Each year the Upper Primary school produces an Art and Literary magazine. It’s new this year. well kind-of new. We’ve gone electronic. In so doing, we now call it the eZine. This is actually the fourth edition of Upper Primary’s Art and Literary Magazine.
In moving to the digital format, we have created some controversy [...]
Last year I had the privilege to be part of an international team of educators to visit the Kennedy Space Center. I was selected to be members of the NASA/UCF Aeronautics Space Institute. Being given VIP passes,
we were able to visit the launch and landing sites as well as visit numerous buildings where few are [...]
It was an interesting morning today. Bullying comes in all shapes and sizes. Today I shared a video with my grade 5 class. What started out as interesting quickly became serious. The 50 second video, Cyberbullying Talent Show, hit them with a shack and awe effect. The discussion that followed was excellent, especially when I [...]
Popular Mechanics visited Microsoft in March for a sneak peak of surface computing. Here is a coffee table that will change the world. This 4:17 video goes inside its top-secret development – forget the keyboard and mouse: The next generation of computer interfaces will be hands-on. Check it out.
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While teaching eight years in the Philippines, I learned a very important lesson from the culture … it’s people that are really what’s important in life. I love gadgets, some people love travel, some live for their degrees but what’s really important? People.
The Learners: Kids and Communication
Integrating technology with education in a Web 2.0 world [...]
I recently attended a presentation by Mark Treadwell on the future of libraries. His presentation took us through the paradigms of education … book based > internet based > 2020AD.
The history of the book paradigm for learning began in the late 1400’s with the start of the printing press. Suddenly books became the fountain of [...]
I just attended the 21st Century Learning Conference. One of the keynote speakers was Mark Treadwell from New Zealand. He has recently written a book (hot off the press … literally) titled: “Whatever! The Conceptual Era and the Evolution of School v2.0”
Some highlights from his talk include project based learning has been around a long [...]
A number of years ago I took a group of middle school kids from Peru to Knoxville TN for the Odyssey of the Mind world finals competition. I found a t-shirt with the ten rules of creativity on it. Thought I would share them with you:
1. Don’t go with the flow – create your own [...]
As part of my research for when NOT to use technology, I have come across a report titled “Teens and Social Media”. Here are some of the highlights from the Dec 19, 2007, report.
Content creation by teenagers continues to grow, with 64% of online teenagers ages 12 to 17 engaging in at least one [...]
Sometimes in life we are in the right place at the right time. This is the account of a cellphone caller who witnessed a car accident in Texas. I have to warn you, his description of the incident is beyond words, he paints a picture that will be hard to forget. Listen to him here. [...]
