The 21st Century Brain For 21st Century Learning In the video below, Judy Willis explores how we might create a “21st century brain” by with a little bit of neuroscience, specifically the “executive function of the brain. Willis offers up an analogy of this executive function as the brain’s CEO, and uses that as a…
iPads are neat little devices that can pretty much do it all: play music, support interactive content, reshape how we think of textbooks, produce high-quality videos, and even take a step back and function as a good old-fashioned typewriter. The iPad does, however, have its share of flaws ranging from those hardware related (proprietary connections…
What To Know About Violence In Video Games In 2013, most of the best video games are violent. Dishonored, Skyrim, Batman: Arkham City, Grand Theft Auto IV, Deus Ex, Hitman, The Walking Dead, Mass Effect, Planetside, Call of Duty, Torchlight II, Max Payne 3 and others almost all place the player in the role of…
This chart from Barbara Bray & Kathleen McClaskey clarifies some of the other differences between differentiation and personalized learning.
Has twitter jumped the shark? Yesterday we’d have answered no, but after seeing these products we’re beginning to wonder. As a social media platform, twitter is so easy to love (Imagine Google+ products), but consumerism eventually gets to everyone. 5 Sure-Fire Signs Twitter Has Jumped The Shark 1. Twitter Sneakers are oddly desirable, no? And…
PBL acts both as a curriculum and instruction tool, as well as a new way for students to think about school.
Guide: How To Google Search By Reading Level by TeachThought Staff Update: This feature has been (either temporarily or permanently) removed by Google. We will update this post if that changes. In the meantime, check out How To Google Search by Date for smarter search results. Digital media have changed almost everything about reading—from multimodal…
How Does A Good Teacher Become Great? by Terry Heick Good teachers are amazing–and rare. The ignorance of the Those who can’t, teach mantra is frightening–being a good teacher is an incredible challenge to achieve consistently. Good teachers use data to drive instruction, know the ins and outs of their curriculum, have refined assessments over…
While there are exceptions, public education in America isn’t a paragon of progressiveness, innovation, or achievement.
How Are Digital Platforms Disrupting Learning? by Terry Heick Media is becoming increasingly digitized, and we learn through, among other processes, consumption of media. It makes sense then that digital platforms just might be changing the way learning happens. A “platform” can be defined as an app, a website, an eLearning environment, or a collaboratively…
In the 21st century, new literacies are emerging and digital media forms allow communication to be more nuanced than ever before.
We love thisisindexed.com, by Jessica Hagy, who uses visuals to express ideas. What is the relationship between confusion and information?
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