How to Produce and Publish Your Podcast in Minutes

Posted onApril 26, 2016April 26, 2016AuthorMark BarnesLeave a comment

“You should start a podcast,” a friend said last year. I didn’t want to do it, because I was afraid of taking on the burden of one more project. And I thought podcasting was too Read More …

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You Can Teach One Lesson to the World; What Is It?

Posted onApril 17, 2016April 21, 2016AuthorMark BarnesLeave a comment

Here’s your chance. You’ve got the ear of every child in the world. You can teach them one lesson. What will it be? A discussion about teaching kids one important lesson, prompted the image at the Read More …

Hacking the Message: What Does Your Sign Say?

Posted onApril 11, 2016April 11, 2016AuthorMark BarnesLeave a comment

The sign says: You cannot do extra credit to bring up your grade. . . . What can you do to bring up your grade? Maybe you should start with your work. . . when Read More …

Hacking Inquiry Based Learning: Going Beneath the Surface of Instruction

Posted onApril 2, 2016AuthorMark BarnesLeave a comment

Educator, author and instructional design expert, Ross Cooper, explores inquiry based learning with Hack Learning creator Mark Barnes. Cooper explains what inquiry in the K12 classroom looks like and what teachers need to do to Read More …

10 Quick Fixes for Every School

Posted onFebruary 29, 2016February 29, 2016AuthorMark BarnesLeave a comment

Teachers worry about the Common Core, high stakes testing, accountability, parent complaints, and many other issues that face educators daily. What if you could stop worrying? What if there were quick fixes for your school and classroom Read More …

How to Show Off Your Inner Education Hacker

Posted onOctober 16, 2015AuthorMark BarnesLeave a comment

During a recent Twitter chat, I shared a picture of a Hack Learning T-Shirt; it was just a mockup of an idea. The chat began buzzing with tweets of “Where can I get a shirt Read More …

4 Qualities of a Great Hackers: They Have PEEP

Posted onMarch 22, 2015March 18, 2016AuthorMark BarnesLeave a comment

What’s a hacker? Some people think of hackers only as nefarious people who try to steal your identity or break into your computer files. These aren’t hackers, though; they are criminals. Real Hackers are people Read More …

Finally! Education Books that Actually Solve Problems

Posted onMarch 16, 2015June 11, 2015AuthorMark BarnesLeave a comment

Are you tired of the same old education books? You know the kind: Literacy training, Leadership strategies, Classroom management, Test preparation. . . . The list of been-there-done-that education books is longer than some interstate Read More …

Twitter Gives You Two Videos in One

Posted onMarch 6, 2015July 26, 2015AuthorMark Barnes1 Comment

Not only does Twitter’s in-app video feature give you and students a great opportunity to easily create and tweet short videos, it stores the videos on your device for posterity. Now, after tweeting your video Read More …

Hacking Twitter: Video and Social Media Engage All Learners

Posted onMarch 1, 2015July 26, 2015AuthorMark BarnesLeave a comment

Check out the power of Twitter’s in-app video feature, which marries social networking and video-two irresistible digital learning tools. Consider what you can do as a teacher with this amazing feature. Engage all students in Read More …

3 Ways to Hack Teacher Time

Posted onFebruary 22, 2015June 11, 2015AuthorMark Barnes2 Comments

Teacher time is a problem that needs to be hacked. The Center for Teaching Quality recently considered the problem of teacher time. After discussing this problem, representatives from the CTQ challenged educators to consider major changes in how teacher Read More …

What Do Hackers See?

Posted onFebruary 18, 2015February 21, 2015AuthorMark BarnesLeave a comment

Hackers see things differently. Hackers see solutions that may already exist but are overlooked, because those close to the problem may have personal agendas that get in the way of the solution. This is not Read More …