Everyday I leave my seminar absolutely amazed at all the new tools that really are transformative to the educational process. I also thank my lucky stars that I'm in a new position that nobody has said "you can't do that!" in regards to technology.
But last night was a low battery night all around. My new Chromebook was at 7% battery life. My Mac was at 5%. So I plugged them in, settled down with my iPad, with 30% power, on the couch to watch some videos and read the articles for Thursday.
Read a good one by Brian Bennett on flipping the classroom that kind of gave me. Bit of a reality check for what I want to do. I tweeted that article. Then I saw there was a video with Salman Khan. I'm a HUGE fan of him and what he is doing for education, though some of my students tend to shrug a bit over his Econ videos, favoring ACDC Econ, Mr. Green and Jodie Econ Girl.
So, there I am, comfy on my couch, a cat nestled in with me, husband reading on his device and I started the Khan video, a good TED Talk about the process of how Khan Academy came about. I was engaged in the video, wondering that these days we think that demand is derived, but here was a clear lesson on consumer demand being driven by the Invisible Hand. .....
Next thing I knew my husband was waking me up and asked me two questions from the video. I failed. My own batteries crashed. GEEZ!
So, I'm up early to get caught up.
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