Anthropologist Margaret Mead said “Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” It’s messy. It’s frustrating. It takes longer but student-centered teaching model can turn passive learners into interactive partners in their own development. The traditional, Teacher-Centered Approach Picture a class learning how to multiply mixed fractions. Traditionally a teacher stands at […]
By Jason Gilmore
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Posted in Classrooms, Math, Teaching Methods, Teaching Methods
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Also tagged Doceri, education, fractions, inspirational teaching, interactive teaching, Margaret Mead, mixed fractions, Pedagogy, Student Centered teaching, teaching
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Lively #DoceriChat this week on screencasting! Terrific ideas on length, pacing, flow and how to assess students’ progress. We answered the question of how to upload Doceri screencasts direct to Edmodo – as well as other apps on your iPad – with a screenshot example on the Open In function. Everyone got excited about using […]
By Bev Barnett
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Posted in #DoceriChat, Screencasts
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Also tagged assessment, classroom, Edmodo, Educanon, education, flipclass, flipped classroom, interactive, interactive teaching, iPad, ipaded, screencast, Ted, TedEd, video, whiteboard, Zaption
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Besides its ability to connect with a computer for access to all of your pedagogical resources, the ability to edit Doceri lessons and presentations is at the core of what sets it apart from other tablet-based whiteboard apps. In Part One, we looked at all the timeline control elements. Here’s the diagram again for your […]
By Bev Barnett
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Posted in Doceri, Tutorials
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Also tagged class, classroom, create, edit, editing, education, how to, interactive, iPad, learn, learning, lesson, mobile, screencast, teach, teacher, timeline, tutorial, video, white board, whiteboard
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On the surface, Doceri is a powerful way to get mobile in your classroom, record lessons and create flipclass screencast videos. But dig a little deeper, and the power of Doceri really comes alive. The Doceri Timeline is what sets it apart from every other whiteboard or screencasting app. Using the Doceri timeline, you can edit […]
By Bev Barnett
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Posted in Doceri, Tutorials
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Also tagged animation, app, board, edit, editing, education, flipclass, interactive, iPad, ipaded, lesson, screencast, teach, teaching, timeline, white, whiteboard
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January 8, 2014 – 11:31 am
During 2014, the Freedom to Teach blog will delve deep into the interactive teaching method to show how the Doceri Classroom can aid in this engaging pedagogy. In the process, we’ll examine how to use Doceri to meet the Common Core Standards, and how students can engage with new concepts so understanding becomes a natural part […]
August 29, 2013 – 3:26 pm
According to our 2012/2013 end of school year survey, more than 60 percent of Doceri teachers are creating original, hand-authored lessons, drawings or presentations. Combined with those who also annotate over PowerPoint/Keynote presentations, images or prepared lesson sheets, nearly 90% of Doceri users responding to the survey are using Doceri’s powerful authoring and annotation tools. […]
By Bev Barnett
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Posted in Classrooms, Doceri, Survey
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Also tagged annotation, classroom, data, drawing, education, electronic whiteboard, interactive teaching, interactive whiteboard, iPad, iPads, iPads in Education, iPads in the classroom, KeyNote, lessons, PDF, powerpoint, present, presentations, survey, whiteboard, Writing
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