I think it on a daily basis, something along the lines of I sure wish those kids would just leave their phones in their pockets for just a few minutes. I’ll even admit downright irritation when trying to give the directions for an assignment and a student is slyly texting under the desk. There is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘web 2.0’
Adora Svitek’s take on technology and distracted teenagers
Posted in Why Tech?, tagged e-learning, Educational technology, web 2.0 on May 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Students can be involved in global projects
Posted in Movie/Video, Why Tech?, tagged education. video, learning, web 2.0 on April 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A year and a half ago, I worked with a group of 7th grade students to submit video for the One Day On Earth Project. Basically, people from around the world shot video to show what was happening in their lives on 10/10/10. The class I worked with had maybe 3 minutes of video that [...]
Fake Facebook or Fakebook resource page
Posted in Online Tools, tagged edtech, education, learning, web 2.0 on March 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In preparation for an upcoming conference, I have finally compiled all of the fake Facebook (Fakebook) resources I have collected over the last year into one web page. Basically, the page is a compilation of all the blog posts I have written with the added perspective of using the app with several class since my [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 »
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 [...]
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. [...]
New TED page: TED Quotes
Posted in Online Tools, Random Stuff, tagged eduation, TED, web 2.0 on February 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Positive words can make positive change, but sometimes it’s hard to find the right words. Yesterday, TED launched a new page, TED Quotes, on their website dedicated to quotes taken from some of the 1,100 plus talks they host on the site. What I like about the page is that these are the best quotes [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
