How to Manage a Digital Classroom
As we transition from traditional teaching and learning approaches to digital and interactive ones, we need to carefully plan and prepare the learning environment.
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World Geography Apps and Resources
The lone classroom globe or heavy set of atlases used to be the best resources for world geography, but now the world is literally at your fingertips with modern-day maps. ...
Coding for Kids: The New ABC’s of Digital Education
There’s a greater push to teach kids computer coding at school. But you don’t need to be a technology whiz to introduce it to your students.
Transforming the Class with Google Apps
When I reflect on my years working in classrooms with students, I think about how much time it took to access and use essential technology B.G. (before Google). I compare it ...
Empathy: The Language of Emotion
Empathy—the ability to recognize and understand another person’s feelings—is an extremely important life skill.
Travel Tips
When summer vacation rolls around, you—just like your students—are ready for a break. Here are some resources to help you travel safely and securely.
How Schools are Implementing ‘Bring Your Own Device’
As the school bell rings, thirty grade six students settle into their desks for a history class. After a brief overview of last night’s homework, the teacher lets them know ...
How Virtual Worlds Can Transform Learning
My journey began in Vancouver 30 years ago, as an aid with Trainable Mentally Handicapped students. Designated as ‘uneducable,’ these students were relegated to gaining work ...
Digital Literacy: A Revolution Begins
Digital literacy is one of those phrases that we use without truly knowing its meaning. But before extending this concept into the future, I went to the past: what is the ...
Don’t Forget to Wonder: Has The Internet Made Knowledge Too Easy?
It's nice to think of the Internet as a wonderful invention that has made our lives both richer and more efficient. It's a nice notion and it's an accurate one—the Internet ...