TECHSEARCHTEACH METHODOLOGY

Flawed Leadership

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:21:39 -0400

Isn’t it amazing how sometimes our efforts to become technologically competent and of teaching our students how to become more globally aware, connected and competent are blocked by the leaders of educational institutions themselves?

I have found that leaders who are themselves incompetent in using technology find any sort of way to block the technology implementation initiatives of those who actually are competent. This is such a shame, they are at such great loss and so are our students.

Full abstract. If you are interested in reading the full...

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 08:27:05 -0400

Full abstract. If you are interested in reading the full scholarly article, please write back with your e-mail address via tumblr, facebook, or twitter.

Finally! Tech-Search-Teach Cyclical Model of Transformative...

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 08:23:15 -0400

Finally! Tech-Search-Teach Cyclical Model of Transformative Technology Integration ( A blended learning approach )

Finally!!! Tech-Search-Teach Teaching and Learning Principles!

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 08:21:55 -0400

Finally!!! Tech-Search-Teach Teaching and Learning Principles!

world-shaker: monasequeda: angwe: Here, I fixed most of them...

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 08:18:06 -0400

world-shaker:

monasequeda:

angwe:

Here, I fixed most of them for you. The bathroom thing is really actually quite obnoxious to me, as a teacher.

THANK YOU

Did someone get told? Yes. Then AWWWW SNAP!

Reblog if it's okay to befriend you, ask questions, ask for advice or just have a nice chat.

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:56:46 -0400

adventuresinlearning:

For sure!

I'm back in Abu Dhabi... the article didn't get published...

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:32:19 -0400

I have decided that since the Abu Dhabi academic community has refused to publish any of my articles… I guess for “scholarly reasons” beyond my own comprehension… I will in the next few days, dare to publish my own theory here on tumblr. I hope it is of some sort of use… and if it is not , if it is absolute rubbish… I really do hope to hear some of you tumblrs’ opinions about it… hit me with the truth… I can take it!

"Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self."

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:12:40 -0400

“Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.”

- Cyril Connolly (via writingadvice)

I could ot agree more!

"One of the most important jobs of a teacher during any break is to heal. Working with people is a..."

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:01:18 -0400

“

One of the most important jobs of a teacher during any break is to heal. Working with people is a struggle any day. But to consistently work with people every day with the single minded purpose to help them grow and improve is a calling of great proportions that withdraws energy of great proportion.

When I am blessed with a “break,” I know that I must take “a break” lest I break under the strain. Truly, a tree without water will die and a flower without water parched by the sun will also wilt and die. So to, if I neglect the nourishment of my heart and soul, I will wilt under the pressure of being a teacher.

Teaching is a great calling, a noble calling, and towards this aim I shall ever give my life and soul so that when the last drop of my life is poured out, I shall know it was a life well spent.

”

- Vicki Davis, Cool Cat Teacher (via coolcatteacher)

Very well put. Also, something people that are not in a care-giving professional role often do not understand.

(via positivelypersistentteach)

positivelypersistentteach: I feel bad for complaining about not...

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:56:46 -0400

positivelypersistentteach:

I feel bad for complaining about not having any technology this year.

I must say I wish I could make this into a poster andplace it in the staff room here at ADWC!

world-shaker: Bloom’s Taxonomy meets the iPad This site has a...

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:54:42 -0400

world-shaker:

Bloom’s Taxonomy meets the iPad

This site has a list of educational iPad apps that are broken up into categories based on where they fall within Bloom’s Taxonomy. Fantastic idea, and a cool execution.

Create interactive whiteboard resources with Desmos

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:53:45 -0400

Create interactive whiteboard resources with Desmos:

thingsforteachers:

Check out this blog post to see how you can create IWB resources using a browser-based application instead of software for your IWB. It’s currently in private beta mode, but this blog post describes how to join.

Photo

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:37:27 -0400

Photo

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:21:14 -0400

world-shaker: The Student Cyborg & How Technology is...

Mon, 30 May 2011 06:37:33 -0400

world-shaker:

The Student Cyborg & How Technology is Facilitating Education (INFOGRAPHIC)

Positively Persistent Teach: In case you missed it... Language Arts Edition

Mon, 30 May 2011 06:20:00 -0400

Positively Persistent Teach: In case you missed it... Language Arts Edition:

positivelypersistentteach:

Here are some of my favorite posts and reblogs related to Language Arts:

Vocabulary Instruction Part 1: Introduction

Vocabulary Instruction Part 2: Why is vocabulary instruction important?

Vocabulary Instruction Part 3: 6 Themes

Vocabulary Instruction Part…

elearn23: (via Google Education by Tuncer) I really like this....

Tue, 24 May 2011 08:12:00 -0400

elearn23:

(via Google Education by Tuncer)

I really like this. Has anybody got something with a tiny-wee bit more structure?

HELP! Someone out there has a wicked diagram of the current state of technologies out there!!! I need it!

Tue, 24 May 2011 08:03:52 -0400

I nee to find you! who ever you are!

"The truly educated become conscious. They become self-aware. They do not lie to themselves. They do..."

Thu, 19 May 2011 08:52:52 -0400

“The truly educated become conscious. They become self-aware. They do not lie to themselves. They do not pretend that fraud is moral or that corporate greed is good. They do not claim that the demands of the marketplace can morally justify the hunger of children or denial of medical care to the sick. They do not throw 6 million families from their homes as the cost of doing business. Thought is a dialogue with one’s inner self. Those who think ask questions, questions those in authority do not want asked. They remember who we are, where we come from and where we should go. They remain eternally skeptical and distrustful of power. And they know that this moral independence is the only protection from the radical evil that results from collective unconsciousness. The capacity to think is the only bulwark against any centralized authority that seeks to impose mindless obedience. There is a huge difference, as Socrates understood, between teaching people what to think and teaching them how to think. Those who are endowed with a moral conscience refuse to commit crimes, even those sanctioned by the corporate state, because they do not in the end want to live with criminals—themselves.”

- Chris Hedges - Why the United States Is Destroying Its Education System (via drinkthe-koolaid)

Grading is obsolete

Mon, 16 May 2011 04:07:28 -0400

Grading is obsolete:

world-shaker:

What if you never graded another activity or project?

Have you ever wondered why teachers continue to place meaningless numbers, percentages and letters on class activities or projects? There are mountains of research indicating that this practice is ineffective when it comes to evaluating students and helping them learn. Yet teachers continue with the grades.

What if you were to stop with the numbers, percentages and letters? What if you provided narrative feedback on all activities. What if you used verbal feedback as well as written? What if you wrote lengthy reports at the end of each grading period, outlining strengths and weakness, as well as a clear prescription for improvement for every one of your students?

Would it be more work? Absolutely. Is it the right thing to do? Watch this video, and you be the judge.