Yesterday, I presented a new keynote for the NJAIS Innovation Symposium, The Keys to Fostering a Culture of Innovation! Students who S.A.I.L. The purpose was to help teachers facilitate and inspire student innovation. As I prepared for my keynote, I had to think about how teachers who perhaps didn’t define themselves as “innovators” might go […]
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Fun Video Project! Produce a TV Commercial for an Invention
In a previous post I outlined my 6 step process for implementing digital projects (1. Evaluate an example, 2. Assign the mission, 3. Students carryout the mission, 4. Peer edit, 5. Share the mission, and 6. Feedback/evaluation). In upcoming posts I will be sharing some of my student projects to give you ideas for the upcoming […]
A Process for Implementing Student Digital Projects
Lately, I’ve been busy grading my students’ digital products. Each year my students accomplish so much with technology, such as brainstorming, collaboration, annotation, editing, research, and so forth. My students also create several digital products throughout my courses, such as mind maps, infographics, posters, presentations, video commercials, audio interviews, comics, ebooks, portfolios, visual prompts, speaking avatars, […]
12 Ways to Find the Right Edtech Tool
“Teachers need to integrate technology seamlessly into the curriculum instead of viewing it as an add-on, an afterthought, or an event.” – Heidi-Hayes Jacobs The message of many of my education technology keynotes is to show students the possibilities of technology, test their potential, give them a meaningful purpose for using technology, and have them […]
17 Web Tools and Apps to Create Interactive Video Lessons and Quizzes
“Videos provide greater engagement than text or images for the simple reason that it combines audio, video and text.” – Amit Garg YouTube is one of the most popular social networks, because students love learning by video. DIY (Do It Yourself) videos, How-To videos, Tutorials, game walkthroughs and TED Talks are some of the most […]
Remix It! 27 Resources for Finding Free Digital Content to Use for Digital Learning
“Every new idea is just a mashup or a remix of one or more previous ideas.” – Austin Kleon Technology and social media have ignited an artistic share revolution. Millions of artists, musicians, and creators upload their own photos, songs, videos, fonts, templates, and digital content to the web and allow people around the world […]
Remix the Work of Others Responsibly #EdtechMissions Chat Archive
It’s rare to come up with a new idea. Basically, we reinvent the wheel or are inspired by the works of others. Taking the content of others and building upon it is one way to inspire creativity. Our students already do this and we need to support them in proper attribution and learning about Creative […]
Goal: Give Peace a Chance
Welcome to Cycle 7 of The 30 Goals Challenge: Make it Meaningful! “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” ~ T.S. Eliot Goal: Give peace a chance. This goal was inspired by recent tragedies around the world, meeting the inspirational Mallory Fundora, and a project by Georgia Psarra. […]
Spark Creativity! Remix! 15+ Resources
“Every new idea is just a mashup or a remix of one or more previous ideas.” – Austin Kleon Millions have shared their art, images, music, and creations on the Internet. Additionally, many libraries and organizations have released historical images and content into the public domain. Get students to engage with this content and learn […]
Making an Impact with Problem / Project Based Learning
We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. – Einstein Our learners are creating, inventing, and problem-solving with digital devices in order to change the world. Unfortunately, too many students who transform the world often do it outside of school, on their own time, and find […]