The year of the Tablet- but schools don’t know what to do with them?Posted by Kira on February 8, 2012
I was looking at education trends…also checking out the Apple website today, coveting an iPad. Then I found a quote that pretty much summed it up…”2011 will be the year of the tablet, but schools won’t know what to do with them.”
I think tablets are great- our own Barb has an iPad and it helps [...]
Google Presentations help Teachers and Students collaborate.Posted by Kira on January 18, 2012
I recently did a training for the teachers at my school and taught them how to use GoogleDocs, which I am VERY fond of. In this training, I had them all sign up for a google account, which is free and easy. Then I had them get into groups and prepare a collaborative document. This [...]
Teaching without LecturingPosted by Kira on November 16, 2011
So, my Principal decided (now, after 1st quarter is over….) that we cannot lecture anymore. What, you say? How do you teach a class like Art History without lecture? Well, I’m having a go at it right now. It is difficult and requires some planning, and I have decided to use a “blended” model. I [...]
Teachers, Help yourself! Using what’s there in the classroom.Posted by Kira on October 26, 2011
Let’s face it, times are tough now compared to “the old days.” This is not your mother’s teaching career. In my stressed art department, 5 teachers service 1250 high school students with a budget of $0 for three years…we finally got a $4000 order approved after we ran out of black, white, brown, and yellow [...]
More Digital Teacher Tools- Turning it in with DropBoxPosted by Kira on October 5, 2011
So this year, I have more students than ever. With growing population at my desirable school and shrinking budgets statewide, I have up to 50 students in each of my digital art classes. Whew! The most overwhelming thing for me is keeping up with turned in assignments and grading. I had been using googledocs, which [...]
Twitter: Novel Approach to Routine Academic PracticePosted by Marsha on September 19, 2011
Most teachers are opened minded and eager to engage their students. This was evident to us when we facilitated a session this past weekend at FRA, Florida Reading Association, called If You Tweet, They Will Follow. As promised, we want to share the ideas our participants came up with about ways to use Twitter for [...]
