by Bob Harrison | Oct 12, 2017 | Transforming Education
Earlier this week, Fordson science teacher Sarah Collada and I sent students on a traditional webquest to explore the phenomenon of water diversions in AP Environmental Science (affectionately known as “APES” to many). The webquest consisted of a document...
by Bob Harrison | Sep 20, 2017 | Mahara, Transforming Education
Today, teams of Bryant Middle School teachers got together to learn how to help students take their My Learning Plan (MLP) online. Over the next couple weeks, students will begin creating pages on Mahara, Dearborn’s ePortfolio system. These MLP pages will...
by Bob Harrison | Sep 13, 2017 | Transforming Education
Technology itself will never impact student achievement Did you ever notice there’s not much research on the impact of pencils on student achievement? Yet you’ll come across research at many times that suggests technology has little to no impact on student...
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by Bob Harrison | May 22, 2017 | Mahara, Transforming Learning
This year, I’ve been working with an amazing team of sixth grade ELA teachers at Bryant Middle School to make the transition to implementing My Learning Plan on a digital platform using Mahara. Previously, the team was introduced to Mahara and some of the...
by Bob Harrison | May 16, 2017 | Transforming Education
Here’s another one of my analogies for you: Being “good with technology” : integrating technology :: being good at cursive : writing ability The fact of the matter is that most people in the professional world are “good with...
