Category Archives: Learning

Unpacking a Twitter Conference Feed

March 29, 2015 - Assessment, Conferences, Documenting4Learning, Featured Carousel, Learning, Modern Learning, Twitter, Visible Thinking Routine

Twitter can be overwhelming, even for a seasoned Twitterer. We use tools, such as Tweetdeck, to help us organize the tweets coming in we use #hashtags to filter and connect…

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What will be the most significant classroom innovation in the next 10 years?

February 15, 2015 - Featured Carousel, Learning

What a catching blog post title. It might have caught your attention because of the keywords “the most significant” and “innovations” and the promise of a guide to the future….

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Transfer of Modern Skills, Literacies, Fluency & Independence 4th Grade Style

February 14, 2015 - Assessment, Communication, Featured Carousel, Learning, Modern Learning, Social Networking, Video Conference

I am currently in Argentina getting ready to work with a cohort of teachers at a German school here in Buenos Aires. Andrea Hernandez, a former colleague of mine and…

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From Visible Thinking Routines to 5 Modern Learning Routines

January 11, 2015 - Featured Carousel, Learning, Sketchnoting, Visible Thinking Routine

I have been a fan of Visible Thinking Routines which were developed by Project Zero from Havard, for a while now. I have used these routines with students, as  blogging…

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4 Big Ideas Around the Connected Educator

September 28, 2014 - Conferences, Featured Carousel, Leadership, Learning, Social Networking

The Connected Educator Month is around the corner. Norway, Australia, New Zealand and the USA have organized hundreds of events for educators to learn, connect and collaborate. As I am…

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