When it all goes right

When it all goes right

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 […]

Tech Plan Part 5 – Conclusion

Tech Plan Part 5 – Conclusion

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 […]

Technology = Engaged Learners

Technology = Engaged Learners

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 […]

Tech Plan Part 4 – Implementation

Tech Plan Part 4 – Implementation

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 […]

EARCOS Admin – All over but the flight

EARCOS Admin – All over but the flight

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 […]

Wetpaint Wikis go Ad-Free for education!

Wetpaint Wikis go Ad-Free for education!

I think we’re going to see a lot more of this in the future. Last week ning dropped the ads for educational ning sites (which I took advantage of today to help a global issues network for international students get started). Jason Welker (a teacher here at SAS) and I have been working with wetpaint over the past couple of […]

U Tech TV Live at the EARCOS Admin Conference!

U Tech TV Live at the EARCOS Admin Conference!

All times local in Kuala Lumpur Sunday Nov. 4th Online Professional Development: 10am-11:15 Virtual Learning Environments: 11:20-12:30 Monday Nov. 5th Beyond E-mail 9:45-12:30 Tuesday Nov. 6th Mastering RSS 10am-12:45 [tags/]earcosadmin07[/tags] Technorati Tags: EARCOSadmin07

EARCOS Admin Conference

EARCOS Admin Conference

After a great flight down from Shanghai today I find myself preparing for 4 presentations in 3 days. You can bet I’ll be calling on my network of educators throughout the week. So don’t be surprised if I Skype ya, ask you to join me in WizIQ or Elluminate or ask to have a twit shout out to Administrators from […]

Tech Plan Part 3- Support

Tech Plan Part 3- Support

Support Structure You can have the best educational portal, and the best infrastructure, but if you do not have the support in place to both help teachers use/understand technology and support infrastructural needs then the money you spend on hardware will be lost. Throughout the late 90s and into the 21st century schools have spend a lot of money on […]