What do our learners and parents need right right now? The answer is clearly a healthy dose of compassion, empathy, and effective eLearning instruction. Does eLearning raise causes for concern? Absolutely. From motivating on-line learners, helping family manage new responsibilities during learning, the questions just keep coming. And, of course, there are no easy answers.Continue reading "Virtual Learners need our Empathy"
Feel Good News! Disney donates food to food banks!
Good News
Readworks (fun reading)
Readworks! Have Fun Reading
Education with National Geographic!
National Geographic Education
Wonderville!
Wonderville for Families
eLearning Survival Guide
No doubt, these are challenging times. Amid this growing pandemic stress and uncertainty, it seems more important than ever to stay connected with each other - particularly as teachers and learners. Clearly, it's an interesting balance that has already spawned social media jokes like the "my coworker…" memes (Describe your learner's behavior as ifContinue reading "eLearning Survival Guide"
Dr. Strawser’s eLearning Environment
Welcome to Week One of Our New Normal
Week one of our new normal is in the books for many of us. Learning is certainly going to look different over the next weeks and months. We are definitely entering a new virtual world. We’ve traded in our classrooms for home offices, or in my case, the dining room table. Who knows - classroomContinue reading "Welcome to Week One of Our New Normal"
Adding”R” to STEAM Education
It wasn’t too long ago that educators, industry leaders, engineers, and government officials all debated the merits of adding Arts to the STEM lexicon. Arts, afterall, was often misunderstood and naysayers argued that adding Arts to STEM somehow distracted from the hard sciences. Even today, educators and business leaders also point to research that indicatesContinue reading "Adding”R” to STEAM Education"
Classroom Technology, Part 2
Virtual Reality. Augmented Reality. Data Analytics. Virtual Classrooms. Gamification. Mind Mapping. The list of potential classroom technology implementations is almost endless – each promising to be standards- and research-based, pedagogically transformative, and engaging. Using these digital tools, teachers can create immerse, engaging learning experiences which research, suggests, help learners to retain more, understand more, andContinue reading "Classroom Technology, Part 2"
Place-Based Learning 