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A response to this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/05/technology/apple-woos-educators-with-trips-to-silicon-valley.html?_r=1&hpwThis article is an interesting look at the Apple and Microsoft sales pitch process. Overall it doesn't look that new or outlandish. I'm sure Apple appreciates hearing about educational needs and issues from the sups, and it's good…See More

Here's an interesting article on technology in - or in the case, not - the classroom. A montessori school in the heart of Silicon Valley eschews technology until 8th grade, and even then it's limited. I'm curious, what's the best use of technology you've seen in K-8? Do you think it really teaches?See More

The iPad and tablets allow for incredible new forms of learning. They can help us increase engagement and creativity and comprehension. The touch-screen model makes programs like iBook act so real, and the interface is so intuitive that it almost seems like we're reading a real book. And this is where I keep going back to my Ed psych 101 course with questions.Isn't there a stage in early childhood development where kids don't know the difference between abstract notions and real objects? For…See More

There's an app out there that calls itself an iPad whiteboard. It allows you to write on it with various types of markers, import pictures and play videos. It records what happens and allows you to play it back. Sounds great.My question is, why are we replicating whiteboards? Why would we use an iPad, a mobile, multifaceted high-functioning device to replicate an immobile, wall-mounted writing surface?This looks like a great app, and I'll certainly use it, but let's admit that it is not the…See More