As iPads proliferate in schools around the world, and students as well as teachers create more and more content, questions about what to do with all of those learning objects have arisen.
Janene Williames's insight:
I have been a favourite user of Evernote, however, after watching the informative video about how to use Google Drive to create student portfolios, I will be creating digital portfolios with my students on google drive next week. Well worth watching how to use Goggle Drive to create portfolios.
The Sutton Trust-EEF Teaching and Learning Toolkit is an accessible summary of educational research which provides guidance for teachers and schools on how to use their resources to improve the attainment of disadvantaged pupils.
Google is so much more than a search engine. It’s a reference book, calculator, even a weather forecaster. Using these tricks, you can find helpful information quickly, plus get to the right links faster.
Want to hear the results of merging original poetry with smartphones and one powerful app? Grab your headphones and listen. These students bust some rhymes.
There are not an abundance of apps for the iPad that really encourage a worthwhile level of collaboration between students or between students and teachers. There are several that would allow stude...
I read a great article on Edutopia entitled, "Ten Takeaway Tips for Teaching Critical Thinking." The advise was quite useful and I would like to build on it by suggesting ways in which we, as paren...
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Janene Williames's insight:
As a teacher, don't start with the app, start with a clear learning intention/goal, then use this list to help chose the right app that will asintentions tridents in reaching this learning intention. Each of these Apps promote creativity, critical thinking and collaboration.
Teacher collaboration by Paul Woodley 'Most great learning happens in groups. Collaboration is the stuff of growth.' (Sir Ken Robinson, eminent British
In another post, Embedding Visuals Into Teaching and Learning, I looked at ways to support our students' ability to navigate a media rich world and “read and write” in that world. I shared how teac...
While we’ve witnessed many effective approaches to incorporating iPads successfully in the classroom, we’re struck by the common mistakes many schools are making with iPads, mistakes that are in some cases crippling the success of these initiatives.