Monthly Archives: March 2011
Five questions I haven’t been able to answer yet about the inverted classroom
Between the Salman Khan TED talk I posted yesterday and several talks I saw at the ICTCM a couple of weeks ago, it seems like the inverted classroom idea is picking up some steam. I’m eager myself to do more … Continue reading
Filed under Education, Inverted classroom, Life in academia, Teaching
Salman Khan on the inverted classroom
Salman Khan, of the Khan Academy, sounds off on the potential of pre-recorded video lectures to change education in the video below. He calls it “flipping” the classroom, but around here we call it the inverted classroom. I like especially that … Continue reading
How I make screencasts: Lecture capture, part 1
Sorry for the time in between posts lately. It’s been an odd mix of attending conferences, getting ready to attend conferences, and spending time in the hospital being treated for skin infections picked up at those conferences for the last … Continue reading
Filed under Apple, Camtasia, Screencasts, Technology
A binary notion of “understanding”
Another great insight from Seymour Papert, via The Daily Papert blog. I put it up on my Posterous blog this morning but I thought it could go here too: Many children who have trouble understanding mathematics also have a hopelessly … Continue reading
Why I am giving up Twitter and Facebook for Lent
I don’t often write on CO9′s about my faith, so I hope you’ll indulge me for a bit. Since this is also a post about technology, I figured it fits. This has to do with Lent. In the Christian church … Continue reading
Filed under Casting Out Nines, Social software, Technology
Discussion thread: Student responsibilities
I’d be interested in hearing your thoughts on the following statement about responsibilities in college: In college, it’s the student’s responsibility to initiate requests for help on assignments, and it’s the instructor’s responsibility to respond to those requests in a … Continue reading
Filed under Education, Life in academia, Student culture, Teaching
How I make screencasts: The planning phase.
So I said in the first post in this series that I would start in with the workflow and tool set I use for making the different kinds of screencasts I do. But there’s a “square one” to the workflow … Continue reading
Filed under Educational technology, Inverted classroom, Screencasts, Teaching, Technology
