It’s amazing as a teacher when you encounter a community of learners without noticeable barriers and boundaries between teachers and students. That’s what I saw today at Oakbrook. I saw teachers who were reflectively considering the way that technology would be used in their classrooms and who were thinking through theses decisions as their students …
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I’ve realized that I haven’t used this space to talk much about what I am doing day to day, so here we go! Yesterday, I worked with student who finished school in a non-degree program and he is working towards a GED. So I am desperately trying to connect GED vocabulary to experiences and sports …
I had a dream last night that I was standing on the porch and watching the ocean. Then I saw that the tide was creeping closer and closer and becoming more and more powerful. I begged and pleaded to the people around me to follow me inland. I told them what I saw, but then …
In a time of budget crisis, this is one of the best arguments for allowing students to use mobile devices in class: District leaders want students with devices at home to have the option to switch them on in class. That would free up schools’ limited number of Netbooks, iPods and iPads for students without …
Great argument for blogging in the classroom. Even at a young age, it is important to begin to have an idea of the significance of a digital footprint, including what things are appropriate to post online, how to protect your identity and ways to interact with others in an online space. As my six-year-olds grow …
Maybe Khan Academy isn’t the best thing in education: Mr. Khan stated that the purpose of Khan Academy was to have the students watch the lectures at home, on their own, so teachers could do better things in class. How about we get rid of the lectures all together, or use them sparingly in class …
McGraw Hill isn’t the only organization that is banking on the 2012-2013 going mobile: New on iTunes U: Find TEDTalks organized by subject area into courses, curated for students, educators and lifelong learners. In our initial course offering, explore such topics as “Creative Problem-Solving” … “Understanding Happiness” … “Climate Change” … where you’ll find great …
Do you feel the earth moving? McGraw Hill already has a line of five K-12 textbooks for the iPad 2 through iBooks 2 and over 50 iPad textbooks for higher education and the professional market through an app from partner firm Inkling, into which McGraw Hill Education has heavily invested. All of McGraw Hill’s iPad textbooks come alive thanks …
Schools are finding themselves on the other side of spending thousands of dollars on interactive whiteboards and now there is an interactive whiteboard that each student can hold in his or her hand rather than 25 students crowding around one. Who ultimately ends up on top has huge implications for educational technology leaders, who must …
Proud to know you, Ms. Tobey! Shine on!
