Digital Footprints
Last week, we had Jesse Miller in to talk about technology and the contemporary classroom. Miller is a trained keynote…
Pacific School of Innovation and Inquiry
This last week, our Ed-Tech class visited the Pacific School of Innovation and Inquiry—ground zero for some exciting new developments…
Sleuthing and Scholarship
“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories,…
Mind Maps and Doodle Diaries
“Every journey starts with a single step, and every comic starts with a single idea. Whether it’s a ‘What if?’…
How Comics Teach: Review of Dave Gibbons and Tim Piltcher’s book How Comics Work
“There’s a million books on how comics are put together; but none from the master storyteller behind the greatest graphic…
Teaching from the Tube: How to use screencastify
Welcome educators! This week I took a look at screen casting with Google Chrome Screencastify. Now you can make video…
Open Education in the Digital Age
In class this past week, we had the opportunity to discuss the Open Education Initiative. As one of the leading…
My Dastardly Research Plan
“How will I do it, Superman? Inquiry–through simple inquiry.” For all their violent misgivings and annoying tendency to rant, super…
Locally Grown: Regional Pedagogy
A review and response to the documentary Most Likely to Succeed. This past week our instructor had us watch the documentary…
POW! SMACK! WHAM!–Learning Literacy through Comics
Comics? Seriously? Seriously. “We gaze continually at the world and it grows dull in our perceptions. Yet seen from another’s…