Leveling Up: Motivating Students Through Gamification
Grammatically, it’s an awful-sounding word: Gamification, or as a verb, to “gamify” the classroom. Teachers, however, have found a powerful tool here. By leveraging technology ...
Technology
Restricted Access: Banning Cellphones in the Classroom
Lunchtime at Manhattan Beach Middle School in Manhattan Beach, CA has gotten a lot louder over the past few years.
Collaborating In A School With No Library
Do you remember the first time you entered the school library as a child? I do. There were books everywhere.
Password Management in the Classroom
Before Emilie Ritchen Elementary School in Oxnard, California adopted one-to-one digital devices, it was chaos. Multiple apps on multiple machines meant kids were always ...
Tech and Reading
Students like Jasmine are likely digital natives: they’ve grown up with technology and they find enjoyment from tablets, phones, laptops, social media, games, and videos. ...
Taking STEM Outside the Classroom
A survey by the National Association of Independent Schools found that 82 percent of high school students are sometimes or often bored in class. Todd Ablett has a simple ...
Addressing online bullies, offline
Charlie Kuhn gets nervous when educators say their school has a “zero tolerance” for bullying. He calls the statement a “red flag.” That might sound surprising. As the ...
Fake News: Distinguishing Fact from Fiction
People often want to avoid the news because, sometimes, reality hurts. Recently, some want to tune out for other reasons: they doubt the headlines are about real events or ...
Making Social Media Work for You
Digital communication, including social media, is more than just a fact of life. It is life, integral to the professional and personal existence of many students and teachers. ...
Eight Tips for the New Techy Teacher
Two years ago, my principal rolled an iPad cart into my classroom. I'd been challenged to design and implement a 1:1 iPad program that would enhance the highly structured ...