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The Best 1:1 Device is a Good Teacher
Self-Paced Professional Development Here are some options for self-paced, learn-when-you-can professional development. Your district will not hand you these options, but I encourage you to seek them out. iTunesU iTunesU is an iPad-based repository of courses, lectures, and resources for teachers and students. The content can be accessed exclusively on the iPad, and the material…
Flipping the Classroom Requires More Than Video
Flipping the classroom has become a large passion of mine. It is one of my ongoing professional goals to implement next year. I have to agree with these four bullet points. Poor video lectures are worse than the live version of the same lecture. They need to be engaging. Video lectures lead to less engaged…
iPad is King in Education
Today I was reading the blog of Steven Anderson, District Instructional Technologist with Winston-Salem Schools in Winston-Salem NC, where he was discussing “Taking a Step Back and Thinking Critically About Technology“. Take a moment to read the article to understand my standpoint below. So why is iPad King in Education? Apps! When you have a…
Teachers: Please stop prohibiting the use of Wikipedia #edtech
I couldn’t agree more with this post on using Wikipedia in the classroom. Many times I have run across teacher that tell their students to not use Wikipedia as a source because it can be inaccurate. Information on Wikipedia at time can be inaccurate but we should be teaching students to cite properly and to…
‘School of One’ Pilot Program Under Way in Chinatown Middle School 131
Now this is a school! Amazing article by the NY Times on a new way to approach educating students. I have always believed that educating students is much more successful when you take this approach and eliminate the confines of the typical four walled classroom. I wish my middle school was like this when I…
Technology in the Classroom Part 1: Web 2.0
Ten years ago the Internet was pretty limited on what it could do and who actually used it. I remember when the Internet started to get plugged into schools. It was 1996 and I was in my senior year of high school and we just passed a bond placing Internet access in each classroom for…
Web 2.0 Tools for Educators
I created this list using Google Docs and I update my Google Docs spreadsheet on a regular basis, but I do not update the Scribd PDF version regularly. I have included a link to the Google Docs version down below. The Google Docs version contains the links to each website. [scribd id=44094026 key=key-s68noq8felshqg3h8es mode=list] Google…