Exploring ways to enhance education with technology and innovation
The POD’s Are Coming
Not only does this slideshow offer highly important points about opening our minds to new technology in education, but Dave Truss, author of the Pair-a-dimes For Your Thoughts blog, knows the secrets of polishing his visual material so it captures his audience’s imagination along with its intellect. This is a perfect example [...]
Posted on July 31st, 2009 by Sharon Elin
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I wanted to share a couple of eye-openers for educators.
iSchool Initiative
First, if you haven’t checked out the iSchool Initiative yet, visit 17-year-old Travis Allen’s website to explore more about his push to bring schools into the 21st Century with iTouch technology. Here’s a short introduction to his conceptual dream of schools of the [...]
Posted on July 18th, 2009 by Sharon Elin
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As educators, we are all leaders.
Our students look up to us, the public entrusts us to guide their children, and our colleagues depend on us for mutual support. We make decisions continually that affect our students’ futures and, by our actions and our attitudes, we contribute to a school’s professional, social, and emotional climate. [...]
Posted on July 12th, 2009 by Sharon Elin
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It’s time for deep cleaning. My delicious.com site is out of control. It’s bloated, overloaded and almost as overstuffed as my neglected guestroom closet.
The problem with delicious (and its cousin, diigo.com, which I also use) is that they are ridiculously effortless; you can save a website as a bookmark online with a single click [...]
Posted on July 7th, 2009 by Sharon Elin
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We’ve run out of room in our schools for the clunky technology of yesterday, both figuratively and literally. We need to get rid of the old equipment, along with the old mindsets, instructional methods, and philosophies that keep us pinned in the past. But change is exploding all around us at speeds and in directions [...]
Posted on July 3rd, 2009 by Sharon Elin
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