A couple of weeks ago teachers from around the world congregated at the American School of Bombay in India for the bi-annual ASB Unplugged 1-1 laptop conference. The week proved very helpful for teachers at schools either exploring the introduction of a 1-1 laptop program as well as for those of us who already work [...]
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Jason Welker has written 38 articles so far, you can find them below.
The secret to success in the blogosphere – “Blog your public and your private passions”
Arianna Huffington | The Daily Show | Comedy Central I like Arianna’s advice to bloggers: The secret to a successful blog is to write about your public and your private passions. The best blogs, in my opinion, are those in which the author’s passion for his or her subject is obvious. In my own blogging, [...]
Newsmap – viewing the news in a whole new way!
NewsmapHere’s another fascinating tool that could be used for analyzing the news in classes at the middle school or high school level. Much like Wordle, Newsmap creates a cluster cloud of news stories from Google News; the bigger the story in the day’s news, the larger its shape in the cluster cloud. One cool feature [...]
Top five tablet tips for teachers!
It has been two and a half months since I started teaching with tablets in my classroom here at Zurich International School. I can now take a moment and reflect on and share some of the things I have learned, in the hope that some of you readers out there will be able to learn [...]
Will free open-source texts and online e-books mark the end of printed textbooks?
Link by Link – Don’t Buy That Textbook, Download It Free – NYTimes.com My friend and fellow UTT contributor David Gran sent me a link to an article he knew would strike home with me. This NYT piece looks at the phenomenon of the free, online textbook, which recently has emerged in several academic areas [...]
“You’re No One if You’re not on Twitter”
YouTube – Ben Walker – You’re No One If You’re Not On Twitter Ben Walker – You’re No One If You’re Not On Twitter Have you been “bookmarked, re-tweeted and blogged?” I’m on Twitter, and I’d love it if you’d follow me! http://www.twitter.com/jasonwelker Please post a comment and include your Twitter name so I can [...]
Taking IT to a whole new level at Zurich International School
It’s been a while since I’ve posted here at UTT. Jeff Utecht and I no longer work at the same school; he’s moved on to Thailand and I to Switzerland. In many ways, both of us made the right move, to schools where technology integration lies at the heart of educational philosophy. Here in Switzerland, [...]
Take your students on the flight of their lives!
What is the benefit of technology in the classroom if it’s not to broaden our view of the world? With web 2.0 tools the four walls of our classroom are torn down and a universe of adventure and learning is opened up. I am continuously blow away by Google Earth and the amazing new features [...]
Web 2.0 and intelligent beer drinking
pintprice.com – the price of beer anywhere in the world It’s really best to be totally informed about a potential travel destination when planning a vacation. Just like you’d hate to show up to a “beach front” resort to find out that it’s actually a 10 minute walk from the sand, you’d also hate to [...]
One version of Windows XP per child…
Laptops for poor to run Windows XP – The Boston Globe The cute little green alien-looking computer that is the XO PC (aka the “$100 computer” that costs $200) is now available with Windows XP. For anyone who’s had a chance to play with one of these machines, the Linux based operating system takes some [...]
