Monday, March 21, 2011

What do you think?

I read this posting about a study that came out at the turn of the  year on Internet use? Do you agree with the author? Do you think that children's internet use could be compared to adults?

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2374493,00.asp

Monday, February 28, 2011

find a novel use for a new technology and share with the class

Go online and find a novel use of a new technology for the classroom.  A repurposing of an existing technology. ie.. some teachers use Twitter to send homework assignments to parents every day. What other general use technology might you repurpose for classroom use. 

(suggestion: go to google.com and search for more.. there is a blog search) and search for a name of a technology and the word classroom..  Discuss if you think this is a good idea or come up with an idea of your own.

Monday, February 21, 2011

Ferpa and Classroom Wikis

This recent post in another's blog http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-with-technology-articles/ferpa-and-social-media/ discusses the issues of the Family Educational Rights Protection Act. Which protects students' privacy when it comes to academic records.  Read the article (and perhaps refer to the links on what is FERPA at the bottom) and develop a plan for having students share content in online format like blogs and wikis.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Too much?

We will not do a blog discussion this week because the Cyberbullying discussions were a little overwhelming.. Check back next week.

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Snow days

As the weather is looming, I wonder, how could schools be using technology in more meaningful ways to avoid snow days?

Here is an article about one school that is doing this.  http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/technology/school-district-turns-snow-day.html

What kind of skills or training might teachers need? What about the digital divide?

Monday, January 24, 2011

What is a blog?

What is a blog anyway! ?

Question 2

Find a blog that is relevant to you in your educational employment role.  Review the blog and post your review on your blog. (Post this by Friday) Then also visit two of your classmates blogs and give them some feedback on the blog they reviewed.