What is a Podcast?It’s not about the podcast, it’s about podcasting.A podcast is an audio or video presentation that can be subscribed to by interested listeners/watchers. It is offered as a newsfeed (RSS) to make it easy for the public to access. Podcasting is the delivery system used to enable […]
Web 2.0 (Photo credit: Daniel F. Pigatto Looking for ideas for Web 2.0 technologies you might use? There are 1000s of Web 2.0 tools in the world. Here are a few lists that may be useful. Don’t be overwhelmed by the number of tools listed. Browse the lists until you […]
A rubric is a tool used to evaluate student work. The rubric presents a list of the criteria that are considered important. Each of these criteria are accompanied by descriptions of different levels of success in demonstrating proficiency in each of the areas. Here is an introductory video that uses […]
I started this blog six years ago so that I could share my thoughts about things that I thought should be shared. Most of this deals with educational technology but I want to share something about another passion of mine – biking. As you may know, I love biking. Every […]
www.nmc.org Meris Stansbury recently wrote an article with eSchool News in which she listed 6 technologies that are on the cusp of entering our classrooms. This is based upon the latest K-12 Horizon Report that has been produced by the New Media Consortium (NMC), Consortium of School Networking (CoSN) and […]
google.com I was looking for some instructional resources for using Google Apps and one of my students, Randon Ruggles from Minneapolis, sent me a plethora of them. While I feel that writing this blog is important because I can share information with you. the real reason is so that I […]
We are constantly talking about how our “digital native” students are trying to learn in our 19th century classrooms. Our Millennials are connected 24/7 except when they come to class are expected to unplug. Here is a video that I found where Joe is having problems making a book work […]
Assistive Technologies are “assistive, adaptive and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities.” They are used inside and outside of the classroom to help people with special needs accomplish tasks. Assistive technologies may be as low tech as eyeglasses, curb cuts, large print, white canes or wheel chairs. They might also […]
Used w/permission from tpack.org – rights free Learning is about more than content or pedagogy or technology. It involves the uniting of these forces to create a learning experience where content knowledge is presented through technology using a pedagogy that best fits the subject matter. As if this wasn’t enough […]
What is this 1-to-1 curriculum all about? Dr. Ping Gao and I will have an opportunity to share our ideas about Curriculum for the 21st Century with you in a Webinar that we will be giving on April 26, 2012 at 4:00 CST. We will be discussing the need to […]