Jeff Utecht – Educator, Consultant, Author
Posts tagged Technology
At the speed of a click
Aug 20th
(Scribefire, my blogging platform finally updated to work with Firefox Beta 4 so now I’m back!)
I had the most incredible experience today. First of all I’m loving working with the high school kids. They just ‘get it’. I don’t have to explain things at a very deep level and we can just fly through the technology stuff and get down to business.
And when I mean fly….I mean…..at the speed of a click.
Today in a 45 minute session with eighteen 9th graders we:
The Next Phase of Technology at ISB
Mar 4th
ISB 1:1 Timeline
Last week our IT Director, Chad Bates, gave a presentation to the ISB School Board outlining the next phase of technology use at ISB. The phase includes a plan to go 1:1 starting next year with grade 6 students.
It’s an exciting time to be at ISB and I for one am looking forward to rolling out the 1:1 program over the next couple years.
As part of his presentation Chad went over the history of technology implementation at ISB over the past 10 years. As I sat there reflecting on how far we’ve come with technology in just the past More >
Why do I get a computer?
Dec 9th
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 I walked into my 4th grade classroom with a computer sitting on my desk. Not every teacher had one at that time, but the next year, at a new school, every teacher had a laptop. We’re talking the 2000-2001 school year. Every school since has provided me More >
From one ISB to another
Sep 28th
In just a few hours I’ll be heading to the airport to start my 13 hour trip to Brussels, Belgium. For the rest of the week. I’ll be working specifically with the elementary teachers and having conversations about literacy today, and the use of laptops with elementary students. I’m excited to visit ISB-Brussels and have conversations with the educators there. Of course there is also the marking of my 33 country visited which puts me only one behind The Thinking Chick.
Reading their website about Preparing Students Today for the World of Tomorrow I’m excited to have conversations that revolve around these More >
What’s the purpose of going 1:1
May 13th
(Full Disclosure: I believe every high school student should have a laptop)
The New York Times wrote an article on May 4th, 2007 that resurfaced via Twitter last night. Titled Seeing No Progress, Some Schools Drop Laptops, It took me less than four paragraphs to start shaking my head in disbelief at the way this school district went about trying to, should I say, force students and teachers to use laptops and technology.
It’s easy to say that technology is just a tool or that the technology needs to be invisible, but actually making that happen is harder than just saying it.
Scores of More >
Information Hippie
Jan 16th
OK….I admit it. I am an information hippie. I believe that information should be free and accessible to all. I believe that filters are over rated, do not protect our kids, and that education is the only way to teach responsible use of this amazing machine we call the World Wide Web.
Man….do I feel better!
As schools continue to roll out 1:1 laptop programs the same conversations keep coming up.
How much control does a school put on student and teacher computers?
Now….I’ve been in education long enough to know that there are all sorts of things people are scared of…most of all….we’re More >
We Think – A great Web 2.0 Video
Apr 16th
Found this from John Pederson. A great video that can be used with staff and teachers on what this new web it.
Worth a bookmark!
