BHS Ed Tech

Sketch notes aren't just a trend, but rather a new visual style of capturing and documenting ideas for the 21st century student.

(The author is) obsessed with finding new and creative ways to engage my students with technology, but also to keep them focused on deep and meaningful learning.  Often teachers use technology as just another tool to provide information to students.  Students remain the passive consumers of their learning and fact gatherers rather than active participants in the discovery of information and producers of meaningful learning experiences.  This should be our goal as educators:  To provide tools to discovery and allow creativity and independence in the learning process.

Meghan Enga teaches 6th and 7th grade at Banting Middle School in Vancouver, BC. She uses a 3D learning platform called Quest Atlantis (QA). In QA, students undertake virtual quests that feel a lot like playing a video game, but with a story line that inspires social awareness. In the game, they can take on the role of a scientist, doctor, or mathematician. From those characters, they can gather information and interact with other players. ‘There is a lot of engagement and use of play theory,’ Enga says. “Embedded beneath all of this cool, engaged, and connected activity is a scaffold for the development of a set of skills vital for the students’ future success. This important toolkit for the future can be called ‘grit, perseverance and tenacity.'

What is RSS feed ?
RSS feed stands for Really Simple Syndication. It is an XML document that contains the news headlines and summaries It is the kind of format used to syndicate the content of a website. Think of it like this : one TV channel broadcasts a show and it is shown in many other channels . Syndication helps in bringing audience to your content .It is a form of content socializing .Several internet users are no longer willing to be just passive consumers of content , they rather want to be able to save, share and tag it .When you create a high quality content in your site it stays there , it even stacks , but when you have a news feed powered by RSS feed ,it becomes possible for your content to travel all around the world .

iPad Apps separated by Bloom's Taxonomy

Five 'design your own game' sites for creative students and learners to take gaming to a deeper level by creating and designing games them self.

The first FREE Skype video recorder: Record Skype video calls, audio calls with Free Video Call Recorder for Skype!

... a few basic steps to get your online classroom up and running without too much work. Note: if you are a Private Label customer, Wikispaces Classroom features will be rolling out in the coming weeks so we can get things just right for you!

Since Google officially changed Google Docs name to Google Drive and a number of updates have been introduced to improve its overall performance. One very recent update is an increase of cloud storage capacity to 15GB usable across Gmail, Drive, and Google Plus. It is quite obvious that Google is trying to outsmart its immediate competitor Dropbox and I think Google is successful in its strategy so far.

To make Google Drive stand out from the crowd, Google opened it to apps developers  and allowed users to select from a wide variety of web apps to integrate into their Google Drive accounts. With the integration of these apps, users can now handle their files and documents ways not affordable by any other cloud storage tool out there.

10 resources for K-12 educators.

Sketch, simulate, and share your circuits, entirely in your browser -- no install required.