One of the challenges of teaching and technology is the adjustment from the traditional classroom to the wired classroom. I would like to examine this wired classroom from two perspectives. First, as the teacher: I stand in front of the room and there are twenty students out there with laptops open. They stare at their …
Earlier I wrote about the learning curve and what happens when we reach the point of understanding that eludes us. What happens when our minds are pushed past the point of comfortability? Frustration. Anger. Annoyance. After working with Evernote and observing the class working with Evernote, I noticed a pattern within myself and which I …
I have been thinking about the Digital Writing Marathon that our Tech. Institute went on yesterday as part of Diana’s TWIP. After having been on dozens (I tried to count yesterday) of marathons, I’m trying to bring some perspective to the concept of adding technology to the marathons. What are the possibilities and what are …
I am trying to make a metaphor to connect driving and teaching. It isn’t there yet, but I’m going to play with it in this space. My drive from Omaha to Lincoln every morning allows me to glide down I-80 which has been upgraded to mostly six lanes all the way at 75 mph. After …
Everytime I think of Badges, I think… “We don’t need no stinking badges!” from the movie Blazing Saddles which was taken from an earlier movie. And there is a whole page about how this misquote became famous! The point is that perhaps the word “badges” is a bit loaded. Badges make me think of police …
The Pew Surveys have inspired me to do a quick inventory of how I use technology in my classroom. This seems like a good time to examine and reflect on how I have used technology to inform my choices for the next school year. Ah, the joys of summer. I teach in a one-to-one school …