We have all either heard it, said it or thought it before. Why don’t students read their emails? Why do they text message instead of just talking to each other? Why is everything changing so fast? In the last two decades, there has been tremendous change in the way we communicate. Of course, for our […]
Posts By: James May
Virtual Reality Expeditions
Special thanks to Elizabeth Faulcon for sharing her strategy for using Google Expeditions and Virtual Reality to enhance learning in her classroom.
Safeshare.tv
Ok, so we have all been there. You are trying to share the perfect Youtube or Vimeo video in class but instead you end up waiting for advertising or, worse yet, you embarrassingly notice that there is inappropriate marketing in the right side of the screen. Why? Can’t someone just make a tool to make our lives easier […]
Switcheroo
Special thanks to Amanda Kern for taking the time to talk with the Circles team and share her Switcheroo strategy for getting her students to adapt to change.
Bricks & Tricks with Rhonda Atkinson
Special thanks to Rhonda Atkinson for taking the time to chat with the Circles team about some of her favorite Brick & Mortar strategies for the classroom. In the video below, she discusses how she uses a simple deck of cards as non-digital classroom clickers. She also shares one of her favorite bricks, the Fake […]
Lightboards Across the Curriculum
Last Friday I had the opportunity to share our latest innovative tech tool with some colleagues from the Tampa Area. Special thanks to Tony Erban, Chair of Education at the University of Tampa, and Silvina Iglesias a Spanish teacher at Robinson High School in Hillsborough County, for dropping by, brainstorming, and trying out some new ways to use […]
Valencia Technology Club – Green Screen & Remote Reality
Special thanks to the Valencia Technology Club for the invitation to share and discuss tech. On Wed. Nov 9th, I visited the club and shared some of the work the Circles team has been doing with green screen and remote reality. It is always such a pleasure to get out and bounce ideas with engaged minds. Thanks again, […]
4 year old Russian girl speaks 7 languages
Special thanks to Nissa Hopkins for sharing this amazing story. Meet Bella Devyatkina, the four year old polyglot. She speaks Russian, English, Chinese, French, German, Spanish & Arabic. She also reads in multiple languages. She has become an overnight sensation thanks to her performance on Amazing People, a Russian television show.
Waffles and Remote Reality Teaching
Special thanks to Andy Ray, West Campus Professor of Building Construction Technologies, for his help with this post. One of my favorite things to do in my current roll as a faculty fellow is to share new innovations with faculty. It is always amazing to me how many ideas can be generated from a quick, informal discussion. […]
Prince Ea Just Sued the School System
Special thanks to Rob McCaffrey for sharing this video with the Circles Team. For quite a few years now there has been a growing contingent of faculty and staff at the college that has been discussing the need for digital and pedagogical shift, but I must admit, I haven’t read or heard anyone put it like […]
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