Tech 2 Learn

08/09/2018

With YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram hosting long form video content, and Podcasts increasing in popularity, the modern learner is receiving content differently than previous generations. How has thing changed your instructional design?

08/08/2018

Adding a computer doesn’t equal technology integration.

08/07/2018

If you’re not providing value, you’re wasting their time.

08/07/2018

‪If you’re resistant to technological change, what affect will that have on learners? The world is changing faster today than any other time in history. It’s not going to slow down and will never move backwards. ‬

08/05/2018

Effectively searching the internet and curating content is a 21st century skill which is not adequately addressed in or . We assume that learners have mastered these skills growing up with the internet. That is wrong.

Home Free Tools & Resources Why is Digital Curation so Important for Educators in 2018? Why is Digital Curation so Important for Educators in 2018? By Naomi Timperley - August 2, 2018 1 SHARE Facebook Twitter Image Source I’ve been working with schools, colleges and universities for nearly 8 years...

08/05/2018

This will slowly become the norm. We will be able to replace wasted days added to the end of a school year with elearning days. The key will be to empower educators with the skills needed to create high quality, authentic, and engaging elearning lessons.

ANDERSON, S.C. — A school district in South Carolina is doing away with snow days and replacing them with online classes. Anderson School District 5 is set to become the first school district in the state to do so. The district was selected as part of an eLearning pilot program, it said in a Faceb...

08/04/2018

YouTube is to today’s learner what the networks were to previous generations. It’s power to engage learners is enormous.

Reading and writing are solitary activities; BookTube is changing that.

05/23/2018

Nobody has a monopoly on a good idea.

“Nobody has a monopoly on good ideas.” This quote may be attributed to businessman Kevin O’Leary of Shark Tank fame, but is also at the core of Open Educational Resources (OERs). Simply put, OERs a…

05/19/2018

Want to increase student engagement?

There is a lot of talk nowadays in educational blogs and on Twitter about the 5 E’s, SAMR, DOK, the 4 C’s etc., and they are all right. Lessons built on these principles are a heck of a…

05/18/2018

Skills we need in the 21st Century.

05/17/2018

The formula for success.

05/16/2018

It’s 2018. We can’t teach like it’s still 2010!