Useful Sites, How-Tos, Student Samples
If you tried to visit this blog directly today you probably got a message about being unable to connect to the database. My web hosting company made some changes recently and this blog and several others I’ve got for student projects and other things got disconnected. Luckily, most everything is back in working [...]
Note: I normally write about the things I do with the 6-8th graders at my school, but this post is an extension of a 1 credit class I teach to undergraduates. You can follow some of the things we’re doing in class at tech42s.pbworks.com.
Dear Tech 42s,
Over the past month we’ve covered a variety [...]
My 7th graders finished a unit on Europe last week and we used a lot of different tools along the way. The unit was built around a mock trip to Europe. After some preliminary map work and a few lessons on general history, the students got to work on researching their trip.
For their [...]
I’ve written several times recently about how I use Drop.io with my students. In response to some questions about it from readers and colleagues, I created this presentation (with screenshots) about how to use drop.io. It doesn’t go beyond the basics, but it will help you get started. This presentation is pretty [...]
My time has been short the past couple weeks, but my students have been creating a lot of great content. They’ve also bombed out on a few things. Last week my 8th graders were working on podcasts for our wave energy unit in physical science. What started off promising ended as a big buzzkill.
With limited [...]