Humankind is innovative. Just think of how far we’ve come. Thousands of years ago, ancient man stared deep into the embers of the campfire and decided to change things up a bit. Now we are staring intently into the glow of a computer screen or portable device, and still, we want more. It seems that [...]
Posts Tagged ‘ed tech’
Technological evolution
Posted in Random Stuff, Why Tech?, tagged ed tech, learning on May 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Show students their voice is heard
Posted in Online Tools, Why Tech?, tagged blogs, classroom, ed tech, education on April 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
As a part of a 7th grade Current Issues class, my students watch CNN Student news a couple times a week. Usually, once a week, students have an opportunity to write on the A-Z Blog to give their opinion about a current news story. Generally the students enjoy the activity. This is in large part [...]
Pencil vs. computer in education: And the winner is….
Posted in Why Tech?, tagged ed tech, education, technology on April 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In her recent article on Mashable, Sarah Kessler examines data from a one-to-one laptop program in Peru. The title of the article gives the final conclusion in the study: “2.5 million laptops later, one laptop per child doesn’t improve test scores.” This is a hard pill to swallow for those of us who spend everyday [...]
Ask students what they know
Posted in Random Stuff, tagged ed tech, education, teaching on March 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Too often, teachers assume that because students spend inordinate amounts of time looking at a screen, they know how to work with technology. Teachers assume that students have it all figured out, that if given an assignment involving technology, students will figure it out or already know how to do whatever they have been assigned. [...]
Posted in Why Tech?, tagged ed tech, eduation, learning, Twitter, web 2.0 on March 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“We have to get away from just drilling knowledge into students and create environments where they create, they discuss, they measure, and they collaborate” – Eric Sheninger, Principal of New Milford High School, New Jersey. This morning, I found a cool site called Ed Tech Talk, which I’ll be honest, I know nothing about. Up [...]
6 benefits of stop motion animation projects in the classroom
Posted in Movie/Video, tagged ed tech, film, stop motion animation on March 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
1.Creativity: Students can show what they know best through the act of creation. In creating a script and storyboard for a video, students not only show what knowledge they have gained but help the brain to become an even better tool for logical and rational thought. 2. Thought process: Building a stop motion video takes [...]
Unused Technology
Posted in Why Tech?, tagged ed tech, education, learning, web 2.0 on March 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Do you know what technology your school has that is at your immediate disposal? I am guessing that there may be more than you think. There is a lot of money floating around today for technology in schools, more than most realize, and schools are using the money. One of the problems is keeping up [...]
Update: 2 more ways to make fake Facebook pages with students
Posted in Online Tools, tagged ed tech, education, Facebook, web 2.0 on March 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Since my blog post last April, I have run across a few more templates that will be useful for fake Facebook projects with students. While I really like the web based applications, as I have discussed before, they are not always reliable, so these templates are both a little more stable and more user friendly. [...]
Don’t just sit around and watch; join in the conversation
Posted in Random Stuff, Why Tech?, tagged ed tech, education, learning, teaching on February 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The internet is supposed to make us more connected. For most people, it is definitely a tool to keep on top of what is happening. The email is checked several times a day, along with Facebook walls and twitter feeds. We (I am included in this) are great consumers. However, when was the last time [...]
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 »
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 [...]
