“Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.” – Marc Riboud Many of us have started our breaks. If you have a website, blog, virtual learning site or messaging system like Remind to connect with your learners then you can motivate your students to continue the learning with photo and video challenges. […]
Tag: video
20 Web Tools and Apps for Learners to Create Fun Videos
“Humans are incredibly visual and powerful, moving images help us find meaning… video helps capture and contextualize the world around us.” – Dan Patterson Students enjoy producing short videos and showing their creativity. Planning a video project doesn’t have to be a huge headache. In my digital book, Learning to Go, I provide tips, resources, rubrics, […]
Goal: Craft a Message for Your Passion Project
Welcome to Cycle 7 of The 30 Goals Challenge: Make it Meaningful! “The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.” – Ferdinand Foch Goal: Introduce a project or event you created based on your passion and vision. Accomplish this goal: Create a short video or graphic introducing us to a project you are passionate […]
Goal: From the Heart to the Mind
Welcome to Cycle 6 of The 30 Goals Challenge: Inspire Forward! “Emotion helps us screen, organize and prioritize the information that bombards us. It influences what information we find salient, relevant, convincing or memorable.” – Bandes & Salerno Our newest goal for 2015 is from Larissa Albano from Italy! Goal: From the heart to the mind: Teach […]
Video Projects to Engage Learners: 20+ Tools & Tips
Recently added to the Survival Tips for Teachers! ”Humans are incredibly visual and powerful, moving images help us find meaning… [and] video helps capture and contextualize the world around us.” – Dan Patterson Some of the most popular apps and social networks (Periscope, Meerkat, Vine, Instagram, Youtube, etc.) make it easy for anyone to quickly […]
In My Absence
Currently, I am attending the TESOL Greece conference and presenting on Personal Learning Networks (PLNs). I have learned so much from my PLN that I have decided a personal challenge for me for 2010 is to persuade other educators to engage in a PLN. I passionately believe this would change the face of education. Passion, […]
Goal: 35 Sites and Resources to Capture A Moment
Part of the Goals 2010 Challenge Series, Goal 28 One of the best parts of the digital revolution is we no longer need to throw away student creations or projects. We can keep student work for years as reminders of teachable moments or creativity at work. So many projects lugged home each year and how […]
A PLN is Like…
Personal Metaphor The writer in me is always searching for the right metaphor to describe meaningful experiences, such as my Personal Learning Network (PLN). The greatest gift I received this year was my PLN! Daily, I am surrounded by an incredibly intelligent and passionate support group, yet I met them online. How do you convey […]
What Did They Tweet?
3rd week of December edition! The holidays are coming, so after next week this series will take a small break and come back in the New Year! This time would be great for catching up on previous editions of this weekly series, What Did They Tweet? If you are viewing this from an RSS reader, […]
My Favourite Tools by Alexandra Francisco
Part of the Cool Sites weekly series! Like most of us, I have only just recently (about a year ago) began to use web2.0 tools in my classes. It wasn’t easy at first. There is a myriad of tools at our disposal and new ones keep emerging at such speed that it’s enough to make […]