Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat are your favorite education myths? A few weeks ago I blogged about Dale’s mythical “Cone of Experience”. These sorts of things seem to hang on quite tenaciously, and sometimes even gets perpetuated by experts in the field. The learning styles … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesThis is a really great list: 30 Things To Tell Students You’ll Never See Again. Print this out and put it up on a wall somewhere where you’ll see it often. Read it every day. Seriously. 30 Things To Tell Students … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorth Sharing: 17 Rare Images Tell the Real Story of Women in Tech – Mic “Tech isn’t a male dominated field, in many respects. Women are responsible for some of the core innovations that drive the Internet today. It’s increasingly important … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m putting these here, so I’ll be able to find them again. Create Games with Construct 2 – Scirra.com An HTML 5 Game creator. I haven’t tried it myself so can’t comment on how good it is. Looks interesting though. … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn response to the other day’s post about the differences between these terms, I have produced my own table outlining the differences. You’ll notice mine is a little more complex. That’s because the differences are more complex than the original … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere’s another fairly recent talk, also from CNIE 2014. [P] Presentation Becker, K. (2014) Walking the Talk : Signature Pedagogies and Metateaching in Graduate-Level Education Courses, CNIE 2014 Confluences: Spaces, Places & Cultures for Innovative Learning, Kamloops, BC, May 13-16, … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteEdward Snowden: The World Says No to Surveillance – NYTimes.com. I know a lot of people seem to think that the kind of surveillance is necessary, that it somehow keeps us safer, and that if you have nothing to hide … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is the second and last part of my response to the Audrey Test (see my previous post). I’m calling it the Becker Ed Tech Test (BETT) because I already have the Becker Lazy Test (BLT), which is something I developed some years … Continue reading