My dream classroom would include the following: Class set of laptops (preferably Mac Book Pro’s) Class set of iPod Touches complete with a charging station A Smart Board (even if they aren’t quite as nifty as they seem) Document Camera Clickers (probably SMART since I have the board) Surround sound speaker system (Bose would be [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Never enough technology
Posted in Why Tech?, tagged classroom 2.0, education, technology, web 2.0 on January 31, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Student make up work for video projects
Posted in Online Tools, tagged animation, education, Educational technology, web 2.0 on January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Here is the dilemma: the students in your class work for a week creating a video, and as luck would have it, one or two students miss the entire week due to illness. Not only do these student miss out on all of the collaboration that takes place in the project, they also do not [...]
SOPA, PIPA, students, and the future
Posted in Random Stuff, tagged censorship, internet, PIPA, SOPA on January 19, 2012 | 1 Comment »
A few hours ago, I was sitting in class and decided to research water horses (I just recently finished the Scorpio Races). Of course, my number one place to find quick information is Wikipedia, but today there was not any information available for me to gain. In protest of the SOPA Bill working it’s way [...]
How to start a technology project in the classroom
Posted in Why Tech?, tagged edtech, Educational technology, web 2.0 on January 17, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I know a lot of teachers who want to use technology in their own classroom. Many of them know that it will benefit the students. They are sure that the students will have fun and learn at the same time. They even know that this is the future of education, but that is as far [...]
Technology projects vs. hands on projects
Posted in Online Tools, Random Stuff, Why Tech? on January 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This is a good question. Both projects have their advantages and disadvantages. However, after some serious thought and discussion, I think that teachers should incorporate both into the classroom. Last night’s #edchat discussion on Twitter was on this topic, and it made me think. Recently, I have done several tech projects with students, and on [...]
Don’t even ask
Posted in Random Stuff on January 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Last Friday, I wanted to show a video in class. I had found a link the day before and thought I was good to go. However, on Friday when I pushed play, an error came up on the link, and the video wouldn’t play. The whole class was sitting there looking at me. I had [...]
Connected
Posted in Random Stuff on January 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, I have taken to playing chess. Technology makes it quite easy to play a game anytime. I just click play, and I am connected with another player. This morning I was reminded of how the internet really does connect us with the world. I played several games and lost all of them. Then I [...]
Student perspective on Fakebook assignment
Posted in Online Tools on January 4, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I just had to share this comment from Laxi on the blog post 5 Facebook templates and page for student projects yesterday. “I’m a Junior in High School and we have to make a fake Facebook for a past event in history, or person. It has to have 50 comments and statuses total. I think [...]
Technology in the classroom not a new idea
Posted in Why Tech? on January 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
On many occasions I have heard teachers say that they were not going to use technology in the classroom. “I have been teaching this way for 20 years, and my student’s have always learned what they needed to without pounding away at a keyboard.” I believe that, but I don’t believe that teachers who say [...]
