Creating Digital Portfolios and Resumes with Wakelet – Digital Landing Pages for Students to Share With the World

By: Matt Rhoads, Ed.D Dr. Matt Rhoads is a Tech and Instructional Leader and Innovator with hands in Adult Ed, K-12, and Higher Education. He is the author of several books and is the host of Navigating Education – The Podcast. Having students create an ever-changing resume and portfolio online is essential in the worldContinueContinue reading “Creating Digital Portfolios and Resumes with Wakelet – Digital Landing Pages for Students to Share With the World”

Navigating Education – The Podcast – Season 1 Recap: Part 3

After the first ten interviews of the podcast, interviews began being categorized into series. During Season 1 of the podcast, the Seven Part series on Coaching was produced. This series created an engaging and informational sequence of shows that were geared towards all coaches in the educational realm. Moving into Season 2 of the podcast,ContinueContinue reading “Navigating Education – The Podcast – Season 1 Recap: Part 3”

What is a Wakelet Collection?

By: Matt Rhoads, Ed.D Dr. Matt Rhoads is a Tech and Instructional Leader and Innovator with hands in Adult Ed, K-12, and Higher Education. He is the author of several books and is the host of Navigating Education – The Podcast. Do you want a place to save links, social media posts, videos, and imagesContinueContinue reading What is a Wakelet Collection?

HyperDocs and HyperSlides Create UDL Lesson Opportunities

By: Matt Rhoads, Ed.D Dr. Matt Rhoads is a Tech and Instructional Leader and Innovator with hands in Adult Ed, K-12, and Higher Education. He is the author of several books and is the host of Navigating Education – The Podcast. Over the last few posts, we’ve covered how to create and utilize HyperDocs andContinueContinue reading HyperDocs and HyperSlides Create UDL Lesson Opportunities

HyperDocs and HyperSlides Create Student Choice

By: Matt Rhoads, Ed.D Dr. Matt Rhoads is a Tech and Instructional Leader and Innovator with hands in Adult Ed, K-12, and Higher Education. He is the author of several books and is the host of Navigating Education – The Podcast. HyperDocs and HyperSlides can be utilized to create student tasks and assignments that promoteContinueContinue reading “HyperDocs and HyperSlides Create Student Choice”

Making Interactive Lessons Using HyperDocs and Slides Blog Series

By: Matt Rhoads, Ed.D Dr. Matt Rhoads is a Tech and Instructional Leader and Innovator with hands in Adult Ed, K-12, and Higher Education. He is the author of several books and is the host of Navigating Education – The Podcast. I wanted to provide a series on HyperDocs and HyperSlides as it is theContinueContinue reading Making Interactive Lessons Using HyperDocs and Slides Blog Series

Season 1 Recap Part 2: Navigating Education – The Podcast

By: Matt Rhoads, Ed.D Dr. Matt Rhoads is a Tech and Instructional Leader and Innovator with hands in Adult Ed, K-12, and Higher Education. He is the author of several books and is the host of Navigating Education – The Podcast. After the first ten episodes of the podcast season, we began interviewing educators fromContinueContinue reading “Season 1 Recap Part 2: Navigating Education – The Podcast”

Student Self-Reflection, Self-Assessment, and Metacognition Using Interactive Slides – Part 4

As we know, Pear Deck and Nearpod can be utilized and integrated into a wide variety of strategies. Student reflection and metacognition strategies are part of this range of strategies! In Part 4 of our Interactive Slide Blog Series, we will cover this in-depth. Metacognition and Reflection – A Skill Set for Lifelong Learners AsContinueContinue reading “Student Self-Reflection, Self-Assessment, and Metacognition Using Interactive Slides – Part 4”

Season 1 Recap Part 1: Navigating Education – The Podcast

Season 1 of Navigating Education – The Podcast is almost over! As the season comes to an end, there will be a number of blog posts summarizing all of the great episodes from the season. The purpose of having a number of posts reviewing the season is to provide an opportunity for you to takeContinueContinue reading “Season 1 Recap Part 1: Navigating Education – The Podcast”

Utilizing Wheel of Names: A Fun Way to Call on Students for any Classroom Setting

By: Matt Rhoads, Ed.D Dr. Matt Rhoads is a Tech and Instructional Leader and Innovator with hands in Adult Ed, K-12, and Higher Education. He is the author of several books and is the host of Navigating Education – The Podcast. Have you ever wanted to randomly pick on students without using popsicle sticks? DoContinueContinue reading “Utilizing Wheel of Names: A Fun Way to Call on Students for any Classroom Setting”

Using Flipgrid to Get to Know Your Students: Building Community and Language Skills

By: Matt Rhoads, Ed.D Dr. Matt Rhoads is a Tech and Instructional Leader and Innovator with hands in Adult Ed, K-12, and Higher Education. He is the author of several books and is the host of Navigating Education – The Podcast. Flipgrid Basics and Background Flipgrid is an interactive audio and video recording platform whereContinueContinue reading “Using Flipgrid to Get to Know Your Students: Building Community and Language Skills”

Integrating Pear Deck and Flipgrid for Warm-Ups & Activating Prior Knowledge

By: Matt Rhoads, Ed.D Dr. Matt Rhoads is a Tech and Instructional Leader and Innovator with hands in Adult Ed, K-12, and Higher Education. He is the author of several books and is the host of Navigating Education – The Podcast. App-smashing is one of my favorite instructional integrations to help support students in theirContinueContinue reading “Integrating Pear Deck and Flipgrid for Warm-Ups & Activating Prior Knowledge”

One Month Anniversary of Navigating the Toggled Term: A Guide for K-12 Classroom and School Leaders

It’s been a month since the release of Navigating the Toggled Term: A Guide for K-12 Classroom and School Leaders. Readers from around the world have enjoyed this playbook and guide to help them prepare for the new school year as well as navigate it once the year has begun. Don’t miss out on anContinueContinue reading “One Month Anniversary of Navigating the Toggled Term: A Guide for K-12 Classroom and School Leaders”

Navigating Education – The Newsletter: ISSUE 4 – August 2nd, 2021

I Cannot Believe It’s August 2021! I cannot believe we are moving into August of 2021. More than half of the year is already over. It’s hard to imagine that we are also starting a new school year. Within this issue, I am providing a number of resources ranging from books, blogs, podcasts, and educationalContinueContinue reading “Navigating Education – The Newsletter: ISSUE 4 – August 2nd, 2021”

2021 Projections for K-12 Education

As we begin 2021 in K-12 education, we see ourselves with COVID-19 at its worse across North America. For many who already were not in teaching online, immediately after the Thanksgiving holiday, we saw many school districts move to online instruction due to holiday surges. However, these toggles from hybrid to online instruction mostly tookContinueContinue reading “2021 Projections for K-12 Education”