#I4Ed continues to build up our capacity for incorporating technology into our craft of teaching.
George Couros and Kristin Thompson win Twitter for me this week. Mrs. Thompson stands out for me in the way that she has documented her journey online for anyone to read and to take inspiration from. Even the title of her blog http://fishbowlteaching.blogspot.ca/ tells you what she is all about. Best of luck with your baby and achieving your Master's Degree! @MissLwbt
Mr. G. Couros answered in his blog, "How do you focus on being innovative while still teaching the curriculum?" Here is the full article, https://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/7842
He says when he hears this question he wonders why the two are at opposite ends of the spectrum. For him the how is the innovation:
Shannon Magee's return, along with Chris Fredrickson shows us connecting educators with students is no exception to innovation.
Building on what we learned last year about WBC there is a whole page of resources to link to, thank you! Here is the link once again for reference http://bit.ly/2E3pfyt. It was just a year ago when I first learned what a bit.ly was from John Evans ...
Other fresh and noteworthy items from their visit:
- online learning courses are available for k-8 and they're free!
- there seems to be a need for teachers to develop and teach courses for online learning, including French!
- mobile app for WBC takes online learning to the next level, students and teachers have the freedom to work from anywhere, hooray!
- Edmodo is likened to Facebook for education, it is indispensable as a tool in building a community for educators and their long-distance pupils.
- Padlet is likened to a secure Pinterest. It is a great platform and I learned that it can be used in a visual arts way by posting pictures and having a discussion (very cool).
Top "good to know" tip that comes from their experience is breaking down instructions even further than you would need to in a traditional classroom. Be prepared to revisit and reteach prior knowledge in order to be accommodating to the needs of the students that are enrolling in online courses.
Until next time, here are a couple of other things to ponder. Online plagiarism checker software seems to be on the rise, what are the implications of teachers checking student's papers in the cloud given what we know about the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act? Will all possible combinations of phrases and sentences finally be stricken down by the various checker apps? The University of Bergen of Norway has the right idea perhaps, check out this irresistible anti-plagiarism video (it has subtitles and a nod to Clint Eastwood) -
Where (how) do you find these videos?? :-)
ReplyDeleteInteresting take on what the checker programs might mean to the student’s privacy. The point that you’ve made about teachers developing lessons for students online so they can work anywhere is great. I think it would really benefit how the students work on their studies. It truly is an age of technology.
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