Most teachers agree that it is time to start using technology in the classroom. However, using technology in the classroom looks quite different from teacher to teacher, and it’s possible that many are using in the wrong way. I was reading Scott McLeod’s blog, Dangerously Irrelevant, and his latest post features a list of actions [...]
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Transforming education with the use of technology
Posted in Why Tech?, tagged ed tech, education, teaching, web.20 on February 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Purist or successfully diverse?
Posted in Random Stuff, Why Tech?, tagged education, mac, pc, web 2.0 on February 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
One of my favorite ways to spend a day outside of school is to go fly fishing. There is something deeply satisfying about tricking a fish into biting a fly that I tied myself. It’s fun and relaxing as well as a good challenge. However, as much as I like to fly fish, I also [...]
The forgotten tool: Telephones (or maybe communication)
Posted in Random Stuff, Why Tech?, tagged education, learning, teaching on February 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Lurking in the corner of almost every classroom is a technological tool that often get overlooked by teachers: the telephone. I know. You don’t need to use the school phone because you have one in your pocket, or maybe you don’t talk on the phone much at all. Most people either text or send an [...]
Research is hard work
Posted in Research, Why Tech?, tagged ed tech, education, research on February 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Currently, I teach an 8th grade class that focuses solely on research, and my two Senior classes writing research papers. For the last several days, I have listened to students complain that they can’t find enough information for their papers. I have explained that there are books written on many of the topics they have [...]
Unpredictable
Posted in Random Stuff, Why Tech?, tagged ed tech, education, technology, web 2.0 on February 8, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Tonight, I was working on some fake Facebook resources and clicked on My Fake Wall, a resource that I have used in the past. The link took me to a page that said the site was offline. There was no indication of when it would be up and running again. There is a chance that [...]
Show students how to use the internet for research
Posted in Random Stuff, Why Tech?, tagged ed tech, education, teaching on February 3, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I’m not just talking about preparing students to write a paper. Show them how to discover the world. This week, I read a cool article about the climbers who recently climbed Cerro Torre, a wicked mountain in the Patagonia. I decided to share the story with some of my classes and use the article for [...]
Use the projector in your classroom
Posted in Random Stuff, Why Tech?, tagged ed tech, education, web 2.0 on February 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Projectors are becoming the norm in classrooms. Costing anywhere from $500-$1000 apiece, they are a pricy investment in the classroom. Occasionally, a teacher will fire it up to show a movie or maybe to have students copy notes but from what I have seen, many of them sit dormant in classrooms. Now don’t get me [...]
Teaching with technology
Posted in Why Tech?, tagged education, Educational technology, web 2.0 on February 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Notice, the title says, “teaching with technology,” not “teaching technology.” This is an important distinction to make when planning a lesson. There are times when the teacher is going to have to teach the technology, but face it. The majority of the students in any given class probably have a better handle on the technology [...]
Never enough technology
Posted in Why Tech?, tagged classroom 2.0, education, technology, web 2.0 on January 31, 2012 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
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 [...]
