At ISTE last week, Jane McGonigal showed a fascinating trailer that had been designed for a project she was doing with the New York Public Library. Â You can see it here. I was intrigued by the concept, and thought it would be a great way to introduce Genius Hour to my students this coming school … Read more
It’s Fun Friday, and I want to share with you an augmented reality app that I saw demonstrated at ISTE this week by Hall Davidson. Â The app, IMAG-N-O-TRON: “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore,” is designed to accompany the picture book of the same title. Â You may remember that I shared with you … Read more
Adam Bellow, the man behind Educlipper, Â is now my top Education Rock Star. Â The man is amazing, engaging, and generous. Â I was fortunate to witness two of his sessions at ISTE this week, and I was inspired to fill two pages of Pages on my my iPad with new ideas for the upcoming school year. … Read more
One of the booths I visited at the massive ISTE expo this week was the Brainpop booth. Â I got my picture taken with Moby, the famous Brainpop “mascot”, but, trust me, you don’t want to see it. Â This one is much better (Moby is on your right): I haven’t shared a lot about Brainpop on … Read more
I intended to spend this week posting about what I have learned at ISTE, but I came across this site last night, and could not wait to share it. Â It combines quite a few of the educational topics that are near and dear to my heart: creativity, self-designed learning, gamifying the classroom, and even programming … Read more
I have the good fortune of attending the International Society for Technology in Education annual conference in San Antonio this week. Last night, Dr. Jane McGonigal gave the opening keynote to around 6000 of us, and we might have broken a world record for thumb wrestling. If you have not heard of Dr. McGonigal, you … Read more