TED Talks Unveils New Interactive Education Website Tonight
TED has just unveiled a new education website tonight, TED Ed, different from the YouTube channel with the same name that they launched last month (actually, the domain name of today’s new site is ed.ted). This new site, using the … Continue reading →
Smithsonian Magazine’s Most Popular Videos Of All Time
I periodically post “most popular” lists of websites (and books) that I think educators might find useful. Of course, there are a number of ways to gauge “popularity.” I just view these lists as opportunities to check-out some new sites, … Continue reading →
Thinking In A Second Language Makes You A Better Decision-Maker
Recent research has found that thinking in a second language makes you a better decision-maker: A research team led by psychologist Boaz Keysar reports using one’s second language reduces or eliminates certain biases that otherwise infiltrate our decision-making. Specifically, our … Continue reading →
What Is Metacognition?
The Royal Society has just published a journal issue on metacognition. It’s pretty technical, and I don’t think particularly helpful to teachers. However, they also published a short video interview with the guest editors of the journal. In it, one … Continue reading →
More Info on Dropbox
Yesterday, I posted about a great new improvement in Dropbox (see And If You Thought Dropbox Couldn’t Get Any Better….) and added that info to The Best Resources For Maximizing The Use Of Dropbox. Today, today Dropbox is in the … Continue reading →
“Several Ways We Can Teach Social Studies More Effectively — Part One”
Several Ways We Can Teach Social Studies More Effectively — Part One is my newest post over at Education Week Teacher. It’s the first post in a three-part series. Three very talented educators share their responses in this post: Stephen … Continue reading →
The Best Resources For Learning About World War I
This “The Best…” list is a little different from previous ones. All I’ve done is copy and paste my World War I post from our class’ United States History blog (by the way, a large part of my entire curriculum … Continue reading →
And If You Thought Dropbox Couldn’t Get Any Better….
Dropbox is the ridiculously easy tool that lets you access your documents from anywhere, and you can read more about it at The Best Resources For Maximizing The Use Of Dropbox. Today, it announced a great additional feature — with … Continue reading →
Amazing Video Of Outer Space
This amazing video combines footage taken by NASA’s Cassini and Voyager missions. I’m adding it to The Best Images Taken In Space.
What Are The Roles Of Parents, Teachers & Adminstrators In Parent Engagement Versus Parent Involvement?
Follow-Up: Parent Engagement vs. Parent Involvement is a new short post I’ve written at Education Week. It briefly explores the roles of parents, teachers and administrators in parent engagement versus parent involvement.