The Electric Educator
JUNE 29, 2009
'I spent most of today working on a one minute video as part of my application for the 2009 Google Teacher Academy in Boulder, Colorado. Creating a 1 minute video may be one of the most difficult video projects I have ever done! I really had to figure out what I was trying to say as you can''t say much in 1 minute. I will be officially submitting my video sometime tomorrow.
EdTechSandyK
JUNE 15, 2009
'NOTE: This blog post is written as a requirement for Lamar University graduate course EDLD 5306 Fundamentals of Educational Technology. The Educator Preparation and Development (EP&D) area of the Texas LRPT focuses on professional development of educators to equip them with the necessary skills “to effectively facilitate and manage 21st Century learning in technology and information-rich settings”.
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The Electric Educator
JUNE 24, 2009
'Several of my previous posts have mentioned work that I have been doing in conjunction with MACUL and the MDE on podcasts that are being listed on the MI Learning channel (iTunes link) of iTunesU K-12. My first podcast project was a series of lab demonstrations that I call "labcasts." They are currently available for download on iTunes and to watch on youtube.
The Electric Educator
JUNE 23, 2009
'Note: the following post was published in the Fall 2009 Edition of the MACUL Journal While some teachers are battling to keep iPods out of the classroom, I’m encouraging my students to use them as learning tools. These seemingly universal music players have evolved from monochrome bricks to an elegant multimedia platform which is constantly fed by iTunes, its software counterpart.
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EdTechSandyK
JUNE 15, 2009
'NOTE: This blog post is part of a requirement for Lamar University graduate course EDLD 5306 Fundamentals of Educational Technology. The slide show below will serve as a visual aid when I present to Carver Elementary staff on their most recent S chool T echnology a nd R eadiness (STaR) self-report regarding campus levels of technology access and integration.
EdTechSandyK
JUNE 12, 2009
'Stumbled across this story on Yahoo! news this morning and thought it was a perfect example to use when trying to make the points to teachers and students that Just because the picture is posted on the Internet does NOT mean you have permission to use it. You give up control and privacy when you post anything on the Internet. Even if people aren''t supposed to use your stuff without your permission, they still do and will.
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EdTechSandyK
JUNE 6, 2009
'Great overview of the educational challenge before us. The three R''s (Reading, ''Riting, and ''Rithmatic) are obviously still important, but education has to expand beyond those three basics. Warlick does a great job of explaining why and what the new definitions need to be in the video below. 21st centruy learning educational technology web2.
EdTechSandyK
JUNE 4, 2009
'One of my first assignments was to react to a quote from the first week''s reading. Below is the quote I picked and my response to it. In The New Literacy: The 3 Rs Evolve into the 4 Es , Armstrong and Warlick state: The challenge to us as educators lies in keeping up with an information environment that has changed dramatically in the past 10 years, a decade during which the very nature of information has changed in appearance, location, accessibility, application, and communication.
The Electric Educator
JUNE 1, 2009
'In 2003 Microsoft and the city of Philadelphia set out to build the " School of the Future." In 2006, the school opened and touted a 1-1 laptop program, campus-wide WiFi, an innovative schedule, and "project based learning." Three years later, the school has been labeled a failure by the American Enterprise Institute. Meris Stansbury, associate editor of eClassroom News wrote an extensive article reporting all of the facts and comments from key administrators from the Philadelphia school dist
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