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Teaching Defined

by Mark August 22, 2010 parents

Then I dropped the bomb on him.

“Teachers are like your best sales people. Teachers do the same thing, individually to 23 students, simultaneously, all day long.”

Book Affects

by Mark August 14, 2010 instruction

We teach how to read a book, its parts, how to interact with the object … Gestures from João Machado on Vimeo.

How Media Works … A Synopsis

by Mark May 21, 2010 cooperative_learning

Nike captures how new media works–the social aspects–we need to know this. We’re just starting to scratch the surface of the motivating aspects of social media as a tool for learning.

How To Build A Meeting

by Mark May 18, 2010 cooperative_learning

200 or so technology teachers gather once a month for a meeting … an old fashioned, analog, meeting. Announcers announce announcements (which were sent out in email beforehand). Managers manage, specialists present their specialities, pointers point out points with pointers, counterpoints are made, facsimiles of discussions are had. Askers ask questions, but in the active [...]

We are Vermeer

by Mark March 7, 2010 classroom_management

Anyone who communicates in this modern world is an artist. You are either a good artist or a bad artist, but an artist you are–like it or not. We are all artists, and are students who are publishing are artists. To acknowledge this, in our pursuit of education and technology publishing, will help everyone.

Dorothea Lange

by Mark February 18, 2010 instruction

“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” Dorothea Lange This can be said of any technology used for education … The objective is not to teach our students how to use the technology. It’s to teach them what, by using the technology, we all can learn about interacting [...]

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