5 Tips for Staying Motivated This Semester
The ability to stay motivated is essential for virtual school (and all) students to be successful. Motivation is not something that you are born with. […]
April Student Tech Tip: Getting Academic Help
For this month’s student tech tip, I’d like to highlight two resources shared on the Edudemic website. Edudemic is a site that provides educational technology […]
Reflections on “Cut the curriculum” [Richardson; K-12 focused]
Cut the curriculum — from willrichardson.com by Will Richardson Excerpt: Here’s an idea: A Minimal Viable Curriculum (MVC). That’s what Christian Talbot over at Basecamp is […]
#GuildChat for 1/18/19: Teaching Rarely Used Skills
Our next #GuildChat takes place Friday, January 18th at 11am PT / 2pm ET. Our topic for this week’s chat is on Teaching Rarely Used […]
You Have the Power, Don’t Give it Away
What is power? Looking at the standard definition we see this: “the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the […]
Reflections on obtaining a long term return on investment (ROI) in our current learning
From DSC: First of all, an excerpt from an email from RetrievalPractice.org: Last week, we talked about an activity we call Flash Forward. Simply ask your […]
Join Me And Keep Ideas From Fading Away
I’m sitting here on Halloween having just finished carving the pumpkins with my daughter and wife. It has become a tradition to get all the […]
7 Common Reasons for eLearning Course Drop-Outs
The online education trend has skyrocketed over the last several years, as more and more individuals are signing up for digital courses. The benefits involved […]
DC: What a powerful picture! We approach learning experiences differently.
From DSC: The picture below was posted in the item below from edutopia. What a powerful picture! And not just for art or drama teachers! […]
Grabbing someone’s attention to get through “the gate” [Christian]
From DSC: Ever notice how effective Ted Talks begin? They seek to instantly grab your attention with a zinger question, a somewhat shocking statement, an […]
Will Gamification Work for Everyone?
Gamification is one of the hottest topics in eLearning today. In short, Gamification involves adding elements to eLearning similar to what you would find in […]
Choice: The key to reaching every student [Graves]
Choice: The key to reaching every student — from flr.flglobal.org by Terra Graves Excerpt: Who doesn’t like to have a choice? This seems like a no-brainer to […]
