I am now almost finished with my second year as Director of Educational Technology at my current school, and my experiences have left me reflecting about the role of the secondary school in education. Over my thirteen years as an English educator, my classroom strategies changed as my understanding of […]
This first installment of my “How-To” series will focus on Diigo, the social bookmarking and annotation site. When I first started playing with social bookmarking sites early in the century, I was a devoted delicious user. I looked at Diigo at one point, but it was primitive at the time, […]
“But WHY do we have to read this?” “When will I EVER use this again?!” “This book is so BORING!” I have been teaching English Language Arts for 12 years, and I have heard them all: the excuses, tantrums, sob stories, and (not always constructive) criticisms. As a teacher, I […]
Knowing how to put together a successful game involves system-based thinking, problem solving, collaboration, art, storytelling, and digital media literacy. -“Gamestar Mechanic” Developers
I have decided to turn my English class into a video game. Yup, that’s right. A video game. An MMORPG to be exact. However, the process of “gamifying” my English classroom is not as easy as it sounds. For those of you not familiar with gamification, you may want to […]