It seems like a simple notion. Technology is an enormous part of contemporary life, why wouldn’t it be incorporated as part of education? But some school systems just don’t appear to grasp the concept. A portion of the problem is monetary – technology is costly. Another portion is the foreignness. The teachers don’t know how [...]
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1:1 technology implies that each student in a classroom has access to a piece of effective technology be it a computer, laptop, tablet or other electronic devise. Many classrooms across the country and around the world are implementing, this while others are barely there…yet! It may be the classroom of the future for some teachers, [...]
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We connect in so many ways. It seems like “connect” is a buzz word sometimes: connecting texts we read to experiences, connecting math concepts to real life, making connections with others. Social media is one way people connect and it seems like so many websites and online businesses want to take advantage of the potential for [...]
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What a way to start off the summer – a tech in ed convention. This was, by far, the biggest thing I have been part of! There were 11,000 people at the ISTE convention housed at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The buildings covered 4 blocks in the downtown, there were 1000s of sessions and booths [...]
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I love Animoto! It is so easy to use and fun too! I’ve been trying to make more videos for my class and for my You Tube channel and have been stuck on Windows Media Player. But since I have really started using Animoto, it will be my go to movie creating platform for almost [...]
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He’s been asking for over a year, and finally I was able to say, “YES!” Well, actually, I told Jerry Blumengarten, AKA “Cybraryman” yes when he first asked if my class would like to Skype with him, but the process to make that happen was a little long and slightly complicated. My district, at first [...]
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Melissa Edwards is one of my “go-to” people when it comes to purposefully using technology in the classroom. A few weeks ago we were chatting about the Multiple Intelligences, and she put a post together that included some great resources and references. So, if you are interested in spending some time clicking through and checking [...]
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My last two posts have included live playlists powered by Grooveshark. In a sentence – I LOVE Grooveshark. I’ve only been using it only for a short time, but I can see so many possibilities for it in my teaching and sharing with teachers. Let me explain: As the author of a book about bringing [...]
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This week some students of mine have begun the blogging process. They are very excited and so am I. Since the beginning of the school year, they have been writing in their “Reflection Journals” at the end of every day, reflecting on what they have learned in the various subjects and about themselves as learners. [...]
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