by John McCarthy | Mar 20, 2015 | Differentiated Instruction, PBL, Pedagogy, Project Based Learning, resources
Spending 2 days at MACUL conference 2015 was a pleasure and good learning experience. I appreciate the diverse topics that MACUL addresses. As an instructional technology organization MACUL does an excellent job of nurturing the dialog around instruction and learning...
by John McCarthy | Mar 19, 2015 | PBL, Pedagogy, Project Based Learning, resources, strategies
Authentic Audiences Purpose: Engaging Students in Learning that Means Something by John McCarthy, Ed.S. Follow on Twitter: @jmccarthyeds – https://twitter.com/JMcCarthyEdS When my kids get excited about school it’s a wonderful moment. This is especially true as...
by John McCarthy | Aug 25, 2014 | Assessments, Formative Assessments, resources, strategies, Voice
40+ ePortfolio Resources e-Portfolios empower students to be reflective about their learning. Sifting through their work, they find artifacts that best represents their deep understanding academically, personally, and professionally. There are different uses for...
by John McCarthy | Mar 3, 2014 | Global Skills, resources, strategies
During a PLN twitter #satchat[i] session on a Saturday morning, Charity Stephens[ii], a teacher, shared her use of Tagboard.com with her students. The students studied grammar—different elements of pronoun usage. When Charity introduced hashtags to support the work,...
by John McCarthy | Feb 10, 2014 | resources
At every workshop I facilitate, I share several resources that support teacher’s supporting student learning. Recently in Nashville, TN, I asked the teachers to share resources that they use in working with students. What follows is the list they generated. What...
by John McCarthy | Nov 11, 2013 | Global Skills, resources
So last week, I posed this riddle: “You’re standing in a room with two doors. One opens to instant death, and the other leads to life. Standing in front of each door is a robot guard. With no other way out of the room, you must choose a door to enter. You may ask one...