In this webinar, Dr. Jackie Gerstein took us from pedagogy to andragogy to heutagogy and from instructivism to constructivism to connectivism – all within the context of mobile learning.
What a year! In 2014, edWeb.net hosted nearly 300 live webinars with presenters and attendees from all over the world. Many thanks to our wonderful partners for supporting these events.
In Part One of the Five-Session Series for the Implementing Common Core Standards in Math Community on edWeb.net, Dr. Sara Delano Moore shared an overview of the series and discussed student understanding of the number system, an essential foundation for this work. View the webinar and delve into number sense and the role of visual models in developing concepts and procedures.
Each year, the Education Division of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) spotlights new companies and products in the education technology market with a semi-annual Innovation Incubator Awards Competition.
How many young people do you know who have run a lemonade stand, or taken part in charitable events like Penny Harvest? Despite kids’ natural interest in money, few states require schools to teach financial literacy, and fewer than 20% of teachers say they feel competent teaching courses in it, according to the Council for Economic Education. In this TIME For Kids webinar, we focused on fun, engaging, and effective ways to bring financial literacy to the classroom.
You will learn about the importance of establishing a classroom philosophy and defining clear instructional objectives, plus important management policies for your class. Keith also provided guidance for selecting the software that your students need to explore the capabilities of the digital photography medium.
The four-part Formative Assessment Webinar Series explores strategies for strengthening the role of formative assessment in mathematics instruction. In the series’ fourth and final interactive session, Dr. Sara Delano Moore focused on the power of rich mathematical tasks to support formative assessment.
In this webinar, presented by The Digital Educator community at edWeb.net, Tanya Avrith addressed a framework to get started with teaching digital citizenship in your class/school. Learn ideas on how you can begin to teach your students how to build their digital identities and become caring citizens of a connected world using social media and the web.
In this webinar, Steve Spangler shared his creative ideas and strategies to teach hands-on science through the medium of children’s literature. Learn how to use elements of the storyline to get students to think more like a scientist. You’ll be ready to create a collection of STEM experiences your children will never forget.
In this webinar, presented by the Arts and Music community at edWeb.net, participants were introduced to the ways in which developmentally appropriate and enjoyable music and movement activities can be used as a catalyst for family engagement in school and at home, ultimately creating a musical community that benefits the development of the whole child.