This term, my colleague Louise Phinney and I have started an after school activity for Grade 4 and 5 students called Techxperts. Here’s how we marketed it to the students: Do you love using computers and other bits of technology? Are you a bit of a Tech Wizard? Do you know how to use programmes [...]
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klandmiles has written 5 articles so far, you can find them below.
Digital Literacy
Creating Common Craft Videos
Technology Integrationist Donna Ellery uses Common Craft style videos in a range of contexts at Discovery College in Hong Kong. 7th Grade students used the Common Craft genre to demonstrate their understanding of the scientific concepts of sound and amplification. Donna had the students critique examples of Common Craft videos to find the commonalities. Students [...]
21st Century Themes
Games – What exactly are kids learning?
[Cross-posted at Tip of the Iceberg] Games and the value of game-based learning has been a hot topic for me lately, so I was thrilled to come across Tom Chatfield’s article, Why playing in the virtual world has an awful lot to teach children in the Guardian on the 10th January 2010 (hat tip to [...]
50 Educational Apps for the iPod Touch
I have been getting a lot of questions about the Apps we have on our iPod Touches at school, so here you are: Miss Spell Free Check to see whether the word lists are spelled correctly or not. Super Hangman LE & Global High Scores Free Fairly standard Hangman app, with good graphics Story Kit [...]
10 Reasons to try Backchannel Chat
I tried backchannel chat for the first time during keynote addresses at the EARCOS Teachers Conference: ETC09. What is Backchannel Chat? It’s like note-taking at a lecture, but notes are shared with anyone who has the URL. They might be people in the room with you, but they could also be anywhere in the world. [...]
