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...
by Amy Gwizdz | Jun 15, 2017 | Moodle, Transforming Education, Transforming Learning
Using iLearn (Moodle) for critical thinking skills, oral language development, vocabulary building and more at the elementary level just became easier! I have been busy creating some iLearn (Moodle) courses that elementary teachers can use immediately. Below is a...
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...
by Bob Harrison | May 8, 2017 | Transforming Education
The Myth of the Good Ol’ Days We’re going to lose. I used to tell people that 80% of my job was finding creative ways to prevent kids from cheating. That was a bit of an exaggeration, but that’s how it feels sometimes, doesn’t it? We want kids...
