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Week Twelve Essential Question:  How will I demonstrate impact on student learning as a result of my differentiated lesson? Here are the first five Alaska Mathematics Practice Standards and my thoughts on how Minecraft can be used as a tool … Continue reading →

Week Eleven Essential Question:  What technology will I use to allow students to demonstrate they have met the standards targeted by my rubric? What are the classroom management considerations that I must address? As you probably know by now, Chip, … Continue reading →

http://www.juneau.org/lands/documents/WilloughbyDistrictLandUsePlan_000.pdf Minecraft: Structure or Free Play? | Middle School Minecraft tags: #diffimooc minecraft Watching the kids during today’s Exploratory, I realized that it is a challenge to direct kids in an open sandbox game such as Minecraft without employing a … Continue reading →

http://www.iste.org/docs/pdfs/nets-t-standards.pdf?sfvrsn=2 tags: #diffimooc http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2012-horizon-report-K12.pdf tags: #diffimooc Simple Ways to Cultivate Creativity in Children | thinktanK12 Blog tags: #diffimooc http://online.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/null/online-learning-factsheet.pdf tags: #diffimooc online learning Online Learning: Exploring the Possible | Stanford Online tags: #diffimooc online learning Posted from Diigo. The rest … Continue reading →

Week Ten Essential Question:  How can I differentiate through student product in my classroom? This week I attempted to create a rubric that could be used to assess student learning through project-based use of simulation games such as Minecraft. First, … Continue reading →

MinecraftEdu Teaches Students Through Virtual World-Building | TIME.com tags: #diffimooc minecraft File space – ARlearning Kerille Add New Post ‹ Learning to swim — WordPress https://annekurland.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/distracted/ Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Week Nine Essential Question:  How can I use Pearltrees to differentiate content in the classroom? Colin and I both got a late start on this week’s assignment to learn how to use Pearltrees.  We didn’t plan to collaborate, but a … Continue reading →

What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland’s School Success – Anu Partanen – The Atlantic Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Week Eight Essential Question:  How might video games enhance my students’ learning? Revelation:  Minecraft is a geeky game.  Maybe you already knew this.  It became apparent to me when I encountered students who denied having ever played the game but … Continue reading →