Two recent articles and other observations have me thinking about the need to restructure journalism programs or school newspaper programs in our high schools. Some interesting ideas and developments lately that if I was a journalist teacher I’d be sharing and discussing with my students. First from Mashable comes 8 Must-Have Traits of Tomorrow’s Journalist which include: Entrepreneurial and Business […]
Over the past couple of days I’ve had one simple question that I can’t get out of my head. Why do we believe that every teacher having a computer on their desk will benefit teaching and learning, but giving one to students wouldn’t? It’s a simple question isn’t it? I mean….when I started teaching in 1999 I walked into my […]
So maybe I’ve been reading to much Lifehacker lately. But I got to school this morning and some how got thinking about how I could hack-up the Google Doc Application that you get from Google when you install Google Gears to work with our school educational Google Apps domain. So here are the steps on how to do it for […]
So I read Dean Shareski’s post Why Audience Matters earlier today and just finished reading Clarence’s follow up post and thought I’d add to the conversation as well. Dean does a great job talking about the different roles an audience can play and I’d like to extend his list. Audience as Community Your audience becomes a community when audience members […]
I know it sounds like such a stupid question….and maybe content has always trumped actual learning but I continue to find myself in conversations that end with: “I’d love to do so much more, but we have to cover all this content and I just don’t have time.” Why is that? Why is content…which is now available anywhere and everywhere […]
Yesterday in our cohort reflecting session at the EARCOS Admin Conference we talked a lot about 1:1 programs. Everyone trying to figure out what works, what doesn’t, where to start, and the questions go on and on. I do think we can learn from each other as schools continue to strive to use technology at a true learning tool in […]
Waking up to a view of the grand mosque in Bahrain this morning has me thinking about cultures and just how small the world really is. The conference starts later today but some of the conversations I’ve had already have me thinking about education on a level I think few think about. Yesterday I happen to take the bus from […]
I have to share this story with you if for no other reason….I’ve shared it with anyone that would listen to me at school today.
I have had a few conversations the past couple of days on what is the thinking on typing skills and teaching typing to students. Most schools that I know of do not have a typing curriculum like we would have a writing curriculum. If you do….that is fantastic and I’d love to see it, but to my knowledge most schools […]
This is what I love about wikis. You start a site, create the structure for collaboration, invite a community and then stand back and watch as the community helps you create a site that you could never have done on your own. As a new school year begins I want to draw your attention once again to the U Tech […]