 called Multimedia Learning. The third edition was released last year and masterfully builds on his initial premises through the lens of modern technology. The…
Rubrics
What if I told you there was a tool that, when used well, can clearly articulate to students what is important in an assignment, give timely feedback to students, reduce…
Developing a Classroom Technology Policy
James Lang, author of Small Teaching and Small Teaching Online has published a new book, Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It. While reading this…
Social Reading with Hypothesis
If you are a reader of eBooks and use a Kindle or similar device, you’re probably familiar with the “Popular Highlights” setting that allows you to see how many other…