I was listening to a few of my 7th grade students yesterday. They were talking about how they use their phones to work together to get their homework done. When they come to an problem or question that they can’t solve, they text a friend to see if they have the answer. This makes quick [...]
Posts Tagged ‘education’
Think about the homework you give students
Posted in Cell Phones, Why Tech?, tagged cell phones, education, texting, web 2.0 on March 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Thinking vs. Memorization
Posted in Random Stuff, tagged education, learning on March 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I heard a story this weekend from a teacher that is working in a school where a scripted reading program is being used. A part of the program requires teachers to read a sentence to students. The students then have to repeat the sentence back verbatim. This particular teacher was being observed by a professional [...]
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 [...]
Use a classroom blog to post links
Posted in Online Tools, tagged blogs, classroom, education on February 22, 2012 | 1 Comment »
There are lots of uses for blogs in the classroom. They are a great way to give students assignments, to show off student work, and to engage students in meaningful conversations that extend beyond the classroom. I have used my classroom blogs for all of these reasons. However, the way I use my class blog [...]
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 [...]
