Thursday, February 14th, 2008
One of the weaknesses of educational technology conferences, structured professional development offerings, and other traditional means of delivering educational tech training is that they often find one of two audiences: the group of people who are eager for this type of learning but need and want more, and the group of people who are sitting [...]
Becoming a 21st Century Literate Educator
Tags: Personal Learning Communities, Professional Development
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
Most of the time the term technology is used to describe things having to do with batteries or plugs – even on this blog. While this definition is true, it describes only a small subset of what technology actually encompasses. A broader, more complete definition of technology should incorporate the types of developments that enable [...]
Best of what technology has to offer
Tags: problem-solving, technological literacy
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Friday, February 1st, 2008
TechLearning has a good article today on computer lab practices. Educator Larry Ferlazzo reflects on teaching in a computer lab, describing his own learning experiences and sharing with us some recommendations from those experiences. This is the short list of five recommendations: Use computer more to reinforce key concepts, and less to teach them Students [...]
“What are you doing in that Computer Lab?”
Tags: computer lab, instruction
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