Well Paced A course can consist of a series of emails, a series of blogposts published to a private blog for participants. A well-paced e-course will have a regular schedule, once a day, or for longer e-courses once a week. Posting or emailing at the same time each day ensures that participants soon get used …
Category Archive: Teach
Jun
11
After the trainer leaves
Opportunities for keeping the spark alive Opportunities for keeping the spark alive after professional development is over and the teachers return to their classrooms are often missed. Here are a collection of ideas to reinforce and recapture that initial rush of enthusiasm Schedule practice time on a regular basis. Encourage participants to snag a partner …
May
10
Edcamp Boston Takeaways
Edcamp Boston unconference was this Saturday. It was so successful many teachers left with the hope of doing the same type of unconference professional development model at their school. It can be a very hard sell to the powers that be because it can come out all wrong and counter intuitive and it sounds so …
Oct
25
Creating a Movement for Change @ massCUE10
Welcome MassCUE members. I am excited to present Wednesday (3:15 Blue 14). Our session at MassCUE10 this year describes how the ideas of a grassroots technology group in a high school spread to include the whole school and how using this simple idea in your own school can help improve the use of technology schoolwide. The …
Oct
04
MSLA Digital Literacy Challenge
Welcome MSLA members. Excited to present at the conference today. All the materials for the digital literacy challenge can be found on the conference page HERE MSLA Digital Literacy Challenge What is your favorite web 2.0 tool?Input your answer at http://wiffiti.com/screens/10113
Aug
17
Google Forms & email alerts
If you have a google form on your website or blog and occasionally someone might submit some information. It would be useful to get an email alert to let you know there has been activity. For example, I have a google form HERE that I want to publicize and have people use periodically while at …
Aug
07
Save time this year with 18 free technology tools
i-am-marvin Save time by eliminating the need for photocopying, Publish your class materials using googledocs, scribd or issuu Bonus: Super easy is to share short docs or post its by simply capturing a photo and publishing it, similar to these classroom rules from Keri Smith’s blog Save time by taking your quizzes online and away …
Jul
15
How will you share your conference?
Do you find it easier to share resources and ideas with like-minded people in your pln (personal learning network) than with colleagues in the next classroom who may not be as active online? During a visit to the magnet school “The Science Leadership Adademy” in Philadelphia in April 2010 Bill Gates said that schools need …
May
05
Dropio and voice messages in the classroom
Discover Simple, Private Sharing at Drop.io Capturing ideas has been on my mind lately. I use evernote when working, but I often get the best ideas away from my computer either while on a walk or on a bike ride. I usually have my phone with me, I often message pictures to evernote, but I …
Nov
30
K12 online conference 2009 keynote
I will be joining educators worldwide at the k12 online conference 2009 over the next three weeks. No travel required, attendance flexible, learning inevitable. Join us, the schedule is posted here, however if you get there late, don’t worry, the presentations will be waiting for you. The keynote below was published this morning and provided a …
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I'm Lindsey Barlow, online learning designer & trainer. What do you want to teach? Because... I like to design courses.
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