It’s hard to speak about creativity due to the subjective interpretation and manifestation. What is creativity? How can one tell if a person is creative or not? Is it possible to nurture creativity in any individual regardless of their personality? Innovation – the basis of the world’s development – is tightly connected with creativity, and…
This content is being reposted from George Couros’s original blog post here with his permission. Many administrators expect teachers to “innovate” and create better experiences for our students that go “beyond the test.” I think the expectation is great when the action of the administrator corresponds. For example, if you say “relationships matter” and we…
Since getting 1:1 iPads, the SAMR model has had the biggest impact on my teaching philosophy. SAMR stands for substitution, augmentation, modification, and redefinition and describes different ways to leverage technology in the classroom. Image source: Schoology The first step, Substitution, comes when an educator substitutes the technology for something else. For example, you may…
Over the past year, our web development team has been hard at work bringing Showbie’s web app up to par with the iOS version. Our latest release gets us two steps closer, with the addition of layered annotations and OneDrive import for web! We are also pleased to announce that this release enables teachers using…
The number of foreign students enrolling in schools has been increasing in the UK and elsewhere for several years now. There are undeniable benefits to this as students who learn alongside people from different countries gain perspectives that they would not otherwise have. For educators, this trend also represents a real challenge. How do you…
An auditor oversight account is a Showbie account that allows full insight into what is occurring in all classes at their school by adding the account holder as a co-teacher to all of the school’s active classes. Auditor oversight accounts are free and available upon request to all Showbie Pro schools. While recently attending Bett…
