Ewan McIntosh posted a very simple question today, asking why schools don’t use Firefox instead of Internet Explorer. Prior to IE7, this was a no-brainer. I ran it by our network tech folks today, and the response I got was that I basically needed to justify it. In other words, what did not work in [...]
As a classroom teacher, I used to commonly take students to a computer lab, give them a list of questions, direct their attention to a bookmark folder or a list of websites on a dry-erase board, and set them off to doing their research. One challenge I found particularly frustrating was the inability of [...]
I will admit to being only slightly familiar with MySpace, Xanga, , and social networks in general. Our district’s policy is to block access to these and most other social network sites. Having done a little browsing through a few dozen pages in the past, I can’t say that I disagree with this policy in [...]
Graphic organizers are a proven tool in teaching/learning. Organizers such as Venn diagrams, mind-maps, semantic webs, flow-charts, KWL charts, etc. allow students to visualize difficult concepts, arrange ideas in an orderly manner, make learned concepts more concrete, and more. They are a proven means of improving student performance. They are valuable to all learners, but [...]
Does anyone else get really excited when they are first or almost first to bookmark a site? It is very refreshing to be so easily amused.
I mentioned previously that I’ve been using the Flock browser blog tool, but I thought I’d give it free advertising again. It is incredibly convenient and very easily [...]
I had the opportunity to share some Web 2.0 information with the great faculty of Richland Middle School today. This is a good group of teachers who are becoming very proficient at the use of technology. The next step is to move beyond the basic skills and move into using the tools to teach more [...]
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