I'm struggling with Tech Standards again….
If technology is a tool…and we all agree it’s a tool right? Then why the heck do we need standards for it? What are…
Category: Random Thoughts
Tech Plan Part 2 – School Wide Systems
Technology whether we like it or not reaches into everything we do in schools today. The Student Information Systems that run our schools hold…
Questioning the way we teach
Sharon, one of my students in my PSU course that I’m teaching this Fall recently wrote this after reading George Siemens’ Knowing Knowledge As…
Blogging, Classrooms, Clarence
Today I sat down with the 8th grade team who asked me to come in and talk about blogging. All 8th graders have blogs…
K12online and Shanghai LAN Parties
The K12online Conference kicks off today with a Pre-Conference Keynote from David Warlick. I haven’t watched it yet but plan to later today as…
Back from Western China
I’ve actually been back for a couple of days, but hit the ground running getting in at midnight and having to full on PD…
Off to explore Western China-Kashgar
We celebrated the Moon Festival earlier this week, and next week we get 3 days off of school for Chinese National Day (Think Independence…
Friendship from a counselor I know
Just wanted to share this cool project my wife just finished up with her 4th Graders around friendship! She did 99% of it on…
Embedding the tool is only the first part!
I had the comments from my last post on embedding technology running around in my head today as I walked by the 5th grade…
I don't want to integrate it, I want to embed it!
The word integrate gets on my nerves. Maybe I feel it’s been over used, or used in the wrong way when we talk about…