I’m hearing and reading a lot of warnings about the popular messaging app Snapchat, most based on the misperception that it is primarily a sexting app. While Snapchat can certainly be used for this purpose (as can text messages, email, WhatsApp, Facebook…
This is a great post for educators to consider bringing into class at the start of the year. It gets at two themes popular with our teen students: music and social protest. For teachers, this could be the launchpad for students’ Genius Hour efforts and/or Project-Based Learning units.
Donald Trump made headlines when declaring his candidacy for President by seemingly sabotaging his own effort right out of the gate by spouting off a series of indefensible claims and downright slurs about Mexicans and Latin American immigrants. Corporations from Macy’s to NBC quickly…
There are a lot of folks who are skeptical of Digital Badges. As a vocal proponent of their value, I get frequent pushback from education, industry and policy stakeholders. In most cases, their skepticism is warranted and welcome. The following are the…
Implementing Digital Badges at scale is a huge undertaking. There are many, many challenges, so while this discusses 3 Big Challenges, it is by no means an exhaustive list. For the purpose of this post, think of “scale” as referring to implementing across…
Student Engagement is huge in education. When a lesson is highly engaging, teachers have an amazing feeling in our guts that is distinctly associated with seeing inspired minds learning. It’s something observers look for in classrooms and is now quantified…
As an early-career teacher, the first time I received a positive message from a student I was so…
One of my favorite Web2.0 phenomenon is something called Social Reading. [I describe it as uptexting but we’ll stick with what the real academics call it.] Analogous to Collaborative Writing — think of when our students collaborate in…
These were the top 10 stories published by Verses Education in 2015. You can also dive into monthly archives for 2015 by using the calendar at the top of this page.