Using videos to enhance learning

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

The second grader's eyes were wide open gazing at the leaf. He had never seen so many colors before his eyes. You see, he had lived his whole life in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He had never before known leaves to change color. Once I moved back to Washington, in 2004, I ...

Vodcasting your newsletters

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Sometimes I scare myself with the outrageous ideas I have. I’m going into a writing unit and using vodcasting as the mass media to reach an authentic audience. In order to scaffold the work, I need a hook. Today was the creation of one of those hooks. Here’s the first ...