A Teacher’s Thoughts

Technology seems to be supporting two diverging paths in education. I am not sure these paths are anything new really. One represents a humanistic approach to learning while the other is focused on embedding itself within the achievement/testing model of education. Of course we know which one has been on top for the past decade [...]

Ari Shwartz talks with NPR On the Media about technology and the new administration. It seems the White House and government in general have some battles in common with educators when it comes to implementing modern technologies in the workplace as we try to catch up to the rest of the pubic world. “Everyone in [...]

Others have told me their students are completely dialed in to the new technologies that permeate our e-connected world. I don’t know, maybe it is our rural location and the percentage of students who still suffer the pains of dialup, or no service at all, but other than MySpace an occasional Facebook account, and a [...]

Wikis it Seems It seems this falls’ theme was the wiki. Starting with our team’s Amistad project, students and teachers alike began to discover how to leverage the features of a wiki to enhance, inspire, and document learning. While most students and teachers had used a wiki to retrieve information, only a couple of students [...]

When I wrote about what someone might see when walking through a technology integrated classroom, my goal was to provide a quick view for a group of administrators and school board members in my district. The list was clearly missing something. Jeff Utecht’s Post on evaluating technology use in the classroom goes this next step [...]