Yesterday’s blog was a link to an article about the Net Generation student. But what about the Net Generation Teacher? I came across the blog Just Call Me Ms Frizzle. This blogger is a student teacher who blogs about a variety of education topics from her perspective of a future Science Teacher. It got me [...]
Entries Tagged as 'technology'
Teaching the Net Generation
March 8th, 2010 3 Comments
“Can you be a Rhodes Scholar and not read books? Did growing up digital produce the dumbest generation? Are screenagers multitasking, or do they have better acting working memory and better switching abilities than most?
They’re the first generation “bathed in bits,” and they’re lapping their parents in digital acquisition. The only other time we’ve see [...]
Tags: Net Generation
The future of online/internet based education?
February 9th, 2010 1 Comment
I am not sure where the future lies with online education, but it is clear that face-to-face instruction is going to continue to be supplemented and in some cases supplanted by online instruction.
Here is a 10 minue video clip that discusses some of these options that students have today. It should be a wake up [...]
Tags: online learning
Twitter and Schools
January 6th, 2010 No Comments
I was recently contacted by a few reporters around the country who are doing news articles on school administrators who are beginning to see some applications for the newer social media tools. As some of our readers know this is one of the topics of interest to me that I have written about before. In [...]
Tags: Alan Blankstein · blogging · blogs · HOPE · social media · twitter
Digital Divide: Not just a generational issue
December 7th, 2009 No Comments
The Washington Post put up this article pointing out that the digital divide is not just a generational divide, it can also be a poverty divide.
As more and more schools use technology and ask students to do their assignments using internet resources, the Post points out that not every student is able to participate depending on [...]
Tags: digital divide
Classroom Websites
October 19th, 2009 3 Comments
Walt Sutterline has been a regular reader since What’s Working on Schools went live here at the HOPE Foundation blog site. I haven’t met him except through email and blog comments but today I am going to hold his website up as a public example of a teacher comfortable with technology. Walt doesn’t know I [...]
Tags: teacher's websites · teachers · technolyg
What would you tell a group of superintendents about the use of technology and social media in education?
October 14th, 2009 4 Comments
I am waiting in the airport (fog delays in Denver) to fly to Houston, Texas. I will be the keynote speaker for the Houston area school superintendents at their annual fall conference.
What message would YOU share with superintendents if you had the chance, especially as it relates to Social Media and the use of technology [...]
Tags: school superintendents · social media · technology
Teachers and technology
September 22nd, 2009 4 Comments
Over at The Stock Mark Report, I repeat the question found in a recent online article:
Why is it that new teachers are technologically savvy yet by and large do not integrate technology into their instruction?
Tags: teachers · technology
Some thoughts on mentoring
September 21st, 2009 4 Comments
As I read Scott McLeod’s comments about technology mentoring on his latest blog post, my thoughts went to some future research we are planning on a topic very similar. Here is one quote Scott picked out from the article he was referring to:
One article that really stood out in the technology leadership area was “Teacher to [...]
Tags: instructional coaches · mentoring · mentors
Do laptops for every child threaten the traditional role of the teacher?
September 8th, 2009 3 Comments
I hope your Labor Day was relaxing or exciting - whichever one you needed the most!!!! We are back in the saddle again here.
I always like what Scott McLeod over at Dangerously Irrelevant has to say.
In one of his latest posts he reviews one of the current books out that reviews 1 - 1 laptop initiatives.
In [...]
Tags: computers · laptops · students. 1 - 1 initiatives · teachers · technology
