“White Men by David Reeves“ The “flipped classroom” is a way of describing instructional methods that invert the traditional model of learning where the teacher dispenses content to her or his students during lessons and then sends them on their way to complete problems and meaning-making at home. In flipped instruction, students front-load the content…
Category: iPad
iPads in K1
Can digital tools help us learn? That was the question we were exploring today. One of our answers? It can help you start your own band! Music! from United World College of SE Asia on Vimeo.
iPads in K1
“…joy in life doesn’t usually come in long stretches for hours at a time, month after month, year after year . . . but in moments.”– unknown K1 HKi used the iPads to take photographs as we went on a number hunt around our school. We found lots of numbers in our environment: “Look, on…
Making Learning Visible – Mobile Video in PE
How do you know what you look like when performing a physical skill? This is a question I ask myself again and again on the golf course when the round ends up going south. Was it my elbow, my grip, am I shifting my feet, not keeping my head down? For anybody who’s watched an…
Thinking Routines & the iPad
The iPad is a great mobile device for recording students thinking on the go. When we combine the iPad, Harvard’s Artful Thinking Palette, Harvard’s Visible Thinking Routines and the free Voicethread app, a plethora of possibilities become available. Sign in to Voicethread*, making sure that the domain you are signing in with is uwc.ed.voicethread.com – if not,…