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for: ‘September, 2009’
Technology Use Guidelines
This post is written by Jennifer Roland, a newly acquired Twitter friend and a colleague of my mentor, Glen Bull. First, I’d like to thank Willy for hosting me on my blog tour. When I approached Willy to ask if he would open up his blog to me for a day, we talked about some …
Michael Wesch
On Monday, September 21, Michael Wesch will deliver a workshop entitled, “The Art of Learning in New Media Environments.” I am going to live-blog the experience on this post if anyone is interested in participating virtually. Michael Wesch: UVA Lecture
Recording Smiles With Poll Everywhere
View Larger Map I have trudged back and forth between my apartment and my office for the past three days, a four mile walk that is a mixture of solitary reflection and, unbeknownst to me until today, psychological observation. As I huffed up one of the sidewalks that borders the UVA campus this morning, I …
The Dy/Dan iPhone App, part Deux
Too often individuals perceive mathematics as a set of isolated facts and procedures. Through curricular and everyday experiences, students should recognize and use connections among mathematical ideas. [It should include problem solving as a] means of engaging in a task for which the solution method is not known in advance. Students should have frequent opportunities …
Towards More Effective Online Reading
As people who can read it is hard to put ourselves in the shoes of those who can’t – reading for learning, reading for communicating with others, reading to protect ourselves against illness and even knowing when and how to take medication, reading to gain employment and reading for having a voice in decision making …
Banning Pencils?
In his editorial, A Proposal for Banning Pencils, Doug Johnson deftly describes many schools’ flawed rationale for banning emerging technologies (cell phones, social networking, etc…) using a metaphorical example, banning pencils. He writes: “When it comes to ‘technology’ use in schools, every responsible educator’s first concerns should be student safety and educational suitability. I am …
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