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 time [...]
Posted on March 8th, 2010 by John Schinker
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This year, like most, there were lots of sessions at the eTech Ohio Educational Technology Conference about new technologies. There was a definite theme to many of them: overcoming the taboos of technology. In our schools, cell phones have been governed by a variation on “don’t ask, don’t tell.” We know that nearly all of [...]
Posted on February 4th, 2010 by John Schinker
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What did you learn this summer? I’m going to be reflecting on this for quite a while. But here’s my first attempt at documenting the things I’ve learned (or re-learned) in my Teachers Without Borders - Canada experience this summer.
We’re working on common problems.
When asked what the major challenges are facing effective technology integration and [...]
Posted on August 11th, 2009 by John Schinker
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We went to Robben Island yesterday. This small island was used as a prison from the early 1800’s through 1991. It’s probably most famous for the political prisoners who were housed there during apartheid, including Nelson Mandela, who spent 18 years on the island.
For the first 45 minutes, we took a guided bus tour around [...]
Posted on July 19th, 2009 by John Schinker
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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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