Ed Tech by Sophie

Go after the “New Cheese”

As a part of our professional development our principal sent us the book, Who Moved My Cheese? . As soon as I read the title I thought what does this have to do with education. Giving in to to my curiosity, I opened the book and read the first page.

A New Way of Thinking

Technology education should be about developing a way of thinking, taught as part of a broad, diverse curriculum

Welcome

Introduction: This blog holds my thoughts, quotes & research that I have collected over the years.

New Language

While local educators are taking notice of text slang, they aren’t alarmed by its presence. “You tell them, ‘Look, there’s a context for everything....

Youtube v.s. Books

On YouTube, “you can get a whole story in six minutes,” he explains. “A book takes so long. I prefer the immediate gratification. Unchecked...

How Learning Should Be

“This is how learning should be,” she said. “It should be active, it should be engaging. It should use a variety of modalities. That’s...

Project Based Learning

Many of us out there know that project-based learning (PBL) inspires students to understand core content knowledge more deeply and gain key skills for...