by brholland | Sep 20, 2016 | All Topics, Blended Learning
Which app is best for coursework depends on the tasks students will perform and the skills you want them to develop. A few years ago, I wrote about creating an edtech ecosystem. Each ecosystem contains different tools and apps, and deciding which is best depends on...
by brholland | Dec 16, 2013 | All Topics, Future Learning
On a given day, how much time do your students spend working on their fluency? At the elementary level, hours are devoted to reading and speaking fluency. In middle and high school, students read aloud, deliver oral presentations, and write in a variety of formats to...
by brholland | Jan 24, 2013 | All Topics
For the past few days, I’ve been playing with a Chromebook. Though I have been an advocate of Google’s myriad web products since the beta-test Gmail account that I was invited to open over 10 years ago, I had not previously put my hands on one of these devices. I may...
by brholland | Oct 22, 2012 | All Topics
I wrote this post with my colleague, Shawn McCusker (@ShawnMcCusker), from Chicago. It first appeared on Edudemic and then was re-blogged at EdTechTeacher. So, here it is again – just in case you missed it there… Are you a Beta-Max? Now that we are all...
by brholland | Jun 26, 2012 | All Topics
My first classroom was a 50 foot sailboat. For several years, I worked my way up the food chain at ActionQuest – an adventure learning program based in the British Virgin Islands – from instructor to skipper. During my first summer running a boat, I...