Author
Ben Wilkoff
3,652 posts since 2005. My name is Ben Wilkoff, and I Teach. And Learn. A Lot.
- What are the best ways to ask students to activate their background knowledge in order to increase the rigor and…What are the best ways to ask students to activate their background knowledge in order to increase the rigor and relevance of their responses?
- This blog post is a beautiful metaphor and summarizes much of the conversation that we had on Friday regarding…This blog post is a beautiful metaphor and summarizes much of the conversation that we had on Friday regarding badges and micro-credentials. How…
- This question is super important. Are conferences still relevant?http://tomwhitby.wordpress.com/2014/02/08/are-education-conferences-relevant/
- These components of starting up a school are right on. I like the context for both PD and Tech.http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/02/wish-list-piecing-together-an-ideal-school-from-the-ground-up/
- Launching the #ILearnFrom project to honor those in your PLN.I realized a long while ago that Follow Friday (or #FF on twitter) wasn’t a very good way to honor the depth of learning going on in social…
- If anyone missed the Project Roundtable session on Badges, this is an awesome summary of it from John Graves.It really highlights all of the wonderful people who took part in the panel. Thank you all...
- If anyone missed the Project Roundtable session on Badges, this is an awesome summary of it from John Graves. It…If anyone missed the Project Roundtable session on Badges, this is an awesome summary of it from John Graves. It really highlights all of the…
- I found this podcast episode about a chemistry teacher who doesn’t test on the periodic table because you can google…I found this podcast episode about a chemistry teacher who doesn’t test on the periodic table because you can google the answers to be extremely…
- I am really interested in the “myths” that are debunked in this study:Myth 1: New technologies are being developed all the time, the past history of the impact of technology is irrelevant to what...
- I like this explanation about how to use Google docs for such deep feedback.http://tapintoteenminds.com/2014/02/06/use-google-drive-descriptive-feedback/