Presenter: Ben Rimes Location: St. Joseph, MI, USA Twitter: @techsavvyed Presentation Description: Traditional story problems are dull. They’re usually disconnected from real world scenarios and learner’s experiences, and are presented in an artificial manner. Through the use of video, students and teachers can capture genuine moments of curiosity and real world examples for use in the [...]
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Video Story Problems
Posted by Ginger Lewman on October 30th, 2012
Posted in 2012, Student Voices 
Tags: curiosity, k12online, k12online11, math, science, story problems, video 
3 Comments »Beyond eLearning: Online Teaching Platforms
Posted by Susan van Gelder on October 24th, 2012
Presenter: Dr. Jeremy Friedberg Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Twitter: @spongelab Presentation Description: What can platform technology do for eLearning? Platforms are what multimedia creators use to distribute their content to a user-base. In a learning context, platforms are also used to track and analyse the behaviour of users, in order to understand precisely how content [...]
Posted in 2012, Getting Started Tags: e-learning, elearning, game based learning, gaming, k12online, k12online12, multimedia, online learning platforms, science, spongelab 1 Comment »Technology as an Ally in the IB Science class
Posted by Ginger Lewman on December 5th, 2011
Presenter: Antonio Amaral Cunha & Silvana Meneghini Location: São Paulo, Brazil @smenegh Presentation Title: Technology as an Ally in the IB Science class Presentation Description: The “Flipped Classroom” strategy involves using some type of technology to provide instruction to students before coming to class and using class time for more higher level thinking and interaction. [...]
Posted in 2011, 2011-Level Up Tags: flipped classroom, google docs, ib, k12online, k12online11, science 4 Comments »Technology and Drama – Teaching with Glove Puppets
Posted by Amanda Marrinan on October 29th, 2010
Presenter: Roland Gesthuizen Location: Melbourne, Australia Link to presenter’s K12Online Ning Profile page Presentation Title: Technology and Drama – teaching with glove puppets Presentation Description: A junior science class is used here to demonstrate a lesson about multicelular organisms using glove puppets with a constructivist approach to problem solving and blended learning model. It has [...]
Posted in 2010-Week in the Classroom Tags: arts, drama, k12online10, science, teaching, technoogy 5 Comments »Teaching Science to 21st Century Learners
Posted by Amanda Marrinan on October 26th, 2010
Presenter: Britt Gow Location: Hawkesdale, Victoria, Australia Link to presenter’s K12Online Ning Profile page Presentation Title: Teaching Science to 21st Century Learners Presentation Description: This presentation demonstrates how web2.0 tools can be used in the science class to enhance learning, celebrate achievements and encourage collaboration. It includes video of student interviews, examples of student work [...]
Posted in 2010-Week in the Classroom Tags: 21st_Century, Australia, brittgow, k12online10, learning, science, teaching 3 Comments »
