2012 STLP Cinemania Contest & Website
It happens every year… Well at least for the past 4 years anyway. The 2012 Kentucky STLP – Cnemania Contest is kicking off another year with a new website. In the past we’ve communicated and ran the...
View ArticleKeeping up with the Joneses… First, Let’s ID the Joneses (idiom alert)
During a conference session last week, we were discussing the ideas of: devices = access = content. AND that we are all trying to get as much access to content as possible for great learning...
View ArticleDistributing Books Through iBooks Author (part 1)
Like many, I’ve dabbled a bit in iBooks author and if you’ve read several posts on this blog you’d also see that I’ve created some in Pages with ePub exports. It’s all pretty simple. But the final...
View ArticleA (Reluctant) iPad Convert
I have never been an Apple guy. I’ve never owned a Mac, always a PC. I’ve never owned an iPod, always some other .MP3 player (currently my non-iPhone smart phone is my .MP3 player). I don’t have Apple...
View ArticleGoogle Drive “Forms” Competition from Microsoft. Finally!
Whether it’s promoting participation in a Professional Learning opportunity or having people register for an event, I’m a huge user of Google Forms. It is a very quick way to gather quick data from...
View ArticleDOs & DON’Ts of Creating Flipped Classroom Video
This is a recently created video that is being added to an iTunes U Course myself and a few others are developing. The course is all about Digital & Blended Learning strategies. This specific...
View ArticleCoding Robots! at #ISTE13
http://sparky.zacharypower.com For some unexpected reason, I was completely drawn to all makes and models of robots this year at #ISTE13. I mentioned in a tweet about Sparky from...
View ArticleCoding, a Foreign Language?
“In terms of cognitive advantages, learning a system of signs, symbols and rules used to communicate — that is, language study — improves thinking by challenging the brain to recognize, negotiate...
View ArticleKySTE Digital Transformations
For 2014, KySTE will be partnering with the University of Kentucky College of Education for the Fall Training Event. This year’s theme is Digital Transformation. Join me for the sessions below. 1)...
View ArticleVideo Killed the Radio Star – Using Media in Learning Experience Design
Nearly 2 years ago, we attempted to boil down the ocean by taking a “waffle house” approach to the research on multimedia learning by Mayer, Sweller, and others. As the tides swelled on MOOCs and...
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