This semester we’ve sponsored a couple of iPad related workshops and seminars and some of you may be wondering why we’re directing so much attention toward this device. This is my attempt at providing a succinct and compelling answer to that question. I hope that most of you know me well enough to know that [...]
The video below demonstrates a few time saving tips if you regularly use Youtube videos in class. There is also a mention of a more transformative use of Youtube that I believe could be especially useful for teachers of foreign languages. Please get in touch if you have any questions about any of these tips.
Stephanie Peterson has a created two short videos to introduce and help people use the Kaltura building block in PioneerWeb which allows adding streaming media items to PioneerWeb courses. If you have video or audio clips that you’d like to share with your students, take a moment and see how it’s done. An Introduction to [...]
While beginning to prepare for a workshop later this semester on data visualization (stay tuned!) I came across this website which features some interesting data visualization projects. I found the most interesting to be the Education Nation Scorecard and the Stats of the Union iPad application. Are there visualization projects you find particularly compelling? Please [...]
I found this short video to be a very compelling picture of what math education (and indeed all education) can be. I greatly appreciate Grinnell’s focus on inquiry based learning and am happy to be a part of it. It’s clear that in some cases educators have become so intent on ensuring students’ success that [...]
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