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“Just in Time” Lessons: Tricks to Teaching Tech Quickly (2 of 4)
This is the second in a series of posts on teaching technology quickly so the focus of technology-based learning activities can be not on technology, but rather on the curriculum.… Read more
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Tricks to Teaching Technology Quickly: Mini Lessons (1 of 4)
Yesterday, I suggested that teachers sometimes make one of two mistakes when designing technology-based activities for students: either spending too much or too little time teaching the technology skills necessary… Read more
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The Two Mistakes Teachers Make When Teaching With Technology
Even though we may be working with “Digital Natives,” students do not necessarily have the technology skills to do the work we want them to do with their laptops and… Read more
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Why We Must Embrace Disruptive Technology
There is more to Sustaining and Disruptive uses of educational technology than the opportunity to improve education and to reach more students. There are risks involved. But this isn't from… Read more
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Do Something Different: Disruptive Technology
There are really two ways to use technology for teaching and learning. Johnson and Maddux refer to it as “Type I” and “Type II” (see here, for example). Alan November… Read more
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Leveraging Learning: iPads in Primary Grades – Registration Opens Thursday!
Last November, Auburn successfully hosted their first Leveraging Learning Institute, focused on iPads in primary grades. We will be hosting the Institute again November 14-16, 2012. Sessions will appeal to… Read more
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Keep the MLTI RFP Focused on Maine: Talking Points
As with other issues around the new MLTI RFP, I have had good exchanges with folks since I wrote about my worries about the new RFP having an option for… Read more
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Tone of Voice Matters (In Surprising Ways)
In one of the schools I worked with a while ago, we were working hard to implement an engaging, project-based curriculum with hard-to-teach students, the hardest in the city. As… Read more
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It’s Not About Blaming Teachers, It’s About Locus of Control
I keep writing about, and presenting about, how teachers need to teach differently… Pretty soon you'll start thinking that I'm blaming teachers for the challenges in our schools… Most of… Read more
The Multiple Pathways Blog has moved to mikemuir.us!
I’ve been writing for years, via the MultiplePathways blog and the More Verbs blog, about motivating disengaged students, middle level education, learning through technology, and leadership for school change. All those writings have been brought together at mikemuir.us.
Top Motivation & Learning Posts
- Kindling Fires of Curiosity
- Focus on 6 High-Impact Motivation Strategies
- What Makes for a Good Learning Experience?
- The Good and Bad of Extrinsic Motivation
- Tone of Voice Matters (In Surprising Ways)
- Engaging Tasks
Top Leadership for Change Posts
Top Learning with Technology Posts
- Maine Learning Technology Framework
- Are We Talking Technology or are we Talking Learning?
- Not All At Once – Phases of Implementing Technology For Learning
Category List
- Advantage2014 – Auburn iPads
- Avoiding "Lock It/Block It"
- Branding and Buzz
- Burning Platform
- Classroom Management for Tech
- Curriculum Content & Organization
- Customized Learning
- Definition of Success and Measure
- Distributed PD Project
- Doing 1to1 Right
- Early Childhood Education
- Engaging Tasks
- Focus on the Learning
- Food For Thought
- Formative Feedback
- Funding
- Great Teachers
- Higher Order Thinking
- Ineffective Motivation
- Instruction for Foundational Knowledge
- Inviting Schools
- It Just Works: Devices
- It Just Works: Managed Software
- It Just Works: WiFi
- Lead4Change
- Leadership
- Learning as Desired Outcome
- Learning By Doing
- Learning Progress Management
- Learning-Centered Access
- Leveraging Learning Institute
- Living More Verbs
- Managing Ed Tech
- Managing School Change
- Micro-credentials
- Middle Level Education
- Misc.
- MLTI
- Motivation
- Multiple Pathways
- Policies & Procedures
- Professional Development
- Professional Learning
- Project-Based Learning
- Projects4ME
- Real World Connections
- School Structures
- Setting Expectations
- Shared Leadership
- Shared Vision
- Shared Vision for Learning
- Student Learning
- Student Motivation & Engagement
- Teacher Practice
- Technology as Tool For Learning
- Technology for Applying Knowledge
- Technology for Assessment
- Technology for Foundational Knowledge
- Technology for Home/School Connection
- Technology for Learning
- Technology Policies and Leadership
- Technology Resource Management
- Technology to Personalize Learning
- Uncategorized
- Voice & Choice
Mike Muir 