There’s been so much speculation about Apple’s new iPad – both before it was launched, and now it’s finally been unveiled in public as an upcoming product. The arguments are various, but they seem to mostly center upon whether this ‘souped up iPod Touch’ is actually ‘all that’. In my opinion it is ‘all that’, [...]
Picnik.com launches back to school ideas
A friend of mine who now works for Picnik (or should I say Google seeing that Picnik was recently purchased by them), the online photo editing website passed along these little suggestions this week. New for Back to School We just launched some handy tools that make it easy to create photo-personalized blog headers, newsletters, [...]
Using Search Stories to Teach Search Skills
Last year one of the best ads released during the SuperBowl was this simple ad by Google Shortly after the release of this video Google asked you to make your own search stories. Simply go to http://www.youtube.com/searchstories and start creating your story. What a great way to teach students search skills. Give students and start [...]
A Shopper for All Seasons
During my fifteen years of teaching, I often used food analogies in my teaching. Eating is something we all understand and hopefully enjoy. Locating and eating the ‘right foods’ is something we can all aspire. While searching for some new recipes this summer, I spent time at two sites: Epicurious and Eattheseasons. Used together, [...]
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Digital Literacy
Where the Web Went Right
In this discussion, he lambasts ‘Web 2.0 proponents’ as religious cultists who contribute their time and energy, not for their own personal gain, but in the interest of creating a god-like singularity of utopian participation. I like to share my thoughts about art education with the greater community for my own personal interest, and all of a sudden I’m handing out flowers at airports and promoting a socialist agenda?
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Latest Web Marks 01/27/2010
What is the Future of Teaching? t comes down to knowing how to best use the tools at your disposal to maximize the impact of education for students, which has always been what separates good teachers from bad ones. The major difference between teachers of today and teachers of the future is that in the [...]
21st Century Themes
Games – What exactly are kids learning?
[Cross-posted at Tip of the Iceberg] Games and the value of game-based learning has been a hot topic for me lately, so I was thrilled to come across Tom Chatfield’s article, Why playing in the virtual world has an awful lot to teach children in the Guardian on the 10th January 2010 (hat tip to [...]
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Latest Web Marks 01/22/2010
If Your Kids Are Awake, They’re Probably Online – NYTimes.com Dr. Michael Rich, a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital Boston who directs the Center on Media and Child Health, said that with media use so ubiquitous, it was time to stop arguing over whether it was good or bad and accept it as part of children’s [...]
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Latest Web Marks 01/21/2010
Why Teachers Should ‘Friend’ Students Online – Murry’s World This week, an educator friend (Georgia) of mine tweeted that he was being told to ‘unfriend’ many of his Facebook friends…because they are students. As I responded, another IT educator friend (Texas) of mine said someone from ChildSafe (no link ever for them) made a statement [...]
I Need My Teacher to Learn Music Video
Kevin Honeycutt…..you rock!
Four Strands of an Educational Technology Position
It’s that time of year again in the International Educational world of recruiting fairs and finding your next position. The first fair just ended last week here in Bangkok and the list of fairs that still will be occurring through June can be found here and here. Before the winter break I interviewed, was offered, [...]
’10 The Year of the Mobile Web
Have you ever seen a cat do one of those really long wonderful stretches after a good nap? Well that’s how I’m feeling now after having the last three weeks virtually off the computer as we worked on our condo in Seattle over the holidays. Of course being in the US nobody wants to give [...]
Mainstream Press (sort of) Goes Learning 2.0
Nicholas Bramble recently wrote an article for Slate putting forth the argument that schools should not only stop blocking social networking sites like Facebook but they should find ways to integrate them into the learning. This is old news in the edublogosphere but it is a good sign that the message is hopefully reaching more [...]
