Mike Lang

18 year classroom vet. Intelligent Hoodlum. Pedagogical Supervillain. Apple Distinguished Educator. PBS Digital Innovator. Hip Hop Junkie. Coffee Fanatic.

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D.A. Freccia : You're a pretty smart fella. Joe Moore : Ah, not that smart. D.A. Freccia : If you're not that smart, how'd you figure it out? Joe Moore: I tried to imagine a fella smarter than myself. Then I tried to think, "

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The "People" option in Canvas by Instructure

Friends don't let Friends Canvas Alone: 3 Reasons to Add "People" to your Course Members Public

Using Canvas can be an adventure and that adventure is often better enjoyed with others. It's always surprising to me that many educators either don't know you can add other educators to your course or that they simply have yet to do so. By allowing other

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Move to the Forefront Members Public

The Hope Using machine learning in our classrooms is an inevitability. The question is which tools will be safe for your learners to collaborate with and how might this collaboration look? Shouldn't every student have a virtual assistant at their fingertips? Forefront might be tool you're

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Performance Task Strategy: Let the Beat Build... Members Public

One of the best things we can have learners do with AI is evaluate what it outputs. Through the analysis of the collaboration between human and artificial intelligence, we can assess whether learners comprehend our content while also strengthening their interactions with  tools that offer them opportunities for greater efficiency

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No Biggie: Relax and Take Tripnotes Members Public

0:00/1×Check Out My Example Artificial Intelligence is going to change how teachers invent tasks for learners. There are literally hundreds of tools being created each day so don't worry about keeping up. The most important skill that you can help your learners master is prompt

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The Missing Link: Saving Yourself Time in Canvas LMS Members Public

Note: I will refer to educators as designers and their learners as artists A learning management system is just a box. It's a place to put things that will help  designers facilitate engaging activities for their artists. This leads many designers to believe that they have to "

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How to Use Canvas...and Get Away with it: Everything Begins at Inception Members Public

The Mission Eames: Listen, if you’re going to perform inception you need imagination. Dom Cobb: Let me ask you something, have you done it before? Eames: We tried it. We got the idea in place, but it didn’t take. Dom Cobb: You didn’t plant it deep enough?

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Pomodoro Method + Canvas Members Public

The Pomodoro Method is a great way to give your students agency during your instructional time. A Pomodoro Timer can be embedded into your Canvas course as well.

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