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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Inspiration
“We had one computer for the whole school back then,” she said. “It was an Apple ‘green screen’ with separate disk drives. We had two buildings, five floors. The poor custodian — he had to carry it...
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Reflection on Tech Integration: The more things change …
At one of yesterday’s EdCamp sessions, a teacher shared a few of his favorite apps. As I watched, I experienced a moment of déjà vu. Devices are supplanting desktop/laptop computers — I’ve seen a...
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