CS-First users: you should have received an e-mail from CS-First about their suggestion for this year’s Hour of Code activity. Create your own Google logo using CS First / Scratch. Apart from the on line activity and templates, they are…
Flippity
I recently found Flippity and now it has become one of my favorite tools. It allows you to create a lot of activities related to vocabulary and definitions. It is based on different Google Spreadsheets templates that you can use…
What I have learned from “blending” my class this year (4)
I promise that this “series” of post about blended-learning will also include some “tech tips” or “hints” related to the use of the Learning Management System that our District has provided to “blend” our classes. Our District has adopted Canvas…
What I have learned from “blending” my class this year (3)
Digital natives vs. Digital literacy Another important thing that I have confirmed (not learned as I already was aware of it) is that our “digital natives” are not necessarily digitally literate. It is our responsibility, as their teachers, to give…
What I have learned from “blending” my class this year (2)
Students’ accountability One of the things that the “blended-learning” approaches promote is students’ accountability, in some way. I mean, students are given much more responsibility on what they learn, the pace they want to learn, and how to deal with…
What I have learned from “blending” my class this year (1)
I am planning to share and update what I am learning about my “personalized-learning” / “blended-learning” classes this year in this blog. This is my first, introductory post. If I have to define my proposal for this year, I should…