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Online and Smartphone Resources for Improving Classroom Engagement and Assessment

I had the pleasure of participating in a learning event a couple weeks ago at Sacred Heart University. The event known as Faculty Showcase: Teaching Innovations- Experiments from the Classroom was a great opportunity for college instructors to share ideas with each other about what does and does not work in each of our classrooms….

Perceptions of Teacher Technology Skills

I have written about the concept of digital natives in previous posts. My assertion was that although sound in concept, the term digital native could raise some misperceptions. I have met many people for whom English is a second language who speak the language very fluently and competently. I have also met many who grew…

Using Google Forms for Assessment and Data Gathering

I teach Advanced Placement Psychology at the high school where I work. There is some pressure associated with this because I am the only one teaching AP Psychology and poor student performance would be completely on me. More importantly, the student put their faith in me to prepare them adequately for the exam. The good…

Kahoot: A New Assessment Option

Note: Kahoot has added a team option that allows students to work collaboratively as a group since this post was originally written. In one of my earlier posts, I wrote about Assessment and Apps tools. I use the tools I spoke about in that post in different classes depending on the course, the content, and…

Learning From Our Mistakes

“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” -Einstein Part of the growth process involves risk. I often tell students that I will be pushing them out of their comfort zone. I use the analogy of exercise. You will not get stronger by lifting light weights that are not a challenge for…