In the previous post “Brain Overload” I said I would share some new resources I had discovered. The links are posted below as well as in the Teaching and Technology sidebar. Classroom 2.0 Free Technology for Teachers 12 Essentials for Technology Integration Google for Teachers Enjoy!
EDUPUNK
EduPunks Say School Yourself There are a lot of interesting points coming out in this article regarding the re-shaping of how education looks, is delivered, and is quantified. I agree with some, other parts I have questions, other bits I don’t think I agree with. “Campbell notes businesses will be hungry for people who aren’t…
Brain on Overload
Wow, so I’ve been continuing my quest to integrate the digital world into my classroom and, well, I feel like I’ve opened a treasure chest and its contents has exploded; plastering itself into my brain like sticky mud on a finely tuned bicycle drive train…my thinking is stalled, overwhelmed with options…where once I didn’t know…
Jump in!
I amazed by how little I have done and by how much I have learned. Simply by starting this blog I’ve linked into a global conversation on how technology fits into education in the contemporary world. For example, I’m now trying to decide how to I can use wikis in my grade six classroom…possibly more…
Bare walls digital world
If student works become more and more digitized, meaning work is produced on the computer, then shared online, via PowerPoint presentations, video, etc, what does your physical classroom begin to look like? At the moment my room is richly decorated with student work. I believe, as I’m sure most teachers do, that it is important…
Are You Paying Attention?
I hope I’m paying attention. Paying attention to what is going on in the world around me, and hopefully bringing it into my classroom. Currently my students are journaling…using pen and paper. Many say kids can’t write anymore, we don’t teach enough handwriting, if we do at all. But, do I even need to say…
HoltSpeak 