The Future of Business Cards
If you have been following my blog, you know that I am into gadgets and how they can be used to improve not only educational environments, but also our lives. …
What are we doing?
This is not a rhetorical question. What are we doing in schools today? The world has changed and the requirements of the society our students are entering is no longer …
Contextual Relevance in Schools
I fully understand that in our current system, schools teach many things that our students will not use once they have entered society. I am not saying that we should …
Technology and Capstone Courses
In the Guide to Capstone Education from the National Capstone Consortium there are a series of questions posed about technology and the role it should, could or might possibly play …
Chrome Can: Google Assistant Built In!
With the rollout of Chrome OS 72, the Google Assistant has made its way onto most Chromebooks. I have already written about why I think smart speakers should be in …
Chrome Can: Chrome-based Tablet for the Classroom
I recently got my hands on the CTL Chromebook Tab Tx1. This tablet is a ChromeOS based tablet. I was excited to trial a Chrome-based tablet to see how it …
Using Technology to Extend Speaking Practice in a Language Classroom.
Learning a foreign language is not an easy task. There are multiple components to learning a language which includes reading, writing, listening and speaking. Often, in a language classroom, students …
Extending Classroom Discussions with Technology
Classroom discussions are a great way to get students to think about a topic and take that thinking deeper. Having multiple perspectives widens viewpoints and enables better understanding to form …
Making Thinking Visible Using Technology
According to the folks at Project Zero (PZ), “Visible Thinking is a flexible and systematic research-based conceptual framework, which aims to integrate the development of students’ thinking with content learning …
Using Screencasting and Google Slides to Make an Authentic Language Project
I have been lucky to assist a Spanish teacher with a project that she and I feel is very valuable to her second language learners. In a previous post, I …