The Weekly Update: January 10 – 16
Innovating Without Permission, Daniel Lemire Napa New Tech: School of the Future is Here, Tina Barseghian Pay Attention, T4 – Jordan School District Math Class Doesn’t Have to Suck, The Innovative Educator Wikipedia Turns 10: Are we Banning or Boosting?, Doug...
Read MoreAfterthoughts: Google Earth 5.0
Google is at it again. The new Google Earth 5.0 even allows users to explore the oceans. Scott Gilbertson is excited about the new features. Tech Addicts discuss the new feature called Ocean. Wikipedia is even in on it. Christopher Dawson talks about all the neat education features of Google Earth 5.0. Here’s a helpful podcast on the new Google Earth. These lessons can help teachers create exciting learning activities using Google Earth. Finally, some stuff you didn’t know about...
Read MoreCritical Thinking and Social Media Technology
With the emergence of social media technology in the classroom, teachers are finding innovative ways to promote student learning. As educators become more sophisticated in terms of utilizing Internet and mobile-based technologies to share information, they are taking advantage of new and exciting opportunities to improve their teaching practice. One particular area of interest to me is the way in which this sort of technology might improve the critical thinking skills of high school students. Perhaps the most difficult task for a high school teacher is promoting critical thinking in the...
Read MoreNetbooks and School
Using laptops in the classroom is not a new idea. It has been discussed and implemented in many situations. The barrier for many classrooms, in implementing this technology, is the price of the average laptop, which has remained between $600 – $1,0000 until very recently. Over the past six months, the number of inexpensive netbook computers has risen dramatically, offering a new tool for education. A netbook according to Wikipedia is “… a category of small-sized, low-cost, light weight, lean function subnotebooks optimized for Internet access and core computing functions (e.g., word...
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