This post first appeared on Greg’s blog – The History 2.0 Classroom If you read this blog, it comes as no surprise that I often use and find Explain Everything to be the most remarkable and powerful application that can be used with an iPad. What can be created with this tool is nearly limitless, […]
Why It’s Time To Change How Students Cite Their Work – from Shawn McCusker on Edudemic
This post first appeared on Edudemic. When students write a paper, it goes without saying that they must cite the sources that they use in creating it. For generations, students have created note cards to document and organize these resources and/or submitted a bibliography page with their finished work. In the modern classroom, student research […]
Weekly Resources to Wrap Up January
Here in New England, we’ve had a pretty brutal week. However, we’re all looking forward to warming up next week in San Diego! February 3-5 will be our inaugural West Coast event with iPad Summit San Diego. If you aren’t able to join us, we will be tweeting at #ettipad and LIVE blogging much of […]
Use the Four Gamer Types to Help Your Students Collaborate – from Douglas Kiang on Edudemic
This post first appeared on Edudemic. “You are a liar and I will never, ever, trust you again!” The student rose to his feet at the conclusion of a role-playing simulation in our negotiation class, pointing across the room at another student who had misled the other team and then changed his own vote. The […]
4 Tips To Help Students Start Blogging – From Holly Clark on Edudemic
This post first appeared on Edudemic. “Ms. Clark, I can’t believe it! Someone from Argentina and New Zealand just read my blog!” This kind of wide-eyed excitement is why I have been blogging with my students for nearly 10 years. With the infusion of technology in most classrooms, many teachers are finding blogs a great […]
Weekly Resources for Mid-December
We’re spent the weekend digging out of the snow here in New England (and Shawn in the mid west). We hope that all of you are staying warm! NEW from the EdTechTeacher Team December Newsletter We made some big announcements in our newsletter this week! The Summer Workshop Series web site is now up and […]