Tag: Learning
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Micro-Learning and the Future of Education
Since the advent of formalized education, there have been those suggesting it is outdated and about to radically change. While changes do occur, can occur, and should occur – it’s also a bit reactionary to jump at each new trend and suggest it will replace all that has gone before. Radio in Education, Cable TV…
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Using your Raspberry Pi with your iPad – PiPad
Recently, a few changes to the iPad Operating System and the addition of a new software tool have made it possible to do something we haven’t been able to do in the past – bring HDMI INPUT into the iPad. This is a big deal. With an inexpensive HDMI to USB-C Capture Adapter, we can…
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Making Online Courses Engaging
The challenge with a lot of online courses, at least in my opinion, is that they are actually pretty boring. The pattern they follow seems to be: That’s pretty boring. It doesn’t surprise me that completion rates for these types of online courses is low. What we need are to take best practices from classroom…
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Microsoft Whiteboard Updated
This week, the Microsoft Whiteboard underwent some significant updates to both its interface and functionality. There are several changes, so I created a YouTube video on these, but here are a few highlights. Check out the video I posted for a tour of all of the above (and more)
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Taking Notes – how do we make them useful?
Note-taking for learning, research, and to try to stay organized and capture experiences is something I think almost everyone does. It’s certainly a popular topic in the “Productivity” space on Social Media. There’s the Journalling Influencers – with their Moleskin and Leuchtturm books – filled with Bullet Journals, sketches, and the “da Vinci Way” Then,…
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Reading – Every year we want to read more – but how?
Readers read. If you are someone that loves reading, chances are you have many.. MANY more books that you want to read than you have hours in the day – or even years in a lifetime to read. That’s okay. Reading should never be about an obsession to read everything you have even the remotest…
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AI Will Change Education – We Need to Adapt
Will AI tools such as ChatGPT force us to rethink how we teach? I think so.
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Productive Learning Using Technology
Technology as an enabling tool in education is far from a new idea. The ability to leverage technology to assist in the learning process is a vast topic – and one that is at the heart of the majority of my writing, my teaching, and my YouTube Channel. Placing structure before toolsets is important. The…
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Resources for Teaching and Learning
This isn’t as much of a BLOG post as just a list of some resources I have for Teaching, Learning, and Remote work. I was asked to share this – so I thought I’d make it available here.
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Wireless Webcam – a classroom essential – CAMO Update!
The latest update to the CAMO software adds a very useful feature – the ability to go wireless. CAMO has been an excellent tool to turn your phone into a webcam – which is useful for those times you find a system without a built-in camera – or when you want to show different angles,…
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