by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Critical Thinking
If you want to improve critical thinking, it takes practice but it’s actually easy. Just get a simple system to refer back to and you can’t go wrong. Luckily, that’s exactly what you’ll discover in this terrific TED Ed lesson created... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | STEM
STEM learning is an interesting adventure. It’s a thrilling and fascinating study for many curious students. This area of learning has some of the most important digital-age skills modern learners can master. The Web is alive with some of the best tools for... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Assessment
What are the most popular assessment tools you’ll find being used in today’s modern classrooms? It’s true that there are many to choose from out there. Some of them are quick and task-specific, and others, like the ones below, offer a wider range of... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Media Fluency
The art of storyboarding is the art of visual learning. Take a series of images, block them together along a logical yet creative timeline, and you’re treated to a powerful story. It becomes a tale that allows your own imagination to fill in the blanks. You hear... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Flipped Learning
Looking for inspiration for your engaging flipped videos? We’ve chosen 3 prolific flipped video lecturers and examined their videos to see what it is that makes them awesome. We’ve also figured out how they do them! From the very simple to the most complex, these are... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Critical Thinking
Stephen Norris said back in 1985 that most kids are not equipped to “recognize assumptions, evaluate arguments, and appraise inferences.” In 1992, psychologists John Tooby and Leda Cosmoses told us humans are evolved simply to avoid dangers and survive. None of... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
There are many great things about the Internet. One is that it has plenty of free educational resources for teachers. Back by popular demand, we’re happy to share some here in the list below. It features 80 very unique and useful guides, links, and much more.... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Blended Learning
Blended learning practices are a great way to disrupt the classroom. That sounds like a strange statement, doesn’t it? After all, isn’t that what we don’t want? Well, not if it’s designed to engage the learner. Blended learning lets teachers... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Media Fluency
Welcome to the fourth article of the Global Digital Citizenship in 15 Minutes series. In this article we talk about Media Fluency instruction. Each part in the series provides resources for exploring the 21st Century Fluencies and Global Digital Citizenship with your... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Flipped Learning
Via MindShift There’s an abundance of science videos on the internet, but not all equally amazing. Offering an eclectic mix of cool science videos, Science Today producer Molly Michelson recommends five of her favorite clips. 1. WHERE’D YOU GET ALL THOSE DEAD ANIMALS?...