Zac’s Keynote

On July 6, 2009, we started the first week of workshops with teachers at Liwa Primary School in Cape Town, South Africa. We had spent the previous couple days learning as much as we could about this community. As a result of apartheid, many of teachers and learners lived in informal housing — shantys that [...]

Posted on March 10th, 2010 by John Schinker
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Teaching in Our Teens

In his breakout session at our March 5 inservice program, Zac Chase started with one question: What do you want to learn today? The session became a conversation between the presenter and participants, highlighting some online resources, some new ideas, and some different perspectives. The topics discussed run the gamut from overcoming the challenges of [...]

Posted on March 8th, 2010 by John Schinker
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Why Integrate?

We knew it would be difficult long before we got there. We were told that Mfangano Island, near Mbita, Kenya, was “the furthest you can go and still be on Earth.” Even in Mbita, a comparative metropolis, conditions were pretty rough in the schools. The Teachers Without Borders – Canada team visited ten schools the [...]

Posted on August 29th, 2009 by John Schinker
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Rock Stars

I’m still amazed at the EdTech celebrities that I keep running into. Many of these are people I feel I know because I’ve read their blogs and heard their podcasts and seen their Twitter posts. Here, we have Maria Knee, Cheryl Oakes, Angela Meiers, Karl Fisch, Will Richardson,  Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, Kathy Cassidy, Lisa Parisi, and [...]

Posted on June 30th, 2009 by John Schinker
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Time to Loosen the Reins?

Most school districts in the United States employ some sort of web filtering technology. To be eligible for the e-rate program, schools must comply with the Children’s Internet Protection Act of 2000, including the use of “technology protection measures.” According to the Universal Service Administrative Company, which oversees the e-rate program, “A technology protection measure [...]

Posted on April 22nd, 2009 by John Schinker
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