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Khan Academy
If you haven’t visited the Khan Academy or used the videos to help enhance your math lessons, watch this recent Ted Talks video. The idea that Salman Kahn discusses about flipping the classroom is fascinating and echoes ideas that Alan November mentioned when he came to our school last fall.Collected in techhappy's videos Mar 13, 2011 -
5th Graders Interview History Experts Via Skype
This past Wednesday one of my 5th grade classes took part in a fantastic learning experience. Two history experts who work at the Singapore Ministry of Education were kind enough to Skype in and answer a series of 12 questions that the students came up with.Collected in techhappy's videos Mar 12, 2011 -
Google Art Project
A month ago, Google released the ambitions Google Art Project which uses street-view technology to allow users to virtually move around some of the world’s greatest museums and browse famous works of art. I finally had some time to sit down and give it a tour, and it’s quite impressive.Collected in techhappy's videos Mar 1, 2011 -
Google Body Browser
Google’s latest 3d venture, body browser, allows you to tour the inner-workings of the human body. You can zoom in to see the muscular and skeletal systems, fly around the organs, and go inside the brain.Collected in techhappy's videos Dec 16, 2010 -
Paragons of the Week: Mapeas, Sight Words with Samson, Qwiki
Episode 35 >> Previous Paragons 1. Mapeas Mapeas is a Google Maps mash-up that shows news happenings from around the world.Collected in techhappy's videos Dec 2, 2010 -
Alan November Comes to Town
Christmas came early to Singapore! We had the great honor of having Alan November at our school this week, and I sit here now, trying to hash out and piece together coherent thoughts, head still swirling with ideas and discussions from this afternoon’s workshop.Collected in techhappy's videos Nov 24, 2010 -
My Green School Dream
“Dyslexic, we’ve renamed prolexic.” John Hardy mentions about 10 minutes into his talk, and that kind of thinking is a big part about what makes the Green School so special. The architecture is beautiful, and the school is off the grid.Collected in techhappy's videos Nov 19, 2010 -
Stop Teaching Calculating. Start Teaching Math
“Math is very popular. Just not in education.” Conrad Wolfram gives a great talk about how to bridge the math gap between the real world and the classroom by using computers to make math relevant to learners.Collected in techhappy's videos Nov 15, 2010 -
Engage Students! ActivExpression Voting Devices
For a recent lesson with 4th and 5th graders on the subject of Internet Safety, I pulled out our ActivExpression (voting) devices and used a pre-made Promethean flip-chart that I downloaded from Promethean Planet. The students absolutely love using the voting devices and the discussion that ensues about each topic is amazing.Collected in techhappy's videos Sep 8, 2010 -
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EdTechIdeas If you haven’t visited the Khan Academy or used the videos to help enhance your math lessons, watch this recent Ted Talks video. The idea that Salman Kahn discusses about flipping the classroom is fascinating and echoes ideas that Alan November mentioned when he came to our school last fall. Read More
Mar 13, 2011