I created a bundle at Google that includes a variety of tech-related RSS feeds, mostly from the Horizon Report folks. Here’s the link.
thinking about education
I created a bundle at Google that includes a variety of tech-related RSS feeds, mostly from the Horizon Report folks. Here’s the link.
One of the themes that came out of last week’s online course discussion about Web 2.0 was a sense that if you had an active online life, you didn’t have such an active offline life. Some students indicated that they didn’t spend much time online as they did other things and had other hobbies. [...]
One of the reasons I love to teach is because I love to learn. During my ed tech class last week, one of my students introduced me to Alice, the programming language, and also talked about Storytelling Alice, the programming language geared towards middle schoolers, particularly girls. I had only a vague knowledge of [...]
I am teaching three courses this semester. Two are face to face and one is online. I’ve taught the undergraduate face to face course for more than five years. It’s the typical “tech” class that pre-service teachers have always had to take. When I took it some 22 years ago, I [...]
Mark Your Calendars: The VSTE Webinar for January will be held Thursday, January 28, at 7:30 PM. We’ll be taking advantage of Learn Central’s free Elluminate access. Mary Ellen Davis and Linda Carpenter from Virginia Beach will be reprising their excellent VSTE presentation about this online virtual problem solving tool for students. Come join us [...]
Earlier today on Twitter, Alfie Kohn asked which signs directed at students were bothersome. Tim Stahmer followed up by commenting that he was bothered by signs that told kids to put away their mobile devices as though they had no instructional value. The exchange reminded me of a short blog post I meant [...]
I should preface this post by saying that I am not a professional historian. I am an amateur history buff, however, mostly interested in early English history from the Norman Conquest through the Elizabethan era. Right now, I’m also dabbling in American history, specifically the Revolutionary War and its aftermath. I am [...]