by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Technology
More teachers than ever are teaching core subjects to students halfway around the world. Global teachers have the unique experience of creating relationships within the “Earth School.” Global learners are able to take advantage of the vast stores of knowledge from...
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Technology
Free educational tools—what could be better? Anytime, anywhere, teachers like to have plenty of resources to pick from to help them create great classroom experiences to engage their students. We’ve got some wonderful content-packed free educational tools for...
by Ross Crockett | Creativity Fluency
I’m a Star Wars fan for life, and also a big supporter of online learning. How often do you get to talk about both of those things in the same breath? Exactly—never. So for the GDCF Comedy Break Episode 3, this one seemed like just too much fun to pass up. This...
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Classroom Management
Via Edudemic Contemporary classrooms have moved far beyond the worlds of pen and paper. Many technological advances are helping teachers everywhere engage and educate students of all ages and abilities like never before. Take a look at some of the best recent...
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Technology
Via eCampus News Apps are broken down into specific categories to maximize production and streamline online communication Technology and its potential to simplify life for its users can be a beautiful thing, which can be seen in the example of providing online...
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
As education continues to expand, it’s always taking on new characteristics and new ways of being. The convenience of learning anytime-anywhere and at their own pace is an attractive prospect to any student of the 21st century. As such, there is a demand for...
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
Via Edudemic A lot of the facts you teach your students will be long forgotten by the time they reach graduation, but the hope is that the practical lessons — the ones that can benefit them for years to come — are the ones that will stick. Digital citizenship is...
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Information Fluency
Everyone knows about online education and eLearning. It’s everywhere, it’s popular and it surrounds us. Maybe you are a busy professional or an aspiring college student and you are considering taking online education for a test drive. But you may be contemplating...
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
According to the Cyberbullying Research Center, more than half of teens and adolescents have reported that they’ve been bullied online, and between 10 and 20 percent say it occurs regularly. As a slew of recent news stories have demonstrated, the consequences can be...
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Global Digital Citizen, Information Fluency, Leadership, Solution Fluency, Teaching, Technology
The free curriculum is designed to facilitate conversations between teachers and students about digital citizenship in the 21st century. Navigating the ins and outs of online privacy, security and fair use in the digital age can be challenging for parents and...