cross posted at ThumannResources.com I’ve been using my Blackberry 8830 since November 2007. I got it around the same time lots of my techie friends were getting their iPhones, but I refused to switch providers as my family has four lines and it
I love lists. I love to read articles made up of lists. I buy books consisting of lists. I WRITE books consisting of lists. In my opinion, list writing is an essential skill for anyone who wants to 'make it'
by David Andrade Cross posted at http educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com 2009 11 creating personal learning network pln.html What is a PLN? A PLN is a way for you to make connections and share ideas and resources. You have one with
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Finding information online is easy. You go to a search engine, type in what you are looking for and with a few mouse clicks you have an answer...most of the time. Teaching kids how to search is easy. Teaching them
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Cross posted on Always Learning Last weekend I was honored to present a session at the Bridging the Gap conference at Yokohama International School in Japan. YIS has hosted this community conference annually since 2001, and the topic for this
This post is Part II of a post started by Cheryl Oakes on Tuesday, November 23, 2009 at TechLearning about the incredible work that Colleen King is doing with her site MathPlayground. When Cheryl asked me if I was interested
Sometimes an educator comes along whom you have the privilege of meeting and having a conversation, and she has a huge impact on your thinking. Last Thursday evening at Seedlings, excuse the shameless promotion, Alice, Bob and Cheryl, interviewed Colleen
Improving eductation is a huge issue and always has been. Test scores, our perceived performance against other countries, and other factors have pushed education to the forefront of national politics...
Logo by Matt Fuller On November 7th, 2009, I had the opportunity to work with a local team of "Tech Facilitators" to develop an experience for teachers who are working in school districts that feed into New Trier High School
Cross posted at ThumannResources.com There are so many search tools available in Google that this past August when I presented at the Google Teacher Academy in Boulder, Colorado, I named my presentation “Google Search At A
This facebook twitter posting by Chris Lehmann got my attention. It's hard to argue with that statement and it raises some interesting questions and implications. It reminded me this cartoon by Hugh MacLeod (warning, Hugh as an affection for the
Last Sunday featured an interesting article in the New York Times by Winnie Hu, "Selling Lessons Online Raises Cash and Questions," in which she unveiled, at least to me, that the sale of finished lessons by teachers is a booming
Last week I attended a Westminster Forum event on testing and assessment. It was an excellent event, not least because something I have been saying for years was validated. It has always been my contention that if you love your
I remember when I saw my first rotating font — at a Tech Conference in Long Beach, CA. I was mesmerized – and I cannot tell you what the session was about, but I remember the rotating font. The bells
I was talking with a group of teachers this week about the video, "A Vision of K 12 Students Today." While the video sensationalizes a bit, I do believe it makes for an excellent dialog starter. In my discussion, one
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Are eBooks The Answer?Recently I was sitting in an elementary school media center. The media coordinator (Robin) was sitting in, what looked like the most comfortable rocking chair. At her feet were 18 Kindergartners not making a sound. They were
We are constantly telling our students to be careful what they post online because "nothing ever goes away on the Internet." That photo of them at that Keg Party posted on Facebook could come back to haunt them later when
John Sowash had quite a discussion happening at his website, The Electric Educator, on how and why to Google Proof a Question, using Bloom's Taxonomy. What does that title suggest to you? John Sowash has a terrific web post
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Many years ago, I helped operate a soup kitchen on San Jose's (CA) Skid Row. We were well meaning, but not the most responsible neighbors. One day, I was sweeping around the passed out men and women on our front