Tech Integration
I first discovered the SAMR model at the 2013 ADE Institute in Bali. When it was explained to me I realised that it described in concrete and clear terms the very approaches I had been using in my own...
View ArticleThe Marshmallow Challenge
For a while now I’ve been doing The Marshmallow Challenge with my students whenever teamwork type issues came up. Initially I just let them get right into it but I experimented with a game type...
View ArticleReal Flipped Learning – Making Sure the Flip Doesn’t Flop
My basic usage of the Flipped Learning approach is to take the passive work like watching videos and reading book chapters that were normally done in class, and to ‘flip’ these tasks to homework...
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Learning Technologists – a dying breed?
I’m a member of the Association for Learning Technology and I subscribe to their discussion forum mailing list. Recently a very good thread came out asking if Learning Technologists (their preferred...
View ArticleWinter Projects
I teach at a US style Liberal Arts College / University in Japan. In my department all non native speakers of English have to go through our course for a period of between half a year to a year and a...
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Works in Progress
Photo by Justin See licensed under a Creative Commons 2.0 Attribution license here. It’s ironic that as I reach the end of the COETAIL program I am also reaching the end of my 8 year contract at the...
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Connections, Communications, Collaborations & Creations
Before starting COETAIL I thought I was fairly well connected online, after all I was an Apple Distinguished Educator and a Google Certified Teacher. So obviously I was a connected guy as I was a...
View ArticleFinal Project Video
Well it’s been a long road to this video. And not without some major mishaps. First of all the projection software from my iMac to the large LCD screen crashed during filming. But luckily I had...
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In the Digital Doldrums Revisited
Photo by alexkerhead I have given a couple of presentations at universities here in Japan where I have been quite scathing of the level of educational technology that has penetrated into the...
View ArticleRound up
Just having a look around the final videos and it seems I was not the only one rushing to meet the deadline due to video editing issues / problems. A few people said it was unfamiliarity with iMovie...
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