Category Archives: Tech integration
Visiting a 1:1 iPad school
Last week I visited a nearby school that has deployed iPads for all 7-12 students. This is the first year for the program, and teachers and students are doing some impressive things. The program was funded by a state technology … Continue reading
PBS LearningMedia
One of education’s best friends, PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), has done it again. They already provide support to teachers and students through sites like PBS Teachers, PBS NewsHour Extra, and PBS Classroom, and now they’re doing even more. Yesterday they … Continue reading
Printables for Reluctant Boy Readers
Bill Zimmerman from Make Beliefs Comix is offering teachers new printables from his new interactive comic book for reluctant boy readers entitled, “Your Life in Comics: 100 Things for Guys to Write and Draw.” These free activity pages can be … Continue reading
Technology Integration
In the late Sixties and early Seventies, universities across the United States established programs like “African Studies” and “Women’s Literature.” At the time, many scholars expected them to be short-lived. They thought that these areas of study would become redundant … Continue reading
Reflections on a Moodle Moot
A very successful Midwest Moodle Moot took place at Goshen College earlier this week. Floyd Saner did a lot of work to make things go so well (not his first Moot!). The star this year was Martin Dougiamas, founder and … Continue reading
Wikipedia as a Source
Tom Whitby tweeted an interesting question this morning: “If research supports the fact that Wikipedia is more reliable than Encyclopedia Britannica, why are educators so slow to accept it as a source?” I’ve been asking that same question at my … Continue reading
Kids + Computers – Guidance = No surprises
The New York Times reports the results of recent studies in which children in low-income families were given laptops to take home. Web access was either absent or inhibited — much as I’d like to say “blocked,” we all know … Continue reading