The school year will be drawing to a close on Thursday. As we meet as an Instructional Technology team tomorrow, I feel it is important to evaluate where we have been, where we are now, and where we hope to go in the future. The year began with high expectations for teacher learning, student learning, [...]
I used the Google Documents survey tool to create a brief survey over the use of Internet tools by educators in our district. Seventy teachers responded. The survey turned out as expected, generally, with a few surprises. Some of the results:
Time spent online away from work:
31% <2 hours
37% 2-5 hours
16% 5-10 hours
16% [...]
Here are the links from today’s session–enjoy! Oh, and be sure to let me know if your favorite sites are excluded. Oh, and no commentary from anyone nit-picking about whether or not a few sites are truly Web 2.0–they are all useful and free, so they all bear mentioning.
Student/Teacher Blogs:
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At an early family Thanksgiving gathering this past Sunday, a familiar issue came up. I mentioned RSS, and I was met with a unanimously blank stare. My family had zero familiarity with the concept whatsoever. This has also been the case with far too many teachers that I encounter. An example was my presentation at [...]
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