Chris selected as K12OnlineConference keynote speaker Each year the K12OnlineConference provides tremendous professional development for free, and entirely online. This year, they have selected me as one of their keynote speakers. I am thrilled to have been chosen and look forward to participating in the conversation. Read the full post announcing all the keynote speakers here.
Two quick links on Cognitive Load Theory I've been fielding lots of questions lately about Cognitive Load Theory. Here are two quick links that may be useful. First is an article talking about the practical implications of CLT on the design of learning. The second are some "recent" (as of 2003) developments regarding CLT. Happy reading! Update: I clarified the second...
Practical advice on kids and Android app development After hearing about my students' success developing an Android app, I've gotten several emails asking for more details as to how I practically worked with my kids. Here are some pointers that I offered to the first person that emailed me, perhaps they are of some use to you. Please note that your mileage may vary. It's ok to not be...
Publishing an App Inventor app to the Android Market As I mentioned earlier, my students and I published an Android app to the Android Market. See those links for more information on the background. This post is decidedly technical. First, once we finished the coding process, we packaged the app for to download to the computer. This is an option in App Inventor. This downloaded an .apk file....
Designing and publishing an Android app with kids This post is designed to provide some context around how/why we decided to build this app. The more technical details of the code and how we published it will come in a future post. My students and I recently completed and published an Android app, and here's how we did it. First, the genesis for this goes back to a question I asked...
May
31
Category : General
A few days ago, I mentioned that I wish I had a little video to show 5th graders to convince them to take Spanish when they get to CrossRoads.
Some of my kids were already on a video shoot when they caught wind of my wish, and this is what they produced, entirely on their own.
Kids, they’re too cool!
Click through to watch it in HD or hit the direct link.
Dec
09
I am just so darn proud of my kids. I can’t help it! I’m brimming with excitement for the amazing work my 6th graders are doing!
Have you taken a look lately at www.teachjeffspanish.com?
I’m most impressed with the Scavenger Hunt for Spanish episodes (1,2)which are written, directed and edited by students.
My question is, how can I get more folks to come and see the goodness we’ve got going on over there? I mean, we’ve got Youtube video love, a cool ClustrMap going on, word-of-the-day posts, and a whole lot more!
So what should I add to the site to make it better? Stickier?
What about you? Have you subscribed to the iTunes feed to get new episodes of the show? Are you subscribed to the feed to get new posts? You should be.
Anything you think I could add to make it better?
