Okay, wow. Yesterday’s blog was random and unorganized. I can’t promise this will be much better, however, as I’m still really excited about all of the things I learned yesterday. First, I’ll explain where we were. Helen and I, along with three other people from our district, went to the Tech & Learning forum in [...]

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I’m in Austin, Texas right now with Helen. Poor Helen, though. Because *she’s* not listening to David Warlick rightthisverysecond! She’s in some BORING breakout session. But *I’m* learning more about Web 2.0 and it’s use in education. Right now we’re opening a wiki to share our notes. I thought I was cheating by writing here, [...]

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The Bridges: The digital bridges are neither truly natives nor fully digital immigrants. Similar to millenials who have one foot in each century, the bridges have both native and immigrant traits. As a result, digital bridges are able to communicate relatively effectively with both groups. Infinite Thinking Machine In response to Helen’s post… We’re bridges, [...]

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I was surprised how easily I was able to adapt my contemporary literacy slides for a science teacher audience. It all cuts down to the notion that it isn’t about the technology. It’s about the information, and information is at the root of teaching and learning. The information has changed (digital, networked, and overwhelming) and [...]

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“Nearly nine out of 10 teachers (89 percent) say students who use technology for help with homework do better on their assignments than those who do not.”What does that mean? Googling the answers? flagrantdisregard » Blog Archive » Does homework suck? This post above was not on an education type blog. Just a regular blog [...]

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