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Tag Archives: educational technology
Free Technology for Teachers: 11 Techy Things for Teachers to Try This Year
The new school year is here for many teachers. For those who haven’t started school yet, the new school year will be here soon. If you’ve set the goal of trying something new in your classroom this year (shouldn’t that … Continue reading
Posted in blogs, fun/free stuff, web 2.0
Tagged education, educational technology, student, teacher, tech support, tools
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‘Research dispels common ed-tech myths’
Contrary to popular opinion, newer teachers aren’t any more likely to use technology in their lessons than veteran teachers, and a lack of access to technology does not appear to be the main reason why teachers do not use it: … Continue reading
Posted in In the news, research
Tagged education, educational technology, research, teacher, technology
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Do you sleep with your cell phone? Pew Study on Millennials
Generations, like people, have personalities, and Millennials — the American teens and twenty-somethings who are making the passage into adulthood at the start of a new millennium — have begun to forge theirs: confident, self-expressive, liberal, upbeat and open to … Continue reading
Posted in education reform, In the news, research, student voice
Tagged children, education, educational technology, millennial, Pew, student, student voice, technology
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New - Technology literacy whitepaper
Today we are happy to announce the release of a new whitepaper written by Jonathan D. Becker, J.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at Virginia Commonwealth University, with Cherise A. Hodge, M.Ed. and Mary W. Sepelyak, M.Ed. Dr. Becker … Continue reading
GenYES changes the way teachers view students, school, and technology
OK, I know a post this long violates all the rules of blogging. But I’m doing it to make a statement that only volume can make. And you don’t have to read it all - just skim through it. You’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Generation YES, GenYES
Tagged children, collaboration, educational technology, educator, empowerment, GenYES, project, projects, research, student, teacher, technology, youth
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Let me save you $6,162.48
This morning in the Washington Post, an article critical of educational technology tore into the heart of the matter - the relationship between schools hoping that there is some new magic wand that will improve student achievement and the capacity … Continue reading
Posted in education reform, In the news
Tagged educational technology, IWB, multi-touch, save money, tables
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Students raising funds and technology awareness in Maine
(via Media Release) - More than 1,000 students and teachers will fight hunger this Thursday by correctly answering vocabulary, math and other curriculum area questions on their state-issued laptops. This is part of the largest Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) … Continue reading
What do GenYES students do?
Gen Yes from Jeff Darrow on Vimeo. This student made video is from the GenYES class at Winston Churchill MS, San Juan School District, California. Looks like fun! Sylvia
Posted in GenYES, student project samples
Tagged California, computer, educational technology, GenYES, San Juan School District, student, support, technology
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Why Education Reform Will Work This Time
This is a remarkable piece of video from 1998 unearthed by Gary Stager. In it, Ryan Powell, then a GenYES middle school student, interviews Seymour Papert and John Gage about the model of students learning technology in order to help … Continue reading
Ten commandments of school tech support
The ten commandments of school tech support Thou shalt test the fix. Thou shalt talk to actual students and teachers and make time to watch how technology works during actual class time, not just when it’s quiet. Thou shalt not … Continue reading
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Tagged educational technology, IT, school, tech support
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