I teach a technology integration course at the University of Virginia. The class contains a variety of students at different levels in their academic careers (undergraduate, masters, and doctoral students) and technology proficiency. One unique feature of the course is a practicum placement with a cooperating teacher in the local school district. This placement provides …
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Do schools still need brick-and-mortar libraries?
Leading & Learning’s popular Point/Counterpoint section is looking for 500-word arguments on both sides of the question “Do schools still need brick-and-mortar libraries?” to publish in the November issue. The words that follow are what I believe… Yes. The trend towards digitizing books and journals is a realized certainty, one that is happening whether people …
Everything Is Invented
I am definitely late to the And the Pursuit of Happiness party, but it makes me feel better that I am standing alongside Daniel Pink at the back of the line. “Everything is invented. Language. Childhood. Careers. Relationships. Religion. Philosophy. The future. They are not there for the plucking. They don’t exist in some natural …
Crowdsourcing Grading: Good Idea or Inherently Flawed?
A professor at Duke, Cathy Davidson, is about to begin a grand experiment: Using the “wisdom of crowds” as the primary means by which her students will receive grades for the course, “This is Your Brain on the Internet.” Said simpler, all of her students will collectively assess their peers’ work and contributions with minimal …
The Suckiness Quotient
Do educational games suck? Hmmm…. Scott McLeod seems to think that the suckiness factor is pretty high, especially the visual component that “typical” edutainment titles portray. I have to admit that my first, immediate reaction was one of agreement. The examples of educational titles (FunBrain Math Baseball, eSchoolOnline eMath Pretest, Hotmath Number Cop) that he …
Digital Storytelling Links Delivered To Twitter
I thought that I would document the process of using my personal network to create an information stream of links about digital storytelling that appears as Twitter updates. Feel free to follow DigitalStoryNEd on Twitter, this process’s finished product. The Process Step 1: I began by searching for educator and tech professionals’ delicious accounts. It …
The Beauty of the Visual
This graph represents a concept that few K12 schools understand. Where do you fit on the curve? Your school? References: “Indexed » Blog Archive » Deadlines! .” Indexed. 13 Apr. 2009 http://thisisindexed.com/2009/04/deadlines/.
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