by Marsha Ratzel | Jul 19, 2011 | Personal Learning Networks, Teacher Leadership 2.0, The How of 21st Century Teaching, Voices, Web Tools That Deepen Learning
Ever wish Twitter provided a more coherent narrative? This tale of science adventure is being told both to underscore the value of Personal Learning Networks and to demo the power of Storify. Storify helps you assemble disparate tweets, pictures, retweets, responses to tweets and direct messages into one place — and one storyline. Add narration and extra information to the Twitter content, and you now have a chance to tell a tale and help others understand what happened.
by Marsha Ratzel | Jun 24, 2011 | Less Teacher, More Student, The How of 21st Century Teaching, Voices, Web Tools That Deepen Learning
So it’s summer, and I’m on my back porch thinking about my teaching over the past year and wondering what I did well and where I could improve. I can be quite philosophical about it in June. But come August, I want a sharp, logically designed, power-packed unit to start off the year. I want to set the bar high and give my students room to find out what they’re made of.
