(version 1.1 - slight modification to last 60 sec and important addition to the credits)What does it mean to "take your teaching to the next level"? Is it about using the latest and greatest tools or is there something more to it? It may be about finding the sweet spot in the interSections of a number of things.
A brief presentation outlining the pedagogical framework that informs the way I teach. Strongly based on research published in the book How People Learn.This is also available as a slidecast here:http://www.slideshare.net/dkuropatwa/teaching-a-pedagogical-framework
5 minutes, 20 slides, 15 seconds/slide. From Awakening Possibilities, the 2008 Manitoba Edubloggercon. Darren Kuropatwa's 5 minutes.
Rick Van Eck's keynote presentation at the Microsoft Innovative Teachers conference held at the Princess Street campus of Red River College in Winnipeg, Manitoba on May 28, 2008.
Dr. Richard Van Eck from the University of North Dakota gave a keynote presentation at the Microsoft Innovative Educators Conference help in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on May 29, 2008. He shares some remarkable statistics about studentsw and learning and discusses how using commercial off the shelf (COTS) games can be used to reach some students and improve their scholastic acheivements.
An interactive QuickTIme SlideShow of a presentation I gave to a a pre-k through grade 8 school (students aged 3 to 13 years) on March 30, 2007. I'm not sure if the embedded links will function directly from the video so I'll add an annotated list of them on my blog where I will link to this video.