Ever since I saw a presentation on Augmented Reality at TCEA this year, I have been pumped about using it in my classroom. However, I haven’t seen a lot of user-friendly applications for every-day teachers yet. I tried desperately to get AR Sights to work on my Mac at home and on my PC at school, and … Read more
Talk Typer is a website that works best in the Google Chrome Browser. Without installing any software, you can choose from several languages, then speak into your microphone, and Talk Typer will print the text of your speech. You can then look at what it produces, make any corrections you would like, and then move … Read more
I ran across the video for The Independent Project yesterday, and was immediately intrigued by the idea. Some high school students basically created their own “school-within-a-school” in which they pursued their own interests. One student developed the idea, and 8 students ended up participating in the pilot project. This excerpt is taken from their “White … Read more
One way to engage students in school is to make their learning relevant to them. And, one way to do this is to let them start thinking about possible careers and how their learning can be useful in those careers. Paws in Jobland is a great site for younger students to learn about many of … Read more
Last week, I featured the topic of Universal Design for Learning. You can learn more about it here. One of the proponents of UDL, and a man who practices what he preaches, is named Jon Mundorf. When he spoke at the UDL Institute at Harvard a couple of weeks ago, he mentioned something he does … Read more
This post completes my week-long feature of Universal Design for Learning, a project with the mission to maximize learning for all students. To read the earlier posts, you can click on these: Universal Design for Learning, Variability Matters, Planning for All Learners, and Learning Wheel. Another tool that is provided by CAST, the organization that … Read more