Puzzle Pieces

I have three interesting requests from teachers for projects they want to do. These are innovative and appropriate uses of technology. Here’s what they want (note that these are separate requests): One teacher wants to create student portfolios online. Ideally, student writing samples and other examples of exemplary work would be showcased, and teachers would [...]

Posted on February 25th, 2009 by John Schinker
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Conference Highlights

When coming back from a conference, everyone wants to know how it was. “It was okay. You didn’t miss much,” is my usual response. I never know what to say. Sometimes the teachers that go get really excited about things, and I don’t understand what all the fuss is about. This week’s eTech Ohio Educational [...]

Posted on February 6th, 2009 by John Schinker
Filed under: 21:Collaboration, Podcasting, Students, Summer Renewal, Web 2.0 | 1 Comment »

New Tricks for Old Dogs

Here is the presentation I presented today at the eTech Ohio State Technology Conference in Columbus, Ohio. These are the Delicious links, which include all of the products mentioned below. Edit: and here is the video: In case you missed it, I discussed the following: Teachers’ attitudes toward technology have improved over the last few [...]

Posted on February 3rd, 2009 by John Schinker
Filed under: Desktop Linux, Front Page, Online Resources | 5 Comments »