On Oct. 30 I wrote about a presentation I gave to our High School student body on Oct. 29th. To date it was one of the hardest presentations I’ve had to give. Talking to students about their spaces, about their future, and trying to make an impact that lasted well after the 45 minute presentation. I wore jeans, a loose […]
Two comments on my last post about the New-School ads talked about R&D in education. If schools had the R&D and PR departments that private industry has – and were equally responsive to “customers†– education might be as cutting edge as your doctored ads suggest! By diane This has had me thinking the past couple of days on where […]
SOON, EVERYTHING WILL START TO CLICK. There’s a reason the new school clicks with so many people. It’s supposed to. Throughout the school, you’ll notice an uncanny familiarity to your life beyond the walls. Consider, if you will, the new classroom that comes standard. It’s engineered with more than students in mind. The push-button world has been taken into account. […]
I’ve been catching up on my RSS reader over the past couple of day. I’ve decided I need to prune the aggregator again and really focus in on some good solid learning that I need to do. George Siemens’ connectivism blog is one that always makes my brain hurt. I’ve just tried reading four articles in a row and now […]
When technology all works, it can do some amazing things. Yes, there are hills and valleys to the use of technology, but when technology allows students to engage in the learning process and create some simply amazing projects….I still shake my head in awe when I see what happens when we can guide them in the process. When we get […]
Full PDF of the entire Tech Plan will be out shortly with updates from those who left comments and made me think! In the 21st Century, schools need to support locally but think globally. School’s must have a local infrastructure that supports learning but that allows students and teachers to learn and interact globally. Technology plans of the 21st Century […]
I’m still trying to figure out exactly what this means. Link removed/website dead Credit to Doug Johnson for the link. Technorati Tags: readinglevel
Why? Because it’s their language! Educators who say they understand students and do not understand why you would/should use technology resources in the classroom really don’t get it. Technology in many different forms engages students today. It is how they want to learn, it is their language, and by allowing them to use technology we actually engage them in the […]
When you get right down to it all the technology in the world and the best support structure are nothing if you do not take the time to implement the technology in a way that supports the structure of the entire plan. The process of implementing your tech plan can have lasting consequences on the buy in you get from […]
I fly out tomorrow back to Shanghai and join the rest of the ‘real world’ back in the daily grind. It was a great experience presenting at my first administrators conference. I have to say how impressed I have been with the turn out at all of my sessions. I was hoping praying that I would have at least one […]