Art. Education. Technology.
Academic Aesthetic #179: On 4th Grade and Conversations [ 5:53 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (882)Show notes: Edmodo.com Wordle.net Episode transcript (Posted to my Tumblr account)
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”
I have a new toy, and since it records video I thought it would be better to talk about it using a video.
So here’s the deal: I’m in a market for a Tablet PC. I’m sure part of the reason is because my wife keeps flaunting the iPad she’s walking around with, but I’ve wanted a computer with a touchscreen much longer than the iPad’s existed, so there’s more to it than that. Here’s what I’m looking for. Under $600. I’m trying to stay within a budget here. I have some disposable income, but not a lot. A touchscreen. (Kind of obvious there, huh?) The larger the…Continue Reading “Need a hand here.”
