Spring 2012 – email Doug@DrDougGreen.Com for more archives.

5/7 Teach Me: Student-Led Instruction Strategies – Cool idea. @TeachHUB @newfirewithin

5/6 Ten Highly Desired Skills You Can Teach Yourself using online resources – @sree @Lifehacker’s @ADachis

5/5 14 Ways to Use Garageband in the Classroom @zecool @oveucsj

5/4 20 Incredible TED Talks You Should Show Your High School Students – Got 20 students? Have each student watch one and report to the class. @iEducator

5/3 How gaming is changing the classroom – @GOOD @jpgreenwood

5/3 Explosion In Free Online Classes May Change Course Of Higher Education. @MiguelEscotet

5/2 How gaming is changing the classroom – @GOOD @jpgreenwood

5/2 Explosion In Free Online Classes May Change Course Of Higher Education. @MiguelEscotet

5/1 The Best Resources For Learning About Flow @rkiker

5/1 How geniuses think – Share with students to help them be more genius-like. @DrTroyRoddy

4/30 Five Future Technologies That Will Shape Our Classrooms - Be sure to watch the two short videos. @DrDougGreen

4/30 Is texting making us more creative? Canadian researchers think so. @technologyca @iEducator

4/30 Five Things I Wish I Had Learned 25 Years Ago Check to see if you have learned them and share with students. @bjnichols

4/29 MIT students make educational videos in cooperation with the Kahn Academy. @clindhol

4/29 Why music education is vital to schools & communities @DrPriceMitchell

4/29 How to foster initiative in children @DrPrice Mitchell

4/28 What College Students Can Teach Entrepreneurs @rkiker

4/28 Flip this lesson! A new way to teach with video from TED-Ed. @DrTroyRoddy

4/27 How twelve schools are using the Khan Academy – @deerwood

4/26 At Virginia Tech, computers combined with humans help solve a math class problems. Is this the future for other schools? @mcleod

4/25 Morning conditioning at Science Leadership Academy If students are going to run in the hallway you can either try to make time stop (good luck) or organize it. This is a super school with cool leadership. @chrislehmann

4/24 An Easy, Scientifically-Proven Way to Make Yourself Smarter. Go for a Good Walk or Swim Every Day. Includes very cool video – @bhsprincipal @openculture

4/23 Open University signs up one million subscribers on Apple’s iTunes. @iEducator

4/22 Robots that score human essays take on human scorers. Guess how this real experiment turned out before you click. @mccoyderek

4/22 Vi Hart’s Blog featuring a bunch of cool math videos – Also check this article in The Huffington Post about Vi. @NMHS_Principal

4/21 High Stakes Testing: Who’s Cheating Whom? Also why some teachers are leaving. @tomwhitby

4/20 Virtual dissection table – TED Talk 6:37 Jack Choi – Technology replaces cadavers. @DrDougGreen

4/20 The effects of technology in education – Good things can happen if you do it right. @oveucsj

4/20How technology can transform education – @oveucsj

4/20Is There Too Much Hype Surrounding Technology in Education? @oveucsj

4/19 Virtual dissection table – TED Talk 6:37 Jack Choi – Technology replaces cadavers. @DrDougGreen

4/19 The effects of technology in education – Good things can happen if you do it right. @oveucsj

4/19 How technology can transform education – @oveucsj

4/19 Is There Too Much Hype Surrounding Technology in Education? @oveucsj

4/18 50 Words You Should NOT Say on a Standardized Test See what your students think. @ShellTerrell

4/18 John Cleese (Monty Python) on the 5 Factors to Make Your Life More Creative. This is smart and funny. @kjarrett

4/17 More than six million taking online classes in the US. [Infographic] ) Also covers digital and racial divide. @iEducator

4/17 Collaboration creates just the right amount of tension to get lots done. @missnoor28 @StevenHerder

4/17 Tips to encourage students collaboration – The 4Cs in action – @SophiaMav @missnoor28.

4/17 Smoothing the Way for the Struggling Learner to collaborate @missnoor28 @naomishema

4/16 Fifteen Technologies My Newborn Son Won’t Use – @Gizmodo @iEducator

4/16 An interview with Jonah Lehrer Imagine: How Creativity Works – We can all be as creative as Picasso… we just have to learn how. @MiguelEscotet

4/16 Caine’s Arcade and What Authentic Learning Looks Like – Kid builds arcade out of cardboard – Very cool story – @Montberte @thisissethsblog

4/15 Five Future Technologies That Will Shape Our Classrooms – @wired

4/15 Games in education – Extended Infographic – Educators and parents need to consider. @KatrinaStevens1

4/14 Boys Value Reading More with Ereaders. Finally some good news for boys. @shiftthedigital @iEducator

4/14 Research: Spread of smart phones leads to rampant cheating Is this happening in your class/school? @ecampusnews

4/13 What if everything you know about curriculum is wrong? @jswiatek

4/13 Ten ways you can start fixing education today. This won’t fix everything, but it’s a start. @InnovativeEdu

4/12 Five reasons to use technology in the classroom – @devalyne

4/12 Ryan Fox: Autistic kid overcoming showing abilities matter more than disabilities with online learning. Cool 4-minute video @rkiker

4/12 Link between video games and aggression untrue. Swedish study @kjarrett

4/11 Five reasons to use technology in the classroom – @devalyne

4/11 Ryan Fox: Autistic kid overcoming showing abilities matter more than disabilities with online learning. Cool 4-minute video @rkiker

4/11 Link between video games and aggression untrue. Swedish study @kjarrett

4/10 The Next Time Someone Says the Internet Killed Reading Books, Show Them This Chart. @iEducator

4/10 Cool two-minute video encouraging students to chase a dream. Show this to a class and have each student respond. @peoplegogy

4/9 Excellent critical thinking lessons @SeanHamptonCole @MelanivdMerwe @iEducator

4/9 Leadership Tips for dealing with difficult parents. Share this article and check my comment. @markbrumley

4/8 Five Tech Tips to Help You Study @iEducator

4/8 A great collection of resources & questions on bullying from NYT Learning Network Be sure to share with person(s) in charge of your school’s bully initiative. @DrMerylAin

4/7 Five Tech Tips to Help You Study @iEducator

4/7 A great collection of resources & questions on bullying from NYT Learning Network Be sure to share with person(s) in charge of your school’s bully initiative. @DrMerylAin

4/6 The Physics of Angry Birds Space explained Forward these to all physics teachers. @Wired @iEducator

4/6 The Secret To Germany’s Low Youth Unemployment @NPR @iEducator

4/6 Another Gravitational Experiment in Angry Birds Space @wired

4/5 Students at Cyprus Ranch High School to anti-bullying production. Share with your students in any grade. @leahmacvie

4/5 Chinese Students Account for About Half of All International Applicants to U.S. Graduate Programs @MiguelEscotet

4/4 Transforming Brisbane schools with Design Thinking @tombarrett

4/4 Too Much Homework Can Lower Test Scores Researcher from Australia @NMHS_Principal

4/3 The 5 Levels of Digital Storytelling @ShellTerrell @TutorMe_Online

4/2 College attainment grows in other countries, stalls in the U.S. Very cool graph. Click to enlarge. @mcleod

4/1 The Learning Power of LEGOS @tombarrett

4/1 Update on online learning. Three trends: Public to Private, free resources, and mobile technology. @kevin_corbet

4/1 Also check this article on online assessment. @DrDougGreen

3/31 The Sweet Spot for Achievement – Relationship Between Stress and Performance @MiguelEscotet

3/31 Wikipedia Maze This is a very cool learning game. Watch the short video then try it with your students. @iEducator @rmbyrne

3/31 Amidst a Mobile Revolution in Schools, Will Old Teaching Tactics Work? Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning – See my comment. @Edudemic

3/31 Top Five Best Smartphone Mobile Apps for Students They may not be the best, but students should consider them. @s_bearden @NMHS_Principal

3/30 The Stanford Education Experiment Could Change Higher Learning Forever. @skipvia @wired

3/30 The Entire Guide to Google Search Features for Teachers and Students Print one of these and let students borrow it. @NMHS_Principal

3/29 How Do You Measure Learning? Start with four-minute video @NMHS_Principal

3/29 8 TED TALKS you need to share with your students Have students view in groups and report to class. @snbeach

3/28 Disruptive technologies in higher education: adapt or get left behind @zecool

3/28 The End of Teaching As We Know It. Great easy to read slide show to challenge your thinking – @NMHS_Principal

3/27 Three minute interview with Finnish students @llotimo

3/27 ADHD Diagnoses In Children Up 66 Percent. Lots of interesting information for educators and parents. @DrMerylAin

3/26 Cool Courses on MIT OpenCourseWare @leahmacvie

3/25 Seven reasons to incorporate digital photography into your course @terryfreedman @ShellTerrell

3/25 Education is moving toward platform ecosystems. This is short but dense and thought provoking. @mcleod

3/24 A Parent’s Guide to 21st-Century Learning – Edutopia Needs registration but it is worth it. @larrykahn @snbeach

3/24 Authors Who Skype with Classes & Book Clubs (for free!) @SchoolFamily @rkiker

3/24 Five Innovative Mind-Mapping Tools For Education Also check links at the bottom for lots of other neat stuff. @Edudemic

3/23 Free online Art History text Looks pretty good. Could save $100+ @L_Hilt

3/22 Nine Essential Skills Kids Should Learn @kathycook1

3/21 Eleven Ways To Engage Reluctant Readers @kbonanno @johnccarver

3/20 Credit Recovery Programs Combine the Best of #eLeanring and In-Class Instruction Also see my comment. @kevin_corbett

3/19 Three Reasons Students Have Trouble Setting Goals @DrTroyRoddy

3/18 News story of students protesting state budget cuts with principal’s approval in New Jersey @leahmacvie

3/18 The reason I love technology so much is that there’s always an undo button, unlike other things in life. @Waukeestudent This guy is a middle school student. Check out a presentation he did on classroom blogging with another student.

3/18 Encyclopedia Britannica vs. Wikipedia [INFOGRAPHIC] @bhsprincipal @mashable

3/17 New post: Rethinking the standard school schedule @davidwees

3/16 Home schooling: Why more black US families are trying it @MiguelEscotet

3/16 Practicing math is fun on this site! Share with parents! @markbrumley

3/16 Why My Six-Year-Old Students Have Digital Portfolios @kathycassidy @tomwhitby

3/16 Pupils entering new era with iPads One school’s experience @mccoyderek

3/15 List of What Makes a Good Teacher – created by students. @justintarte

3/15 21 things that will be obsolete in education by 2020 We can only hope that something will change. @zecool

3/15 Got kids who want to animate? Here are five cool tools. @edudemic

3/14 In the deepest parts of the oceans are ecosystems with more diversity than the rainforest. David Gallo explores the wonder and beauty of marine life. 8:26 TEDEd video

3/14 Why Ego is Your Worst Enemy. This is written for business, but it applies to teachers. Teachers who let their egos get in the way foster bad behavior in students. @DrDougGreen @jaykubassek @INC

3/13 YouTube Subtracts Racy and Raucous to Add a Teaching Tool. @rkiker

3/13 TED launches education channel. Share this with all teachers, students, and parents. @L_Hilt

3/12 Open-source, science adoption? Here are resources that might make it possible. Glad I don’t have stock in textbook companies. @MissCheska

3/12 Whether or not U agree w/ videos as education, many rural kids don’t have option. Kahn Academy was also featured on CBS 60 minutes (3/11/2012) @DrPriceMitchell @jesslahey @s_bearden

3/12 The New Khan Academy iPad App was just released. @bhsprincipal @edudemic

3/11 YouTube Channel for Teachers Offers New Resources and Challenges Be sure to share the video with students. @tomwhitby

3/11 When it comes to Technology, teachers need as much scaffolding as students. @jpgreenwood @mcglee1966

3/10 The MIT challenge – Can You Learn Faster Without School? Watch the short video. @tombarrett

3/10 Play Seriously: The MIT Education Arcade – Free Webinar on using games for learning @oveucsj @scoopit

3/10 The physics of Angry Birds: how it works Be sure to share with any science teachers you know. @NMHS_Principal

3/9 Digital Kindergarten blog. Very cool. This page features Montessori apps. Share with K teachers & principals. @kjarrett

3/9 Great infographic on how students use technology @TutorMe_Online @isteconnects @mashable

3/8 What’s the Problem the Multiple Choice Was Designed to Solve? What’s A Better Way to Solve It? @CathyNDavidson

3/8 Do Students Gain if Schools Start the College Hunt Early? Sounds like a good idea to me. @NYTimes

3/7 Using Cell Phones to Help With Learning: Poll Everywhere @newfirewithin

3/6 Does Preschool Matter? Great longitudinal study @wired

3/6 Hypertexting in AP English – Cool examples of students using hyperlinks to enhance learning @mcleod

3/5 Love the idea of a student search engine – Sweetsearch – Cool idea @gfbertini @jabbacrombie

3/4 What’s Your Best Guess? Predicting Answers Leads to Deeper Learning. @jturner56

3/4 Susan Cain’s TED talk on the power of introverts @Montberte – Also read my summary of her book on the subject.

3/3 Kids’ cognition is changing, education will have to change with it. The Atlantic’s take on Pew Report on millennial kid’s cognition @jturner56

3/3 Teachers of autistic students finding success using iPads. @tomwhitby

3/2 What Blows Bill Gates’ Mind about U.S. Education, and NOT in a Good Way! Watch short video. Full interview out tomorrow. @kevin_corbet

3/2 Ten great iPhone apps for educators @llotimo

3/1 What teachers, administrators, and parents want from assessments. Cool infographic @snbeach

2/29 The Art of Education: Using “Predictive Visualization” for Student Success @DrTroyRoddy

2/28 Eighteen Enlightening iPad Experiments in Education @DrDougGreen

2/28 Learn Zillions – Lots of free math videos by teachers @weisburghm

2/27 New Study Finds iPads in the Classroom Boost Test Scores @deerwood

2/25 What Is Leap Year? @tucksoon

2/24 Five Best Practices for the Flipped Classroom – Right doesn’t solve anything. Better teaching solves things. @betamiller @Pen63

2/24 Computers in schools: money well-spent, Concordia Uni study Nice headline, just need to stamp out ‘moderate’ learning @jturner56

2/23 How we keep invisible elephants alive and well in education Be sure to see my comment @Stephen_Hurley @zecool

2/22 Eight Great Sites for Reluctant Writers @bjnichols

2/21 A Principal’s Reflections: Exploring the Educational Value of Pinterest @gcouros

2/20 A Principal’s Reflections: Exploring the Educational Value of Pinterest @gcouros

2/19 Fifty Things Everyone Should Know How To Do – Ask your students if they agree with all. I don’t. @eddebainbridge @scoopit @missnoor28

2/19 Children need to learn the good side of getting things wrong! @DrPriceMitchell

2/18 Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s an iPad. @TFMcGrath

2/17 Project-based learning in elementary school. Five short YouTube videos featuring real kids @tucksoon

2/16 David Pogue’s NY Times column is online: what’s all the interest in Pinterest? Let me know if you have seen ways to use it in education. @Pogue

2/16 You Teach a Child to Blog…Common Concerns with Student Blogging Answered @deerwood

2/15 Seven Misconceptions about how students learn excellent post by @Pak_Liam @deerwood

2/15 Open Response Math Questions Bank from Hardin Co, KY @RushaSams

2/14 BYOD (bring your own device): Underwhelmed but Excited @ryanbretag @L_Hilt

2/14 Why “Infographic Thinking” Is The Future, Not A Fad. @scoopit @oveucsj

2/13 Ten Benefits & Ten Concerns About the Shift to Digital Learning @L_Hilt

2/12 Eight observations on flipping the classroom – Educational Technology – ICT in Education @scoopit @oveucsj

2/11 Eight observations on flipping the classroom – Educational Technology – ICT in Education @scoopit @oveucsj

2/11 Agreed! Ditch Test Prep @bjnichols

2/10 Intro to Henrico County VA School’s Game Plan – Note emphasis on pedagogy, content, and technology @jamaddux

2/10 Henrico County Technology page. Spend some time here. They are amazing. @twoodwar

2/9 The Ultimate Guide To Special Education Apps @missnoor28 @ShellTerrell

2/8 One of the Nation’s Top Historians Decides It’s Time to Embrace Wikipedia @TheAtlantic @jpgreenwood

2/8 11 Surprising Factors That Determine Your Success in School @OU_com @missnoor28

2/7 Chinese student pay retail at US colleges. This is how we get some of your money back. @NYTimes

2/6 Project-Based Learning for Five-Year-Olds – Cool vide @edutopia @mccoyderek

2/6 Oops! Helping Kids Learn from Mistakes Also see my summaries of Better by Mistake and Mindset @ahopefulsign @DrPriceMitchell

2/5 Great digital learning tools. Start with short video. Assign each option to a student and have them report back. @KatrinaStevens1

2/4 teaching a unit on ancient Egypt in primary school this year? Fabulous collection of sites here. @missnoor28

2/3 Will everyone be speaking Chinese in 2030? Pose this question and see what your students think. Also check my comment. @ShellTerrell

2/3 Top Ten Tips for Assessing Project-Based Learning @Edutopia @scoopit @missnoor28

2/2 The “Flipped” Classroom: An example of how it can work @FastCompany @FastCoExist

2/1 Ten Sites Supporting Digital Classroom Collaboration In Project Based Learning @llotimo

 

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