What To Do With A Student
What Do You Do With A Student? by Terry Heick Say you’ve got some students. Two or 122. Doesn’t matter–they’re there. What should you do with them? Oh, lots. There is a lot to consider. First, you have to see them. Really…
AlterEgo: A Wearable Technology That Controls Computers With Silent Speech
AlterEgo: A Wearable Technology That Controls Computers With Silent Speech by Terry Heick ed note: Featured Image: Lorrie Lejeune/MIT Arnav Kapur was on 60 Minutes recently, and demonstrated using his mind to surf the internet. Well, it seemed like it…
Why You Should Be Tagging Your Curriculum
You Should Be Tagging Your Own Curriculum It’s 2022. It’s time. (Ed note: I wrote this in 2014 and went through and updated it today–thus the date on the screenshots.) Tagging is is the labeling of content based on any…
50 Animation Tools And Resources For Digital Learners
What Are The Best Animation Tools & Resources For Digital Learners? by Lisa Chesser, opencolleges.edu.au A purple monster with wild curls spiraling out of control explains the economics of oil production in the Sudan to students in Los Angeles, Sydney,…
What Is Really, Truly ‘Best For The Kids’?
What Is Really, Truly ‘Best For The Kids’? by Terry Heick What’s best for the kids. I remember hearing this phrase when I was handed a towering stack of fluency probes that represented about 3-4 hours of “in addition to”…
13 Standards For A Near-Future School
13 Standards For A Near-Future School by Terry Heick Today, an ‘unconnected classroom’—that is, one without social components, digital media output, authentic and highly visible school-to-school and school-to-community functions, and personal learning for each student through mobile and adaptive technology…
10 Specific Ideas To Gamify Your Classroom
How To Gamify Your Classroom by Mike Acedo In today’s classroom, educators are constantly required to mold their teaching methods to give students the best opportunity to succeed. It is not only imperative for students to learn the required material,…