It’s amazing to realize how comfortable you become in the keyboard shortcuts and little nuances involved in a particular computing experience. You don’t realize that you know longer know how to cut and paste or type in a different language until you try to use what you already know on a new device. So, I have …
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As school starts back, I am always thinking about ways to lighten my load (and avoid more pinched nerves in my back!) and enlighten my students. This year, my teacher bag will be include several items that I didn’t even know about last year: My iPad: For the camera, for the apps and for my …
In teaching my second set of students in the Social Media conference, I encountered two unique situations. The first was that another adult entered the classroom and told the students that they needed to put up their cell phones and pay attention. It took me a couple of seconds to respond, but then I looked …
Sometimes, I feel like the conversations about Twitter center around the impact that it can have on professional development too much. I certainly value it for that reason, but I don’t think that students will use it in the same way. Although I have heard that some teachers are exploring with Twitter in the classroom …
In preparing for a seminar for youth on social media, I have hit a brick wall. This is not uncommon, I often hit a brick wall in preparing to teach something new, especially when technology is involved; however, in this case I am stuck in the middle. I have no idea if my students will …
“Let’s just pretend,” is how I started my presentation two weeks ago in my Life and Work of the Minister class. I decided to start with that because my book was about considering a change in your ministry position. For some reason, it’s almost impossible for us, as adults, to talk reasonably through the ideas …
Happy 1 year old Birthday, iPad! I remember because I bought my iPad in April last year (when I actually got a tax refund…being a teacher without a classroom gets pretty expensive come April 17!). I am surprised at how many of the apps I have been using since day 1 and use almost daily. …
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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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 …
