It’s interesting to see Wired University’s view of essential learning. One quick perusal of their “7 Essential Skills” shows that BCC’s Core Competencies are aligned with what new professionals need […]
This article discusses some sophisticated uses of LA in the classroom, such as: what if you could track responses to a problem, then have a student’s computer group him/her with […]
This is from the Gates Foundation – how they view the achievement gap: Next Generation Learning and the Innovation Imperative View more presentations from PostsecondaryImprovement.
Some of the Quicktime videos and fonts did not come out quite like the original, but there is a lot of useful information here for review of the Summer Institute […]
The link below is to an excellent short essay by Chris Dede of the Harvard School of Ed. In the piece, he describes the meeting of classical approaches to education […]
“…. four best practices for faculty who want to use social media (and we should!) … Be transparent. Explain why it’s required, what students will be graded on, etc. Explain […]
A professor wrote in the Chronicle of Higher Ed: I have this class that only enrolled about 20 students last spring. So, as i re-prep the same class for this […]
An exciting prospect for a student team project, check the link below! Social Entreprenurial Student Leadership – USSESL Posted using ShareThis
The title sounds a bit soft, but there are many valuable findings in this article for educators, e.g., “As for college-goers, UC Berkeley psychologist Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton has found that cross-racial […]
Here is a another in the series of Common Craft’s short youtube videos that explain key technologies. Now that BCC students have Google email “gmail,” it might be time to […]
