Year: 2007
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NCLB has been a destructive tragedy, not an accomplishment
I take issue with Washington Post writer Amy Fagan in her article “Bush-Democrat alliance on education law feared” today: Mr. Bush is urging Congress this year to renew one of his biggest domestic accomplishments, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law of 2002, which aims to increase student achievement through more testing and by tracking…
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Joel Meyerowitz: Into the Light
My notes from the MacWorld 2007 feature presentation by Joel Meyerowitz. If you make a big leap in your artistic work, you often discover new potentials that are unexpected and were unanticipated – for me this change was switching The French call this time between the dog and the wolf, the tame from the savage,…
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Apply to be a 2007 Apple Distinguished Educator
If you are an innovative teacher using Apple Macintosh computer technology with students in K-12 or university classrooms, please consider applying to be an Apple Distinguished Educator in the Class of 2007. This year applications for the ADE program are being solicited online, in an application and selection process that is more open than it…
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Podcast109: Reflections on Cultivating Creativity
This podcast is a recording of an after-dinner discussion with Julie Duffield, Chris Walsh and I on January 9, 2007. Our conversation focused on ways to cultivate creativity in ourselves, with our children, and with others with whom we work. Show notes for this podcast include: Epoch Learning: Start Something BIG: Chris Walsh’s blog Subscribe…
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OLPC marches on
Today’s BBC article, “$100 laptop could sell to public” includes some new details about the progress of the OLPC project. One exciting development (which isn’t final but just under consideration) is permitting U.S. sales of the device to raise funds for units provided to students in developing nations. My own kids would love this! (Last…
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The MegaVCR: Media and More in Your Pocket
Hall Davidson Director, Discovery Educator Network discoveryeducatornetwork.com Handouts from today: http://www.halldavidson.org/ How many of you have video iPods? – how many wrote them off as instructional devices – these things are SO GOOD as instructional devices you will all want to In the old times if you were an AV person, you had a gigantic…
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Simple Podcasting on a Global Scale
Simple Podcasting on a Global Scale by Carol Anne McGuire A preso at MacWorld 2007 (THESE ARE MY NOTES FROM THE SESSION) www.rockourworld.org email: rockourworld [at] mac [dot] com Carol is: – vision specialist, OUSD – Apple Distinguished Educator – Top On-line Educator – Discovery Network Educator – Disney Teacher Podcasting is broadcasting from your…
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Engaging Brains Through Games and Simulations by Bernie Dodge
These are my notes from Dr. Dodge’s presentation at MacWorld 2007 http://webquest.org/workshops/macworld07/ Outline – games v learning – an equation for learning power – five useful environments (things you can use to create a gamey/simulation) Brendal Laurel – Dec 2004 – 360kid.com – often the games we see kids engaged in don’t really challenge them…
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Building A Better Mousetrap: How Technology Will Improve Achievement
A MacWorld 2007 presentation by Dr Monica Beglau of the University of Missouri (I AM RECORDING THIS SESSION WITH DR. BEGLAU’S PERMISSION, AND WILL POST THIS SUBSEQUENTLY AS A PODCAST) I think NCLB and a few other little requirements from state DOEs have made us feel like the mouse in this graphic: Who moved my…
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Perspectives on classroom blogging video (final)
I’ve updated the draft version of the video I originally titled “safe classroom blogging.” The final title is “perspectives on classroom blogging.” Thanks very much to everyone who provided feedback and suggestions. I’ll be showing this video in about two hours in my presentation on “Safe Classroom Blogging” for the MacWorld 2007 K-12 education day…