This is my reaction to New York City imposes new social media rules for teachers. Click to read the article, it’s worth it. I agree a set of rules should be established. Every day I see people of all ages posting things that they really shouldn’t. That stuff doesn’t go away, particularly if it’s embarrassing. As for the schools mentioned in the article who ban social networking outright? I’m waiting for them to ban computers and start teaching how to bang rocks together. When it comes…Continue Reading “Good Idea, Bad Idea”
2nd verse, same as the first. A little slow getting ready this morning, but now I’m all set to head out to Day 2 of #CGMD12. Blog: I know where I’ll be Session 8! So apparently @UnhelpfulTeachr is following me. Wonder if she checks Twitter on her phone during class while confiscating student phones. Looking forward to Camp ITC in Rm 345, presented by fellow @pgcps employee Tia Simmons! Oh there’s a lot more than 2 of us! :) RT @msreneescience: I’m at Baltimore Convention Center (Baltimore, MD) w/ 2 others….Continue Reading “Common Ground Maryland 2012 Twitter Digest Day 2”
You can also click this link to see the presentation.
Because someone might want to look at this and before long going back through Twitter will make it too hard to see these posts, here’s a (not so) brief summary of my observations. I’ve placed gaps to show where I went from one session to another. Up early for a full day of #CGMD12 … As soon as the caffiene kicks in. @MatthewWinner Not today, no. I look forward to seeing you in my session tomorrow! (That means I’ll have at least one person there.)…Continue Reading “Common Ground Maryland 2012 Twitter Digest Day 1”
So I bought a tablet. A 16 GB Toshiba Thrive, to be precise. Some would find this purchase to be somewhat odd. Indeed it is, somewhat. Those who know me have heard my rants about needing a “real” keyboard. My typing skills are not the best by any means but I seem to be able to do it faster and with fewer mistakes if I can get a tactile response that’s more than the whole device vibrating. It’s why my last computer purchase was a…Continue Reading “Tablets”
Last year I rewrote my curriculum to make it into a game, and doing so helped my students master the content. This is my presentation on what I did, as given at this year’s Powering Up With Technology Conference. PUWT Conference Presentation (Hosted on Google Docs) Class page Apologies for the poor audio quality, I was projecting (using my “teacher voice”) to the participants and that tended to overwhelm my mic every time I was next to the computer.
Due to reasons beyond my control, I won’t be anywhere near the internet for most of this Thursday. In fact, I won’t even be in the same state. Naturally, the first thing I thought of was the first grade kids I had been planning to teach! Now, most of them are able to log in on their own, but most is not the same thing as all. I could have them do an online lesson, but instead I pulled out a project I had my…Continue Reading “Paper Laptop”
This episode of Academic Aesthetic is brought to you by antibiotics and cough drops. You see, early last week a combination of lots of talking (occupational hazard of teaching), and post nasal drip caused by a sinus infection made me lose my voice. It’s better now, but can only talk so long before my agonized squeaks become a source of amusement for all around me. So submitted for your approval is an interview of me done by Dr. Kavita Mittapalli, someone whose name I most…Continue Reading “Academic Aesthetic 177: 404 VOICE NOT FOUND”
It’s that time of the year again, when I devote two days to education and technology … er, more so than usual, at least. As usual, my conference was full of fun, excitement, and learning – so much so that I forgot to take proper notes! I did not, however, forget to post on Twitter up through the end of Tuesday’s keynote, so rather than reinvent the wheel I thought I’d copy/paste the highlights here. The keynote itself was presented by Chris Lehmann (Website) (Twitter),…Continue Reading “#MSET 2011 Tuesday Keynote Notes”
Academic Aesthetic 175: Games in Education Part 3 [ 10:23 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1162)So where was I? Oh yeah, games in education. I started in Episode 174 by giving a background of what I’d done up to that point, which I suppose means that’s not when I started at all, but that’s the post I named “Part 1” so I’m just going to leave it at that. In Episode 175 I discussed my current thoughts about turning my own Middle School curriculum into a game, including several problems and solutions I’d encountered. Some problems had multiple possible solutions,…Continue Reading “Academic Aesthetic 176: Games in Education Part 3”