Articles in 21st Century Skills
Group Twitter bot
Chris Hamady had the idea that at the eTech Ohio State Technology Conference we should be able to use Twitter to communicate great things that individuals see throughout the conference. It needed to be set …
Next fall, every school district in Florida is required to set up an online school for K-8
In Florida, virtual school could make classrooms history — OrlandoSentinel.com
A new law that takes effect next fall requires every district in the state to set up an online school for kindergarten through eighth-grade students.
This is …
Why do students need email?
On the Ohio Technology Coordinator’s listserv this question was posted:
We already had one case of student to teacher generated e-mail that originated on a student computer inside the school. The FIRST question I got as …
SYSK – Test your SMTP mail server with telnet
photo credit: TalkingTreeWhen troubleshooting email, it may be necessary to see what the email server is spitting out, just to make sure everything is working. The easiest way to do that is to use …
Interactive response systems
photo credit: swpermanAs we investigate ways to use mobile Internet devices in our classrooms, it hit me that they could be used as an interactive student response system (ISRS). Since current ISRSs are around …
Your assignment: 20 minutes on your DS before school
Scottish authorities have begun other trials of ‘More Brain Training with Dr Kawashima’ on the Nintendo DS in 16 schools:
A 20-minute burst of the ‘brain training’ exercises on Nintendo’s DS console at the start …
Where is the importance of tech education for educators?
Will Richardson sums it up so eloquently for me:
…which is how in god’s name can we talk seriously about 21st Century skills for kids if we’re not talking 21st Century skills for educators first? The …
Low tech and high tech communication – eTech Ohio 2008
At the eTech Ohio Technology Conference this past February I presented on different ways a person can communicate. Some ways were very low tech (writing a letter, using the phone), and some ways very high …
The iPod Touch Trial
I’ve ordered three iPod Touches to be used in a trial at the high school, middle school, and elementary level. Stealing some ideas from John Schinker, I’m putting forth the following questions for the participants …
NYT Lesson Plan: Active Reading
NYT Lesson Plan: Active Reading
In this lesson, students write encyclopedia articles focusing on topics in American history. They practice fact checking, assess their own ability to read actively and skeptically, and write memos that educate …
