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A Tantalizing Tabblo

2008-05-07T00:00:52Z

Over the past three semesters, my education undergraduate students have been working with Panraven, a compelling and interesting web site that allows users to create, publish, and even print online storybooks. We have used Panraven to create sense-of-place Read More......(read more)

Does Technology Produce Antisocial Kids?

2008-04-29T22:39:09Z

There are many times when the reality of a situation seems counterintuitive to an observer. A heavy skier reaches the bottom of a hill more quickly than a lighter skier, even though we think that objects should fall at the same rate or that a heavier Read More......(read more)

The Power of Embedding

2008-03-28T05:40:40Z

As an educator, I find myself posting content on a variety of online sources. In addition to semi-regular blogging, I manage several wikis, maintain a faculty home page, store and publish presentations on Google Docs, and I (somewhat reluctantly) use Read More......(read more)

CoSN Investigates Scandanavian Students’ Success

2008-03-04T19:34:03Z

An interesting follow up to my Feb 29 post (What Makes Finnish Kids So Smart?) showed up today from eSchool News. The article, U.S. Educators Seek Lessons from Scandinavia, reported on a visit to Scandinavian schools by the Consortium for School Networking Read More......(read more)

Smithsonian Images Database

2008-03-04T04:10:34Z

Finding images for use in school settings is always an interesting exercise. Aside from the very obvious question of appropriateness of the image, there are questions of copyright, image resolution, and image authenticity. Google image searches and Flickr Read More......(read more)

What Makes Finnish Kids So Smart?

2008-03-01T07:56:06Z

That’s not my title. It’s from this article in the Wall Street Journal. Read it right now. There is much food for thought here. Not mentioned in the article is the fact that Finland is the most wired country in the world with very high bandwidth Read More......(read more)

Podcasting in Education

2008-02-26T21:51:03Z

Podcasts are compelling tools for educators from two perspectives. For consumers of information, podcasts can provide portable, repeatable content that can be accessed at any time as often as needed. Study materials, how-to guides, lectures, guest speakers, Read More......(read more)

Digital Consumers

2008-02-26T20:57:36Z

In a recent article on Ars Technia (The “Google generation” not so hot at Googling, after all), Nate Anderson reviewed a study by the British Library and the Joint Information Systems Committee that examined the internet researching habits Read More......(read more)

The Dark Side of Technology

2008-02-12T21:21:33Z

My favorite teaching assignment is a class titled “Teaching with Technology.” In this class, we examine not only how to teach with technology but also why to teach with it. We look at ubiquitous computing environments (”one to one programs”) Read More......(read more)

Why Do American Kids Hate Books?

2008-02-12T19:58:49Z

A recent ComputerWorld article by Mike Elgan–Will Cell Phones Save Books?–provides some thought-provoking ideas about the general decline of reading in the United States. Elgan quotes a recent article from the New Yorker magazine: Americans Read More......(read more)

Macintosh Graphics Software

2008-01-13T05:27:08Z

Macintosh computers ship with an astonishing array of incredibly useful media software. The iLife suite (iMovie, iPhoto, iDVD, iTunes and iWeb, GarageBand) provides wonderful tools for creating and publishing media files across a variety of platforms. Read More......(read more)

Digital Citizenship

2007-12-05T21:44:21Z

Well, I seem to have managed to get through November without a single post. My bad. I’ve been on the verge a couple of times but other priorities have taken over. It’s in that context that I’m glad that this post from Alec Couros came Read More......(read more)

Listen to Any Good Books Lately?

2007-10-29T22:42:23Z

Today’s post points to a variety of free online audio resources. These resources can provide valuable primary and supplemental tools for teaching and review as well as links to research materials for students. LibriVox LibriVox is the mother-of-all Read More......(read more)

I Hear Voices

2007-10-09T20:27:04Z

Three very interesting web sites came my way in the last few days, all dealing with the spoken word. Each is a fascinating resource with lots of potential for teaching and research. The goal of Historical Voices is “to create a significant, fully Read More......(read more)

The New Sputnik

2007-10-05T22:02:23Z

I suspect many readers of this blog are not old enough to remember Sputnik (1957) and the massive changes that it brought to math and science education in our nation’s K-12 and post-secondary schools. But we are all beneficiaries of those changes. Read More......(read more)