Sir Ken Robinson-Leading a Learning Revolution

Sir Ken Robinson – Bio To give you a head start on Robinson’s presentation: Robinson refers to the Plowden Report early in his talk.  The Plowden Report and Its Impact on School Curriculum  Here is the complete report:  Plowden Report 1967 – Full Text Online Robinson states that: Educators need to connect practice with theory [...]

Backing Up Google Docs with Insync

It seems my brain must be on high alert in the middle of the night because that’s when I wake up processing “unresolved issues.”  This morning I woke up processing an unresolved issue I didn’t even know I had!  I woke up realizing that I hadn’t backed up any of my attendance rosters, all of [...]

Pecha Kucha for Novices

I just came across this not-so-new blog article referred  to as a crash course in Pecha Kucha, “Six Things about Pecha Kucha,” written by Lindsay Clandfield, an English teacher, trainer and author from Canada in his blog, Six Things.   This article reminded me of a personal challenge I promised myself to take on this semester.  [...]

BBC’s “Motivating the Unmotivated” with Ken Wilson

This seminar, Motivating the Unmotivated,  presented by Ken Wilson, focuses on how to motivate even the most unmotivated and “tired” students in our classrooms.  The truth is Wilson does a fabulous job in this seminar of motivating and re-energizing us, the teachers.  His “ten ways to get our students to do something” could as easily [...]

Digital Differentiation for Teaching & Learning

Digital Differentiation is an incredibly rich article by Susan Oxnevad in her blog, Cool Tools for 21st Century Learners. It is full of links to help us find the tools we need to provide our students with varied learning experiences for their individual needs using 21st century learning technology. Thanks for sharing, Susan! For more [...]