At today’s ADE Session in Singapore we spent the day talking about the importance of personal branding. We are fortunate to have Max Judd here who facilitated the personal branding session. Max is the senior manager of Education Advocacy Programs at Apple and is responsible for the Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE) program. He talked about [...]
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Amanda DeCardy has written 12 articles so far, you can find them below.
She’s had her computer for three weeks…
Tomorrow I have the honor of presenting at our school PTSA meeting which is solely going to be centered around one topic: technology. I love it when topics are so broad. Really, we could talk about anything and everything under the sun. What scares me a bit is that we are going to spend too [...]
Apple Remote Desktop – A Good Thing?
Over the course of the next couple of days at my school we are requiring that all students in the 1:1 laptop program permanently change their computer settings. As a school we are going to require that each and every student in the 7th and 8th grade have their Remote Login and Remote Management boxes [...]
Student Film Festivals Spark Creativity
After months of planning, the Shanghai Student Film Festival proved to be one of the most rewarding experiences of this teacher’s career. Why? The number of students from international schools across Shanghai and across the world that were able to participate and be a part of this event were inspiring to me. Elementary students, middle [...]
Labbing Out Loud in Science!
My job is to help teachers integrate technology into their curriculum – not to force it but to compliment the existing program by empowering students to take more control over their learning. As this quarter comes to a close, Mr. Olivas’ science students have been busy uploading their Labbing Out Loud (LOL) movies to their [...]
Using Prezi to Share the Big Picture about 1:1
This is cross posted on Some Tech Sense. As we move into full swing for our 1:1 planning at my school, we find ourselves in the position of celebrating and over-communicating about what we’ve been able to achieve with a laptop cart program. I decided to use prezi as it’s like a Keynote, but it’s [...]
Taking Essential Questions to the Next Level
This is cross-posted on Some Tech Sense! I love my teachers. They are always willing to take risks and try something new with tech. They are so positive and jump in with both feet. Over the past week, I’ve been working with our two 7th grade science teachers Mrs. McDaid and Mrs. Bugenske on taking [...]
Science Rules! Tech Motivates…
I am constantly amazed by the students in our schools. We’ve all heard the age old adage, “If you give an inch, they’ll take a mile…” Well, we gave our 8th graders an inch and many of them took it the mile. Over the past month, students have been creating their own Environmental NGO. The [...]
Time to Reflect – Creating my Job Description
My closest friends are always telling me to take time to reflect…. so here I go. I reflect…. I have been so amazingly busy. I know, I know we are all busy, but this pace is incredible! Being a Technology Integration Specialist has given me the opportunity to have my hand in just about every [...]
Glogs… Is there an Educational Purpose?
I am constantly thinking of ways to try to get my teachers hooked into technology. Technology cannot be seen as just one more thing on their already busy plates. Technology has to be seen as fun… Technology should help teachers celebrate the successes of their students Technology should help everyone is our communities stay connected; [...]
