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Tag Archives: Collaborize Classroom
5 Student-Driven Projects That Engage Higher-Level Thinking Skills
Using an online component to complement in-class work makes it much easier to facilitate meaningful group work. Prior to adopting and integrating online discussions, I struggled to facilitate group work that really worked. When facilitating group work in the classroom, … Continue reading
Flip Your Classroom with Online Discussions!
This is an excerpt from a chapter in my blended learning book (in progress) on flipping instruction using online discussions. In the traditional classroom delivery of content takes place within the walls of the classroom and homework is usually an … Continue reading
Khan Academy Offers Awesome Embed Opportunities with Collaborize Classroom!
I had the pleasure of attending Salman Khan’s session “Khan Academy” here at Ohio Educational Technology Conference where he teleconferenced in to share information about his non-profit. www.khanacademy.org Khan Academy has developed 2000+ mathematical, science, humanities and test preparation videos … Continue reading
Published in SIGilt: Blended Learning Helps Creative Writing Skills Soar!
An article I wrote on blended learning and creative writing was just published in the SIGilt Winter Newsletter. “Creative writing provides free artistic choices, requires effective language use to engage readers, challenges students to understand their story elements, and develops … Continue reading
Blended Learning Model: Gives Students Time to Think
In her article, “Effective Classroom Discussions,” Selma Wassermann identifies a key conflict in the classroom: the race against the clock to cover curriculum versus to desire to give students a voice in class discussions. She accurately depicts the frustration, impatience and fear that many teachers face when attempting to incorporate dynamic discussions into their classrooms. Continue reading
Personal Question Produces Surprising Results
Last night I was reading some of my students responses to the online discussion question that I posted. I asked them, “Are you happy?” This is a more personal question than I usually post on my Collaborize Classroom site, but it directly connected to Fahrenheit 451. Continue reading
Learning to Let Go with Challenge Based Learning
This summer I read about Challenge Based Learning, an idea spawned by the brilliant minds at Apple. I wanted to adapt the project to include a research paper component. The project allows for genuine collaboration within groups, but it challenges … Continue reading
Powerful Peer Editing Online
realized that students need feedback throughout the writing process if they are going to be successful. However, with six classes and a total of 164 students it is physically impossible for me to edit each stage of the writing process. This has left me feeling frustrated in the past because peer editing never seems to yield quality results. Continue reading
The First Time in 9 Years of Teaching…
… I actually had to stop a discussion because we were out of time! Prior to using an online discussion site, I always felt that in-class discussions were a silent battle. Students sit, stare and pray that I will not … Continue reading
Posted in Participation, Technology in the classroom
Tagged Collaborize Classroom, Participation
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Let Maya Angelou Speak Directly to Your Students with Multimedia Embeds
Let Maya Angelou Speak Directly to Your Students Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Videos
Tagged Collaborize Classroom, I know why the cage bird sings, Maya Angelou, Poetry, The History Channel
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