iTeach and iLearn

An experiment: I'm going to make a bold statement here, and I'd like you to notice your gut reaction to it, okay? You'll have to...

A couple weeks ago I was doing an EdTech workshop with some 4th grade teachers and the topic of teaching kids to cite sources came up. How s...

I recently came across this site, and I was pretty amazed by the perspective shown here. It's worth taking 30 seconds to check it out: O...

So you want to have your elementary or middle school students create short, narrated animations on their iPads? I just came across a nifty a...

We've had several days of heavy rain, but my basement has stayed dry so far. Our sump pump has running almost continuously. Growing up...

Check out haikudeck.com I've been seeing a lot online about Haiku Deck lately. In a nutshell, it's a free, web-based PowerPoint...

I'm always on the lookout for great ways for students to share their work--and especially with authentic audiences. Zeen looks like one...

Heifer Village: Nepal is an interactive simulation to help students think about poverty and community development. In some ways, it's s...

I was talking with a friend and fellow teacher the other day and she was sharing how appalled she was at her students' lack of geographi...

I saw this online the other day. It's too good not to share...

Check out phrase.it . It will let you do things like this: Or this: phrase.it will let you add cartoon word bubbles to your own ...

I had a meeting this morning with a couple of colleagues to talk about how we are using technology and how we are teaching our students to u...

I'm thinking a lot lately about a 1:1 environment in higher ed. I'm going to be teaching in a high tech classroom this spring, and I...

Who doesn't use Google when conducting research these days? (Yeah, I know...there are a few die-hard Bing-ers out there yet...but humo...

I just read this blog post from Education Week ...and I agree. I'm quick to label my students as "Digital Natives." This te...

Are you an elementary or middle school teacher who would like your students to blog for school, but you're worried about privacy and saf...

Oh, Wikipedia...what shall we do with you? I'm so torn. I use Wikipedia myself regularly. But...not for academic work. What is a teach...

If you are the teacher who assigns students to create PowerPoint presentations to show what they have learned, consider a few alternatives. ...

This video is old enough (2010!) to be considered a classic now...but in case you haven't seen it, you must. Great explanation of the...

Since my last post on 21st Century Skills, I've really been thinking about the current state of American school culture. Pardon the hi...