Adapting to the digital culture

December 18, 2009
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Adapting to the digital culture

I’ve been thinking the last couple weeks about the culture of technology. What got me thinking was Kim Cofino’s K12online Pre-Conference Keynote: Going Global: Culture Shock, Convergence and the Future of Education In her presentation she discusses Third Culture Kids (TCKs) and you hear from many different individuals who live and work internationally. Many of...
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Changing journalism classes in high school

December 11, 2009
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Changing journalism classes in high school

Two recent articles and other observations have me thinking about the need to restructure journalism programs or school newspaper programs in our high schools. Some interesting ideas and developments lately that if I was a journalist teacher I’d be sharing and discussing with my students. First from Mashable comes 8 Must-Have Traits of Tomorrow’s Journalist...
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Why do I get a computer?

December 9, 2009
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Why do I get a computer?

Over the past couple of days I’ve had one simple question that I can’t get out of my head. Why do we believe that every teacher having a computer on their desk will benefit teaching and learning, but giving one to students wouldn’t? It’s a simple question isn’t it? I mean….when I started teaching in 1999...
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Managing Tech in the Classroom

December 3, 2009
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Managing Tech in the Classroom

As our fourth COETAIL course (Certificate of Educational Technology and Information Literacy) here at ISB is drawing to a close. The students (33 teachers at our school) have one more course to complete next semester. The last hurdle inĀ getting their certificate. The last course calls on them to overhaul one of their units of...
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One Bad Twitter ‘Tweet’ Can Cost you 30 Students

November 29, 2009
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One Bad Twitter ‘Tweet’ Can Cost you 30 Students

Well….maybe not yet, but in the coming year if you are a private or international school you better be monitoring and using these new social tools to engage new students and families. A Bloomberg report came out earlier this week titled: One Bad Twitter ‘Tweet’ Can Cost 30 Customers, Survey Shows. A negative review or comment...
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Custom Google Docs App for your school

November 28, 2009
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Custom Google Docs App for your school

So maybe I’ve been reading to much Lifehacker lately. But I got to school this morning and some how got thinking about how I could hack-up the Google Doc Application that you get from Google when you install Google Gears to work with our school educational Google Apps domain. So here are the steps on...
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Discussing Blog Design in 5th Grade

November 24, 2009
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Discussing Blog Design in 5th Grade

I had a great day today. I got to talk about web design with 5th grade students. Ms. Bulsza invited me in to talk to the class about their blogs. Over the past couple of weeks someone (OK…maybe me) taught them how to install embedded widgets on their blogs sidebars. What I found interesting is...
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