How do we create a culture of mobile technology in education, specifically inside the classroom? I think about this often as I do more to integrate technology into my own classroom. Students, and their teachers, are often very satisfied with the status quo mainly because it makes ‘sense’ to them. Our traditional models of education [...]
Archive for the ‘Educational Technology’ Category
Creating a Culture of Mobile Technology in Education {iPads in Education, iPods in Education, 21st Century Learning}
August 27th, 2010
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Creating Change in Education
July 6th, 2010
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Welcome to the blog! We have been undergoing some changes this month as we revise the content and structure to make it better for you! Keep checking back, as there are going to be many great new ideas and a new layout coming in the next couple of weeks. I am continuing to post twice [...]
Video: iPods in the English Classroom {iPods in Education, 21st Century Learning}
June 17th, 2010
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This is a brief video outlining my iPod project that I presented tonight to parents in my division. It focuses on how I arrived at my project, and the kind of learning we are striving for in these projects. Enjoy!
6 iPad Educational App reviews for Early June {iPads in Education, iPad, Education}
June 10th, 2010
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I’ve had the good fortune of having a number of developers offer me promotional codes to test their applications. Here are several iPad apps that I have been using and finding very effective, and some ideas about implementing them in the classroom! Notably This is a wonderfully simple and beautiful app. With a soft ‘real [...]
5 New iPod Apps for Education Reviewed! {iPods in Education, Educational Technology, iPads in Education, iPhone Apps}
May 28th, 2010
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Whenever I have time to search the app store and connect with other educators using various programs for iPods and iPhones with their students, I always find amazing tools that have phenomenal potential to impact students. In my coaching role in the school, I am also working with teachers to try alternate programs that offer great value and new experiences for students. Here are five apps that companies have provided to me to test and review.
Why the iPod Touch is Still Great for Classrooms {educational technology, iPods in Education}
April 23rd, 2010
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As with knowledge in the information economy, we must use what we can to meet the immediate needs of the tasks we put forward for our students, not wait until we have the perfect combination of all things in a device before we get to the ‘real’ 21st Century Learning. iPods can provide a very powerful tool at a reasonable educational price for us to add to our teaching tools, but the best part is, they already have them!
Find Your Own Digital Path {Technology in Education}
April 12th, 2010
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We have to approach tools we find today, not as a ‘finished product,’ but more as a ‘constant beta.’
5 Possibilities for the iPad in Education {Educational Technology, iPad}
April 5th, 2010
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We can’t get the iPad in Canada for a few more weeks, but my school division has already expressed the desire to order several of them in to test in the division. As part of my iPod project, I will be getting one to use in my classroom. Rather than go through the lists of features that the iPad has, or does not have, I want to extend a little bit of what I see happening with the iPad in education. I am starting to believe that this will be a transitional device for education, and not for any *magic* reason, but for some very tangible ones. Here’s my list of 5:
5 Reasons to Use Technology Students Already Have
March 30th, 2010
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Why do we need to use the devices students have in their own pockets instead of purchasing things for them? Let me know what you think of the list below, as having students provide the technology seems like a logical step for us in education.
5 Questions to guide the ‘Digital Revolution’ in Education {Technology in Education}
March 21st, 2010
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I have had some pretty good comments and discussions about my ‘Think Different’ post. What it has caused me to think about, are some key questions about the digital revolution in education and just how we can address some of the issues it brings about.
A 5 Minute Post “21st Century Learning” & “Thinking Differently” {21st Century Learning, Technology in Education}
March 19th, 2010
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The tone of our conversation was about how easy it is to miss the boat with the concept of 21st century learning, and how it can be co-opted by the flash and dazzle of technology, or can water down learning by creating inquiry with little structure or outcome. As I engage in these conversations recently, an old slogan keeps coming to mind that really seems to be the link we need to connect teachers to this sort of learning…
W.R. Myers High School Professional Learning Session {Adult Learning, Professional Development}
March 15th, 2010
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Good Afternoon everyone and welcome to the session! If you’re one of my regular readers, this is the post for the PL session I mentioned yesterday, if you are from W.R. Myers School, you’ve found the right place!
5 Ways to Create Learning Experiences with Technology {edtech}
March 8th, 2010
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Today I am going to stretch my brain and come up with five new tech-infused activities (to me at least) to share with all of you. I have mentioned some others before, but I want to be creative this morning, and perhaps come up with something I can use next week in my classes.
Guest Post – How Technology Is Changing Today’s Instructors
March 3rd, 2010
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The following is a guest post from Ryan Purtill and SchoolCenter. Comment below and let me know what you think!
Schooling the Teacher: How Technology Is Changing Today’s Instructors
In recent years, technology has opened new doors to student achievement at an ever increasing pace. From distance learning classes enabling learners to take advantage of new opportunities, to search engines supporting students daily in classroom research- technology is accelerating a major paradigm shift from the classrooms of yesterday.
Teaching an EdTech PL Workshop {Professional Learning, Technology in Education}
March 1st, 2010
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This teacher saw some value in what I had discussed with her, and has since booked me to teach my first PL workshop with the staff of her school.
I am excited about the prospect of this, and really want to dig in and make the learning useful. The school is supposed to send me some general areas of focus, but I wanted to highlight just a few messages I would like to get across to teachers in a session like this.
Learning With iPods in the Classroom {iPods in Education}
February 27th, 2010
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What I believe iPods and handheld devices offer students is the opportunity to complete the learning that we are engaged in on devices and in ways that they are comfortable with and interested in, and that the ‘new ways’ technology offers to complete the activities enhance the work. Is this important to me? Yes! Absolutely! It can create opportunities to collaborate, to create products that other methods don’t offer, to publish and revise their work with ease. This may make the learning shift in that they experience different processes, but I am always cognizant that learning is the goal.
The Importance of 24/7 Resource Availability {Student Learning}
February 25th, 2010
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All things being equal, I am feeling that this new method of presenting course material and offering students the ability to submit day or night is working. It is changing perceptions about school work, and making it more like the ‘real’ work we as teachers, and other professionals complete outside of our scheduled hours.
21st Century Tools in the Real World {Technology in Education}
February 19th, 2010
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I attended a Professional Learning session today on Digital Storytelling, and for the first time I was tremendously impressed by a tech solution presentation. It was the first time I have seen a presentation like this one that was focused on how to accomplish the task instead of how a specific tool performs a task. [...]
A Few More Educational Apps for the iPod Touch {iPods in Education}
February 14th, 2010
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Well, app testing slows down when I get into teaching mode, but there are a few very cool apps out there that I need to tell you all about. Depending on your program and level, some of these have great implications for education!
