by EmergingEdTech | Aug 13, 2018 | Academic Technology
On Thursday, August 2nd, it was my great pleasure to by the featured guest on Bryan Alexander’s Future Trends Forum. We had a lively discussion, exploring blended learning. We explored questions from session participants and bought a few folks up ‘on...
by EmergingEdTech | Aug 9, 2018 | Academic Technology
Staying on track and motivated to complete school work can be challenging. Here are a few apps that can help. Have you ever been in a situation when you had to finish your assignment really soon because the deadline is closing in, but you just can’t seem to focus? Are...
by EmergingEdTech | Aug 7, 2018 | Academic Technology
With the new school year around the bend, it’s a great time to start getting those learning wheels back in motion. Here’s some tips. Hearing the final school bell for the year can bring feelings of joy, relief, and…dread? Many students, their parents, and...
by EmergingEdTech | Aug 4, 2018 | Academic Technology
Inspiring, informative, useful, or just plain fun tweets posted on Twitter over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers. This week in the wrap … making blended learning work in your classroom, the “4 C’s” of a connected classroom, having...
by EmergingEdTech | Aug 2, 2018 | Academic Technology
Image Source I’ve been working with schools, colleges and universities for nearly 8 years. Working to promote entrepreneurship and digital skills to make young people more employable and teach them how to innovate. Digital research is becoming increasingly important...
by EmergingEdTech | Jul 31, 2018 | Academic Technology
Join us This Thursday, August 2nd, for a Live Shindig Session I’ve written about Bryan Alexander’s Future Trends Forum here before, and I enjoy attending these sessions when I can, listening to his discussions with a wide variety of experts. This Thursday,...
by EmergingEdTech | Jul 30, 2018 | Academic Technology
Why are we not connecting the science of learning to our expectations of what good edtech tools should do to be effective? There have been many studies and findings published in the fields of learning science, neuroscience, cognitive science, etc., that provide...
by EmergingEdTech | Jul 29, 2018 | Academic Technology
Inspiring, informative, useful, or just plain fun tweets posted on Twitter over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers. This week in the wrap … the advantages of blended learning apply to PD in the workplace as well as the classroom, a look at...
by EmergingEdTech | Jul 26, 2018 | Academic Technology
One-on-one tutoring has been popular for a long time. Before formal schools were established, teachers would visit homes to teach children. Even after formal schools became popular, parents would appoint visiting-teachers (or send children to the teacher’s house) to...
by EmergingEdTech | Jul 24, 2018 | Academic Technology
Technology is by no means a panacea for all of the issues education faces … I started this blog back in 2008 (and formally launched as EmergingEdTech in April of 2009). I’ve read, learned, discussed, and written a great deal about the relationship between...
by EmergingEdTech | Jul 22, 2018 | Academic Technology
Inspiring, informative, useful, or just plain fun tweets posted on Twitter over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers. This week in the wrap … for students in K-12 (and some of this should certainly apply to first time college students as...
by EmergingEdTech | Jul 19, 2018 | Academic Technology
I have written several pieces over the last year or so sharing my concerns about the ways in which digital media are being exploited to manipulate people and the importance of educators looking for opportunities to raise student awareness of this. Here are a few of...
by EmergingEdTech | Jul 17, 2018 | Academic Technology
Considering how quickly technology has developed in recent years, many of today’s teachers were likely also in the classroom when the overhead projector and cable were cutting edge. Even just a few years ago, computers were nice to have, but not necessities for the...
by EmergingEdTech | Jul 15, 2018 | Academic Technology
Inspiring, informative, useful, or just plain fun tweets posted on Twitter over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers. This week in ‘the wrap’ … another higher ed institution puts some teeth into formal recognition for the vital soft...
by EmergingEdTech | Jul 12, 2018 | Academic Technology
Exploring Powerful Web Apps for Interactive Classroom Collaboration On Friday, July 6th, I conducted the first of what will be an ongoing bi-monthly series of webinars, hosted by the great team at WizIQ. This inaugural webinar examined a bunch of free web tools that...
by EmergingEdTech | Jul 10, 2018 | Academic Technology
Today’s guest writer shares her perspective on “what it’s like growing up with [or without] technology in education.” My preschool-high school education comes from a unique perspective, since all but one year of my life was spent homeschooled. Being...
by EmergingEdTech | Jul 9, 2018 | Academic Technology
https://www.bls.gov/emp/chart-unemployment-earnings-education.htm It is well documented that there is a correlation between education and income. Well-educated people tend to earn more than uneducated people do. Increasing global access to education should serve to...
by EmergingEdTech | Jul 8, 2018 | Academic Technology
Inspiring, informative, useful, or just plain fun tweets posted on Twitter over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers. This week in the wrap … another study supporting the advantage of blended learning over exclusively face-to-face or online,...
by EmergingEdTech | Jul 3, 2018 | Academic Technology
All the motivated, hard working educators I met at the FlipTech 2018 conference this past weekend reminded me again and again of these vital truths: Teaching (as it should be) is NOT all about delivering content, and learning should NOT be about passing some damned...
by EmergingEdTech | Jul 1, 2018 | Academic Technology
Inspiring, informative, useful, or just plain fun tweets posted on Twitter over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers. This week in the wrap … a couple reflections from ISTE – how they are expanding their role in PD, and choosing the best...
by EmergingEdTech | Jun 29, 2018 | Academic Technology
A few years ago, a Gates Foundation report, Teachers Know Best: What Educators Want from Digital Instructional Tools, indicated that teachers want tools “supporting student collaboration and providing interactive experiences”. While this was a back in 2014 (hmmm … how...
by EmergingEdTech | Jun 28, 2018 | Academic Technology
An interactive presentation should be a memorable one. It encourages your audience to sit up straight and pay attention to what you are saying. On the other hand, a bored audience, just passively sitting there and listening to teachers talk, is an undesirable one, and...
by EmergingEdTech | Jun 26, 2018 | Academic Technology
Today’s guest post is not about an edtech topic (although tech tools can provide some great opportunities for introverts to express themselves!), but I thought it was an interesting piece that was worth sharing. – KW Good intentions do not always lead to good...
by EmergingEdTech | Jun 24, 2018 | Academic Technology
Inspiring, informative, useful, or just plain fun tweets posted on Twitter over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers. This week in the wrap … free teacher PD from Khan Academy now through August, more evidence that attendance is tightly...
by EmergingEdTech | Jun 19, 2018 | Academic Technology
Getting Administrators and Colleagues on Board With an Adaptive Learning Project You have a unique challenge ahead of you. You know valuable learning tools are emerging and your institution needs to keep up with educational trends. But working within a budget,...
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