Of course this is my story and many others have made it to the islands, or beaches multiple times, but for me…it seems life has gotten in the way.
Using Prentation Zen in the classroom
I’ve always believed that getting teachers into this connected world will slowly trickle it’s way down to affect student learning…and today I proved myself right. The 3rd grade is getting ready to open their market place where they will sell their homemade goods. One of their requirements is to create an ad to be shown on the SmartBoard when their […]
Time Lapse Video of Silk Worm
Full credit for this goes to Vu Lam one of our First Grade teachers who had an idea, played with the technology and then created something very cool. A Time Laps Video of a Silk Worm spinning a cocoon. This is a day long process condensed into 38 seconds. Sure I could go on about taking risks, getting an idea […]
Learning to Navigate the Web
Today in a second grade class we talked about how to navigate a website. It was the start of an animal unit where students will be studying animals of the grasslands. The students using the National Geographic Kids site which is a great little site to teach kids to research. Here are the questions I used to talk about navigating […]
iPhoto your Portfolio
Today I’ve been working with the first grade team preparing to created their e-portfolios for the kids. We started off the year talking about how we could organize the photos and movies that would be taken over the year so that when it came to this stage of the process it would be as quick and easy as possible. With […]
Why every school needs a Kim Cofino
Some times being in the educational technology business can be a thankless job. The phone call or the e-mail that is a panicked teacher that sends you sprinting down the hallway. We get to play the hero a lot of times….swooshing in to unmute a computer who’s audio is not working before a presentation or other times more complicated matters […]
A Week of Teaching and Learning
It’s been a whirlwind of a couple weeks and I find myself…yet again out of balance spending more time on work and “projects” and less time ‘disconnected’ with friends, family, my guitar, and just plain down time. Kim and I have just finished up the first of five course we’re running here at our school for a Certificate of Educational […]
Social Networking Workshop for Parents
Last week the Ed Tech team here at my school held a 3 hour social networking workshop for parents. The workshop was requested by parents after we made a brief presentation to the school board back in November. Before we began we took a quick poll of the 20 parents (all mothers): Non had a Facebook account but a couple […]
Blog Posts for thought Feb. 8
I’ve spend the past week doing a lot of blog reading. With 40+ students taking the grad course here at ISB and another 8 that I’m teaching for PSU makes for a lot of blog reading in a week. I predicted this year would be about building value with these tools and that I personally was going to focus on […]
Connection is the key
From Mark Pesce: Connection is expensive, not in dollars, but in time. But for all its drawbacks, connection enriches us enormously. It allows us to multiply our reach, and learn from the best. The challenge of connectivity is nowhere near as daunting as the capabilities it delivers. From Will Richardson: …we as educators need to reconsider our roles in students’ […]