All Blog Posts Tagged 'technology' (253)

Shift Happens again..?

I've seen versions of this over time and obviously what we see are the basic threads of rapid information growth, our place in the global technology world, and a sense of urgency to jump on board. Meanwhile jobs are being lost, more houses in foreclosure, companies are shutting down, bailouts are being requested by leading banks, car companies and the like. With more information and more access and more "connectedness," where are these new jobs? I'm excited about the promise of 2049, but what… Continue

Added by John Costilla on November 21, 2008 at 6:59am — No Comments

Possible School-wide addition of Interactive Boards?

Yesterday afternoon, the Health Teacher in the room next door invited the principle to come with her into my classroom. She had seen me using my Promethean Board and was VERY impressed. The principal enjoyed the short few minutes he observed of the board's usage in the classroom. Then when my students began an activity, I invited him to come and play at the board. He saw the many possibilities for math, language arts, social studies, and of course the science I had been showing. In the last few… Continue

Added by Glen Westbroek on November 20, 2008 at 9:25pm — No Comments

21st Century Learning

Web2.0 and the Future…

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Added by John Costilla on November 20, 2008 at 8:41am — No Comments

What Makes a Good Project?

What Makes a Good Project? is a new article about how teachers can take project-based learning to the next level.

Added by Sylvia Martinez on November 13, 2008 at 4:55pm — 1 Comment

Additional thoughts from Disrupting Class

Should computers be the focus of all activity? They can certainly connect people in far distant place, and provide curriculum that local sources are not able to provide. (This is the "why AP is good" argument.)

What about socialization ?? Children socialized to computers are not socialized to each other!

There are subtle social cues that one learns only from in the flesh interaction. Let me let you about the 18 year olds who "invade space"!

Education is a PUBLIC GOOD.… Continue

Added by Cathleen Randall on November 2, 2008 at 8:54pm — No Comments

Disruptive technology? Cell phone!

The more I think about it, the cell phone must be the emerging technology with the greatest diruptive potential. Now that cell phones are well underway to becoming both ubiquitous and high powered (check out the G3 and other iPhones!) -- truly the tricorder of "Star Trek" fame-- they can do a lot in the classroom too, if properly programmed.

"Properly programmed"?!? That's a biggie, I admit! Like the handhelds in the MUVE "River City", cell phones should be able to access data about… Continue

Added by Cathleen Randall on November 2, 2008 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Technology

Isn't technology wonderful? When it works. Ha! Here I thought I was a technology person. This class has really humbled me. Ning is way cool, but I'm still not too confident. Can't there just be one place everything can be synced to so you don't have to link to EVERYTHING? It seems like as soon as you learn about one cool thing and get going on it, you hear about something else. Whew. This ning seems like the best way to organize everything so far. Unless someone else has something else to… Continue

Added by Dana Cherrie on November 1, 2008 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment

Information | Knowledge | Wisdom

The other day, my son had done something we didn't approve of and so we took his cell phone away and access to the computer. He loves technology for what it offers, both good and not so good: YouTube, social networks for kids or not (myspace) and research for school. Over the course of a summer break, he taught himself how to read music, play the guitar and follow along with these videos to learn certain songs - I must… Continue

Added by John Costilla on October 27, 2008 at 3:05pm — No Comments

2008 Final Presidential Debate Commentary About Education Reform

2008 Presidential Debate Final Commentary

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Added by Rachel Armour on October 16, 2008 at 2:56am — No Comments

A Web 2.0 Halloween

Last night America, went out for weekly Tuesday meeting and so I had the kids at home to myself. After giving the critters their baths and getting them into their pjs, we got into the Halloween spirit. With that, we pulled out all the gear from the attic and decided to create a haunted hallway. The kids love making tents with blankets and such so we… Continue

Added by John Costilla on October 15, 2008 at 7:00am — No Comments

Video to go

Brightcove.tv has released Platform 3, the latest of their online video distribution service. Read the complete review by Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins from Mashable. Improved publishing system and media management tools… Continue

Added by John Costilla on October 14, 2008 at 8:12am — No Comments

K12Online Conference Underway

The K-12 Online Conference invites participation from educators around the world interested in innovative ways Web 2.0 tools and technologies can be used to improve learning. This FREE conference run by volunteers and open to everyone. The 2008 conference theme is “Amplifying Possibilities”. This year’s conference begins with a pre-conference keynote… Continue

Added by John Costilla on October 13, 2008 at 8:04am — No Comments

YouTube x 4

Who doesn't like 80's music? Okay, the song is a little cheesy, but take a look at this in 4 x YouTube HD! We've all see a lot of YouTube in our time, but this is really cool and probably very time consuming. Four YouTube Videos running simultaneously to form one video. Click play at the top to have them auto synced. I wish I would have thought of this...…

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Added by John Costilla on October 10, 2008 at 1:55pm — 2 Comments

"...and I quote."

As I was reading through a series of blogs from my Google reader, I came upon this post (Steve Jobs' 10 Secrets to Building a Huge Empire) by Manish Pandey, a tech enthusiast and blogger. It basically goes on to talk about notable quotes from Steve Jobs and how they… Continue

Added by John Costilla on October 9, 2008 at 11:17am — 2 Comments

School 2.0

Chris Lehman shares some of his ideas about the schools that we need. All kids should be able to collaborate, create, present and… Continue

Added by John Costilla on October 8, 2008 at 6:27am — 1 Comment

Livestation

Today's blogs slant towards video, so in that spirit, a great tool for teachers or anyone is Livestation. A great way to integrate video in the classroom.

Livestation is without a doubt one of the most impressive collections of live television viewing for Windows, Mac, and Linux users. The reason being that the number of choices for… Continue

Added by John Costilla on October 7, 2008 at 8:27am — No Comments

What's in your iPhone? Let others know.

Well, let's see, I have more than 80+ apps including:

But that's not the cool thing about this post. I accidently took a screenshot of my iPhone page and couldn't figure out how I did it. (After playing around a bit more, I figured it out - of course, I… Continue

Added by John Costilla on October 6, 2008 at 8:42am — No Comments

MobaTalk + Twitter

MobaTalk is like HD Video Twitter (screencast)

from Mashable! by Doriano "Paisano"…

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Added by John Costilla on October 2, 2008 at 6:52am — No Comments

Stop lurking. Do something!

I found this quote by Dumb Little Man: Thoughts for Life and thought I would share and reflect.

Thoughts are Nice, Actions Count Have you ever had the experience of…

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Added by John Costilla on October 1, 2008 at 7:45am — 2 Comments

Social not cool anymore?

I believe that the aspect of including social media and social elements in your school, work, or play is important and that it is still all the "buzz." But, is using the words "social" or "social network" out? Facebook has a made a few minor changes, notably, they have removed the social network definition in their description. Maybe it's just a given or maybe it's just out. It reminds me of the days when everyone went through the whole... "we're a .com… Continue

Added by John Costilla on September 30, 2008 at 7:43am — No Comments