Comments for instructional technology network

Comment on Texting to Learn by Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:47:42 +0000

Yes, teaching teachers how to integrate internet access via cell phones would be time and money well spent. Who knows, by the time 2014-15 rolls around with the new ELA and Math assessments, the kids may need that knowledge in order to take the new tests!

Comment on Texting to Learn by Vickie Zablotny

Vickie Zablotny — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:32:22 +0000

Chad, Maybe it would be good to offer more classes to teachers on effective ways to intergrade the cell phone into the claaa.

Comment on Vocab Lesson: Podcasting by Chad Lemon

Chad Lemon — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:13:52 +0000

Policies regarding the publishing of student information are usually concerned with access by the general public and would most likely not restrict internal work.

In your particular district, I would recommend talking with your Tech Resource Teachers (TRT’s). They will be your best resource on this.

One other thought here: Unless you’re doing a video cast -vodcast- or enhanced podcast (which includes slide-like photos with the podcast), showing students’ faces won’t be a concern in a podcast project. Listeners would hear just the student’s voice which only poses a problem if the parent has specified that a student’s work should not appear online.

As always, keep your administrative team in the loop when doing anything like this. At best, it’s good PR for your classroom work. As worst, your administrative team isn’t caught by surprise if someone is unhappy with your posting.

Comment on Vocab Lesson: Podcasting by Anne Crites

Anne Crites — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:09:53 +0000

My students are not permitted to show their faces due to security reasons. Can we still podcast internally.

Comment on Digital Vaults by Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:50:05 +0000

What a beautiful site!

Comment on “What are you doing in that Computer Lab?” by Larry Ferlazzo

Larry Ferlazzo — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:57:18 +0000

Thanks for sharing my article, blog, and website with your readers!

Larry

Comment on Library of Congress by Chris Bower

Chris Bower — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:34:25 +0000

The elementary library aide raised an interesting situation that our students in grades 4-6 face – the readability of websites. She said students are often given research reports/projects to do that require them to use web sources, but many of them that have the content they need are not written at a level that they can comprehend. I asked her if students were using the “Info Ohio” collection, and she said that was what they are using. The readabilty of the site makes it very difficult if not impossible for students to work independently and still develop deep understanding of the topic. Do you have some suggestions for content rich sites that are designed for 4th or 5th grade reading skills?

Comment on Professional Safety Online by Chris Bower

Chris Bower — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:42:49 +0000

Thanks Chad for taking the time to address some of the sticky issues related to digital ethics. I like your comparison of email and a post card – most people don’t think that email is public because 99 times out of 100 it won’t be made public. the only time anyone wants to read someelse’s email is when they said something they proabably shouldn’t have.

#6 was an interesting point – maybe you develop this in more detail sometime.

Comment on eTech Online Coursework – Winter Session by Chad

Chad — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:19:17 +0000

Most of the sessions are geared toward classroom instruction and several really don’t have a specific technology link at all.

The 21st Century Skills and Tech Integration categories are the most likely topics for your area, but I think that even then you’d have to look to evaluate whether the focus is technical enough to be beneficial in your role.

So, in short, I don’t think you’re oblivious to the obvious.

Comment on eTech Online Coursework – Winter Session by Glenn Caudill

Glenn Caudill — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:51:12 +0000

Hi, I am not sure that I seen something that really applied for me in the online coursework. Am I oblivious to the obvious?