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Text-To-Web: Adding Digital Connections Into The Mix, Maika Yeigh, Todd Cherner Jan 2018

Text-To-Web: Adding Digital Connections Into The Mix, Maika Yeigh, Todd Cherner

Curriculum and Instruction Faculty Publications and Presentations

The article discusses the challenge for teachers to create a process for identifying and implementing methods that integrate new communicative practices involved with texting into their instruction.


Educational Apps In The Blended Learning Classroom: Bringing Inquiry-Based Learning Into The Mix, Todd Cherner, Alex Fegely Jan 2017

Educational Apps In The Blended Learning Classroom: Bringing Inquiry-Based Learning Into The Mix, Todd Cherner, Alex Fegely

Curriculum and Instruction Faculty Publications and Presentations

With schools investing heavily in mobile technologies and emphasizing blended learning lessons, teachers are being required to create learning experiences that utilize these technologies to further prepare secondary students for college and the workforce. In this article, the authors first present a brief vignette intended to be representative of the emotions and pressures facing teachers as they prepare to teach with these new technologies. Next, the authors provide a framework teachers can use to create app-based lessons, which are lessons that use multiple apps to engage students in an inquiry-based learning experience. To provide further support, the authors include two …