21centuryedtech

A Special Letter From Santa… Ten Reasons Why Teachers Must Be Magic!

mjgormans — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:30:19 GMT

Welcome to a very special post… one that I will make a tradition to post each holiday season. It was several Christmas Eves ago that I found this letter under my Christmas Tree! I made it a tradition to put it away, until just a few weeks before Christmas...(read more)

Part 1: Flipping The Classroom? … 12 Resources To Keep You On Your Feet

mjgormans — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:12:19 GMT

Welcome to another post rich in resources. If you have come here looking for links that will guide you to videos and multimedia to use in a Flipped Classroom that is coming in a future post. Perhaps you have tried a little Flip of your own and want to...(read more)

Engaging Classroom Lessons With Simple One Take Video… Flip Your Classroom…Address Common Core…Incorporate PBL

mjgormans — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:37:28 GMT

Welcome to a post I take great pride in! Not only can you read the post… but you can download a complete lesson. In this post I explain how you and your students can make a one shot video with no editing, and just one camera. Since it is based on written...(read more)

Another Great Resource Promoting STEM.. 21st Century Skills…Common Core… It’s ScienceNetLinks

mjgormans — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:43:57 GMT

This post is dedicated to highlighting an amazing mega-site providing an awesome collection of resources to educators at all grade levels. The site entitled “Science Netlinks” is so much more then science. It provides a total STEM emphasis by covering...(read more)

Connecting PBL and STEM… 40 Free Engaging Resources To Use In The Classroom

mjgormans — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:00:59 GMT

Welcome to one of my most resource-filled posts ever! One that is dedicated to highlighting some amazing free resources that will help support STEM-based PBL in the classroom . Before introducing this goldmine of resources… I want to thank you for continuing...(read more)

Free Webinar On Project Based Learning And STEM… Join Me For Webinar Wednesday at BIE

mjgormans — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:11:33 GMT

You are invited to join me in attending a free webinar at the Buck Institute For Education. I have had a great time preparing this presentation and I promise you a smorgasbord of resources to support STEM and PBL. Does the title “ PBL Meets STEM… An Incredible...(read more)

Amazing Stop Motion Video Software … It’s Free And Easy…Plus 20 Classroom Uses!

mjgormans — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:48:37 GMT

Welcome to a fun post! One that is dedicated to an amazing yet simple tool. After a short read of this post, and a quick download, you and your students will be ready for an amazing movie making experience. Before introducing this engaging possibility…...(read more)

Part 3… Digital Collaboration Series… TitanPad… No Student Login… A 21st Century Tool!

mjgormans — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:55:19 GMT

Welcome to the third in a series of posts that will inform you of some amazing collaboration tools for your 21st century classroom. These tools promise ease of use, no student log in, and limited teacher set up, allowing for just in time use. After a...(read more)

Part 2…Digital Collaboration Series… TodaysMeet… No Student Log In…Plus 10 Integration Ideas

mjgormans — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:25:10 GMT

Welcome to the second in a series of posts that will inform you of some amazing collaboration tools for your 21st century classroom. These tools promise ease of use, no student log in, and limited teacher set up, allowing for just in time use. After a...(read more)

Part 1…Digital Collaboration Series… Linoit… No Student Log In…Plus 50 Integration Ideas

mjgormans — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:39:43 GMT

Welcome to a series of posts that will inform you of some amazing collaboration tools for your 21st century classroom. These tools promise ease of use, no student log in, and limited teacher set up, allowing for just in time use. After a short read of...(read more)

Ten Steps to Transforming Past Lessons for 21st Century Learners

mjgormans — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 01:24:07 GMT

© Copyright David Hawgood and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons License I travel across the country and continually post to this Blog ways to infuse 21st century skills and technology into the curriculum. I remind teachers that it is important...(read more)

Ten Educational Gaming Sites… Formative Experiences For Elementary Core Learning

mjgormans — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:40:30 GMT

Welcome to another informative post dedicated to learning in the 21st century. I dedicate this post to a wonderful group of teachers I have in an on-line graduate level class in the state of Indiana. I have been learning so much from them as together...(read more)

Free Lunch?… There are Free Math Snacks for the Computer and iPad… A Diet of 21st Century Education Skills!

mjgormans — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:23:55 GMT

I thought it might be fun to check out some digital possibilities with math… and have I found a site to that you will want to sink your teeth in. It’s just plain delicious, entertaining, student oriented, fun, and will have kids smiling as they learn...(read more)

Gapminder… An Amazing Website For All Curricula Promoting Inquiry And Divergent Thinking… A 21st Century Gem!

mjgormans — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 01:37:15 GMT

Welcome to a special post devoted to a rich resource that can be applied across the curriculum including math, science, social studies, and language arts. Not only is this amazing resource an engaging website, it is a place where you can supplement lessons...(read more)

Part 2: The Digital Curriculum… Textbook To Flexbook… Free, Open Source, Engaging!

mjgormans — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 13:35:52 GMT

Everyone is talking about a digital curriculum free of those hard copy textbooks that have been a part of schooling since the advent of the one room schoolhouse. This is the second post in a series devoted to investigating resources that can open up a...(read more)