Artificial intelligence (AI) is a rapidly developing technology that has the potential to revolutionize the way we learn and work. However, as with any new technology, it can also create some conflicts in schools. While AI has been around for a while, it has never been fantastic – until now with ChatGPT. It is scary […]
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Blended Learning in Elementary: Station Rotation
Blended learning, not hybrid learning, is a delicate mix of MEANINGFUL online learning and traditional learning. Benefits of Blended Learning There are many benefits to learning this way, but the obvious current benefit is the COVID situation. Every place to already be prepared to instruct this way will have a smoother transition if, all of […]
Writers’ Workshop: Incorporating a Research Unit
How can I stay true to the Writers’ Workshop model while doing what I know to be best practice in research?
Readers’ Workshop: Activate Schema with Movie Clips
** Contact me if you would like Rogers Education Consulting to come to your campus with engaging, evidence-based, and practical professional development ** Over the past five years or so, there has been a big emphasis on using media in the classroom. If you scour Pinterest for ideas on making inferences, you will find tons of pictures […]
Screencasting in the Classroom
With so much buzz around flipped classrooms, meeting individualized needs, and including parents as partners, why not screencast? Screencasting, recording the action that takes place on the computer screen with sound, is an easy way to accomplish all those goals. Teachers can quickly create screencasts that can be viewed at home (with or without internet […]