Interviewing subjects isn’t just that thing HR Managers do. In fact, interviewing can be a great form of experiential learning. This is true whether students...
What do your students see when they look in the mirror? Do they see someone worthwhile or someone who will never be good enough? While...
In my previous article on this subject, I wrote about the Maker Movement and its importance to the educational realm. The Maker Movement is also...
Decades before the computer revolution began to spread in earnest, science fiction’s most creative minds sketched out a future most of us never thought we’d...
If you’re like most people, you think of drones in a military or even in a police context. It’s no wonder why, really, when they...
By now, saying that “the iPad is a great tool for customizing the classroom” wouldn’t exactly be breaking news. But while this holds true for...
It is tough to think about what is on the horizon for K-12 education in 2015 without thinking about the changes that have occurred in...
Photo Credit: Mike Linksvayer With a motto like, “Ideas worth spreading,” it’s almost like TED Talks were made for the classroom — after all,...
Last year, Edudemic published a list of the most essential and popular educational tools used in modern classrooms across the globe. While many of 2013’s...
The first time I encountered the term, “nonverbal learning disability,” I was in the middle of an intake call with a parent, and I had...
It’s easy to take digital technology for granted these days. To students who were practically born with an iPad in their hands, it’s hard to...
From the computer to the iPad, technology is revolutionizing how we work, play, socialize, and learn (sometimes all at once). In celebration of Computer Science Education...
Just about a year ago, we published a post detailing the 10 best web tools for enhancing the reading experience. We still love those tools...
“You’re too old to learn a foreign language.” “I couldn’t work on computers. I’m just not good with them.” “I’m not smart enough to run...
If you’ve had an iPad (or several) in your classroom for any extended period of time, you’re probably familiar with the many practical ways this...
Some call today’s students “digital natives.” Others call them the “distracted generation.” Whichever term you prefer, it’s clear they’re both far more than labels: they...
Here’s a little scenario that will be familiar to most teachers. There you are leading a brainstorm for a creative project, when you notice several...
Recently, the NY Times ran an excellent article entitled: A Natural Fix for ADHD. In this piece, Dr. Richard Friedman, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and...
Photo credit: Francisco Osorio If there’s been a single educational buzzword with traction over the past few years, “student-centered learning” certainly tops the charts. From...
For educators, there are few things more frustrating than looking out into a classroom during the middle of a lecture and seeing nothing but bent...
A fight or flight reaction may be useful in some situations, but it is highly detrimental in the classroom. Whether anxiety stems from test taking...
Google Drive empowers teachers as they use Google Docs to provide real time feedback. It also helps students engage in discourse via Google Moderator, and...
Imagine trying to read a sentence when every other word looks like made-up gibberish. It’s exhausting to read the sentence over and over again, trying...
When app-smashing on iPad, students and teachers use multiple apps to create individual pieces of content that are then merged or smashed together into one...
Google Docs is a powerful word processing tool that many schools have adopted. As it’s similar to Microsoft Word and other word processing tools, most...