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Author: Jeff Utecht

I started blogging in 2005 and found it such a powerful way to reflect and share my thinking about technology, this generation, and how we prepare students for their future not our past.

1 year and counting

So the Thinking Stick turned 1 years old on Sept. 19. I meant to post something then but time just hasn’t allowed. So seeing…

September 29, 2006 · 6 min read

Teaching 21st Century Skills

Today I talked with our 6th grade team about using the new laptops that were purchased. 20 laptops for 10 teachers and 150 students.…

September 27, 2006 · 1 min read

5th Grade Amazing Race Project

So we’re just finishing up this cool project in 5th grade where the students made Google Earth files for their Amazing Race project. Download…

September 27, 2006 · 1 min read

Edutopia Magazine now online and cool!

Just found this out the other day while catching up on some links. Every year when asked by a librarian if there are any…

September 27, 2006 · 1 min read

ATTENTION: You have to read this

This just posted by Jonathan Chambers (an ESOL teacher at our Middle School and Apple Geek) on my other blog U Tech Tips. Buckle…

September 26, 2006 · 1 min read

Teen dating in the 21st Century

I find myself listening to conversations differently now a days. I’m listening for the connection to technologies that almost every conversation has. Especially the…

September 25, 2006 · 1 min read

A morning and a challenge

You know you are going to have a good weekend when you wake up in the morning to this: and after standing on your…

September 23, 2006 · 3 min read

The official release of Teentek.com

OK, so it’s all I’ve been able to do to hold off these past three weeks to announce something that might just blow up…

September 21, 2006 · 6 min read