As long as we continue to think of technology as a tool for learning we are going to get caught in this circle of supporting teachers use of the tools, rather than focusing on student learning.
What's your connection speed?
Can you name the software that was used to meet this outcome? Does it matter? Or will the students be able to take that skill and apply it to other audio software in the future?
Can you become Creative?
Or another question: How do we create creative people?
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? My version
(Full Disclosure: It comes on right after American Idol on our TV so watch it by default….I’m in China our choices are limited! 🙂 ) 1) Grab your laptop and go to Google.com 2) When a question is asked see how long it takes you to find the answer. 3) Think about all the useless content we teach students 1-5 […]
Fourth Graders know
What interested me the most is in all six of the classes, as soon as I start talking about technology they all get that look….teachers know the one…..the one of complete attention, of wanting to know and wanting to share what they know.
Why Not take a risk?
If I was asking my teachers to take a risk in their own classroom, then I felt I needed to show that I too was willing to take a risk with my presentation and push myself to try something new.
Moving from Consumer to Producer of Information
(A blog post I wrote to 11th graders and to myself) Some interesting research has come out in the past couple of months that looks at the use of social networks and blogging and the trends that are happening in society today. Nearly half of 18-24 year old social networkers (45%) told Future Laboratory researchers that if they had 15 […]
When blogs are just what your school does
Yes we have over 600 student blogs running here in Shanghai. From grades 4-12, students are blogging up a storm. In fact we’re getting to a point that the blogs are part of just what students do here.
Allowing students to teach
We have smart kids! We need to be open to learning the how from them, but as educators we are paid to know the why!
Evaluating Technology Use in the Classroom
Evaluating the use of technology in a classroom environment is not something most administrators are trained to do. It is easy to walk into a classroom and see that every student is using a computer, but how do you really assess if and what type of learning is taking place? In the past, I have had administrators tell me “I […]