Numbers tell stories*. The difficulty is in getting them to do so in a way that humans understand.
A side project (feasible?) I’m currently working on for work is a functional, real time data dashboard. In my mind I can picture the end result of a dashboard that serves up relevant and understandable data that [...]
Problem:
In an online class, with middle school and high school students, how do you deal with due dates?
What we’re seeing
In Moodle, you can create due dates for assignments, forums, and quizzes. This has the nice feature that a big fat warning appears in front of students telling them when something is due. [...]
This year is the first year we’ve piloted a purely online (developed in-house, sort of) course. The course is health, and currently we have 60+ students in 3 classes.
Because it’s a pilot, it’s obviously a learning experience. This semester I plan to blog about what we learn, what works, what doesn’t work, what challenges [...]
There are some 7.2 million teachers in the United States. Some are good, some are bad. Some are luddites and some are patiently waiting the singularity.
The biggest trick for me, as a teacher (or in my current case, semi-teacher), is to connect with other creative educators who think outside the box. In the past [...]
The NYTimes has an interesting article on the blurring of lines between work and home because smartphones allow you to be constantly in touch.
It’s a conversation my wife and I have had recently. We’re committed to putting the phones/computers down from the time we get home to the time our daughters go to [...]
I used to post on this blog every 2 weeks (at the very least). What happened?
To be blunt: my job got really really busy.
And that isn’t a complaint. I love my job immensly. It’s awesome.
But I haven’t spent much time sharing observations and articles because, well, I haven’t had time. Today I [...]
A wonkish look at the development of mobile apps for the education community…a good bit technical, but for those interested….
The Penny Determination Algorithm…in which Mr Meyer asks how we should be asking our kids to think.
Does Teacher Tenure have a Future?…in which Scott McLeod thinks probably not.
