Keyboard (Photo credit: Shane Pope) Recently, Amy Lockhart and I had an article published in the Journal for Computing Teachers. It was the result of our research with her 4th graders into what characteristics affected their success in keyboarding. We investigated gender, age, hand size, music experience and athletic experience. […]
blog.empowerlms.com Textbooks are resources that have been collected by publishers to fulfill curricular needs. Printed textbooks are provided in a “one size fits all” format. The two largest states, California and Texas, usually identify what they want in their textbooks and then the rest of the country uses these texts. […]
Here is an infographic that shares some interesting facts about how digital textbooks are taking the place of printed textbooks. It is the first of a series of postings I will be providing about what is happening with textbooks. Courtesy of: Schools.com Related articles Some universities require students to use […]
Flickr: Corey Leopold I just found a posting by Shelly Blake-Plock where he shared some predictions from 2009. Some of them are plausible but some of them seem trite. Do you really think that we will ever outgrow paper? In short, here is a list of the soon-to-be-gone stuff. You […]
On June 8, Google announced that it would discontinue iGoogle on November 1, 2013. The official explanation for this change in marketing strategy is “with modern apps that run on platforms like Chrome and Android, the need for iGoogle has eroded over time.” What this really means is that Google […]
Montgomery College It’s summer and it’s time for rejuvenation and renewal. My summer class is complete. I have given my presentations at ISTE ’12. School doesn’t begin until August 20. This gives me some time for some professional development. I am constantly learning every day, but this is my opportunity […]
Once again we are at ISTE ’12. What a wonderful opportunity to meet old friends, learn new things, and walk in the sun. Here is a link to my Slideshow for my Cookbook presentation. Unfortunately it is just a .pdf for now, but I will post the real posting later. […]
SuperNova – Smithsonian No known copyright restrictions [?] Copyright Copyright was created to protect artists’ work from being stolen or used without permission/compensation. This worked well for the pre-Internet days, but the Internet has expanded the opportunity for sharing content. Under the existing copyright rules, you could either release your […]
iTunes 6, vlog, shared libraries (Photo credit: thepatrick) Now that you have the background for podcasting, it is time for you to subscribe to some podcasts. How do you go about doing that? It is possible to go to a site directly and subscribe to a podcast from a specific […]
English: Podcast or podcasting icon Français : Icône pour les podcasts ou la baladodiffusion (Photo credit: Wikipedia) RSS (Real Simple Syndication)RSS is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Resources (audio or video) placed on the web are given an RSS Feed. This RSS Feed enables users to subscribe […]