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Speak Up 2012 report: “From Chalkboards to Tablets: The Emergence of the K-12 Digital Learner”
“The results being released today show that we are indeed in a new world. And we as adults need to learn from kids in this instance. We need to learn from students about how they learn, where they learn, and … Continue reading
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Tagged classroom, educational technology, student, student voice, survey, technology
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STEM resources
New NASA iPad Magazine App “Space Place Prime” is a new NASA magazine only for the iPad. This brand new app gathers some of the best and most recent Web offerings from NASA. It taps engrossing articles from The Space Place website, … Continue reading
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Back to School 2012 - Start your “year of empowerment” now!
Start the year off with hands on Think you need to wait for kids to settle down and learn the basics before you let them do projects and hands-on work? Not according to this expert teacher. What tech vision will … Continue reading
Can students record a lecture?
Bob Sprankle writes a very interesting post on the Tech+Learning blog this month - Who has the Right? where he asks a lot of very good questions and offers some advice about the use of a LiveScribe pen to record audio … Continue reading
EdGamer Episode 8 - Sylvia Martinez Says YES to EdGaming
EdGamer Episode 8 - Sylvia Martinez Says YES to EdGaming is live! Last week I had a wonderful time speaking with Zack Gilbert and Gerry James who do EdGamer podcasts over at EdReach, a new site where lots of educators are … Continue reading
Xtranormal Film Festival Contest
Xtranormal is a cool online video creator. If you haven’t checked it out, give it a try. It’s a bit like a digital puppet theater, you write a script that includes stage directions for your characters, and then the characters … Continue reading
Teacher working conditions are student learning conditions
“Teacher working conditions are student learning conditions” - a quick Google search didn’t turn up the source for this quote, but I’ve heard it for years. It’s one of those simple yet profound statements that sums up interconnectedness, yet vast … Continue reading
Shipwrecks, sunken treasure, lost civilizations - nearly free stuff for classrooms
The Museum of Underwater Archaeology (MUA) is pleased to offer several resources for classroom teachers. This page provides information on our “Holding History in Your Hand” kit which includes a written curriculum presenting the six steps of the archaeological process, … Continue reading
Fearless Explorer
Guest post by Joe Wood Believe it or not, I wouldn’t consider myself a very techie person. I can’t set up a server, can barely understand the wireless network in our house, and have enough blackened sockets to know I … Continue reading
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Judges Announced for $200,000 Global Classroom Makeover Video Contest
I’m going to be one of the judges for the $200,000 Global Classroom Makeover Video Contest, sponsored by eInstruction. We’ll be looking at music videos made by students and teachers demonstrating how they use (or envision using) technology to enhance … Continue reading