Thanks to Carolyn Daly of Tech4Learning for pointing out this article on the Apple web site about Escondido Unified School District’s success using video production in the classroom which has concrete data to back up …
Author: Mathew Needleman
Mathew Needleman, Apple Distinguished Educator and Google Certified Innovator has been pioneering the use of instructional technology for over two decades. He has been a classroom teacher, literacy coach, conference keynoter, and he currently serves as an elementary school principal in Los Angeles, California. He is the founder of the independent education studio, Needleworks Pictures.
Teach Units, Not Stories
I’ve been noticing that a lot of teachers get bogged down by individual stories in the Open Court units and miss the big ideas of the units. While you do need to teach the stories …