by Bob Harrison | Jan 29, 2019 | Empowered Learner, Transforming Education
Tweet As many of you are well aware, it is possible to view the history of revisions on a Google Doc (if you didn’t know, it’s under File>Version History>See Version History). This allows you to see the changes that have been made, when they were made, and...
by Bob Harrison | Jan 7, 2019 | Empowered Learner, ISTE Standards for Students
The ISTE Standards for Students, as a document, is of the most thoroughly articulated models for what we should hope to achieve with technology in our classrooms. During 2019, I’d like to take a look at the Standards and discuss some of the practical ways...
by Bob Harrison | Dec 20, 2018 | Empowered Learner, Transforming Education
I limit my own kids’ free screen time. Each day, they get 30 minutes. On Saturday and Sunday, they get an hour. School is a different story, and it’s at the discretion of the teacher. But I pay attention to their browser history and scrutinize their...
by Bob Harrison | Dec 18, 2018 | Creative Communicator, Empowered Learner, Knowledge Constructor, Transforming Education
I’d like to propose a model for a technology-infused lesson that could be modified to fit any curriculum, any topic, almost any level. It works in small groups, large groups, and whole class. Over the past several years, among other things, I’ve tried to...
by Bob Harrison | Dec 13, 2018 | Computational Thinker, Empowered Learner, Moodle, Transforming Education
Over the past 12 years, many teachers in our district have tried using Moodle (in Dearborn, we call our Moodle site iLearn). A few absolutely took off with it. Many of those teachers are still using it, and at increasingly higher levels each year. Most, however, got...
by Bob Harrison | Dec 12, 2018 | Empowered Learner, Global Communicator, Transforming Education
My son is a freshman in one of the district’s amazing high schools. I have three other children who attend a school outside of the district. Keeping up on what they’re doing in school and sports, and maintaining communication has been quite an adventure....
