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Tag: education

  • Strong Reactions to Today’s Note on Makeup Work

    Update 4/16/2015: I emailed Rachel’s teacher and she decided to change her policy on late work and redone assignments. She is going to accept late work with a penalty and redone assignments within a reasonable time limit. The following tweet (which I’ve archived as an image on Flickr using the free Chrome extension “Awesome Screenshot”)…

  • In Oklahoma Education, We Have to Stop Pretending

    Scott McLeod (@mcleod) has thrown down the gauntlet: What are five things we need to stop pretending about in education? We have to stop pretending… http://t.co/jhU5rnYkXl cc @gcouros @smartinez @wfryer @coolcatteacher @web20classroom #edchat #edtech #cpchat — Scott McLeod (@mcleod) April 13, 2015 Here’s my list. When it comes to education, we have to stop pretending… We…

  • 10 Percent Off Google Education Summit Oklahoma City: Feb 21-22, 2015

    If you have not already, please make plans to attend the two day Google Education Summit in Oklahoma City on Saturday, February 21 and Sunday, February 22, 2015. The summit will be hosted by the EdTech Team at Bishop McGuinness High School in OKC. More information including registration links is available on ok.gafesummit.com. You can use the discount code…

  • Podcast404: Learning About the Textile Industry Through Object-Based Global Exchange

    This podcast is an interview with Branson Skinner and Liz Ricketts, founders of theOR.org and a global exchange framework which helps students learn about the textile industry, sustainable textile production, and a host of global literacy issues through the object-based curriculum TheseThingsTakeTime. This interview was recorded in Washington D.C. on June 15, 2013, at the…

  • Learn About Your Teacher Through Her QR Code

    (cross-posted from the Yukon Public Schools Learning Showcase) How did parents in your classroom or your child/grandchild’s classroom learn about new teachers this year? At Independence Elementary School in Yukon Public Schools, parents of students learning with Dawn Dukes in the Gifted Program could use a smartphone and a free QR code reader app to scan…

  • Podcast393: Reflections on UnPlug’d 2012 with David Truss & Gail Lovely

    This podcast includes reflections with David Truss and Gail Lovely at the close of the UnPlug’d 2012 Conference at Northern Edge Algonquin in Ontario, Canada. Refer to the podcast shownotes for referenced and related links to UnPlug’d.

  • Podcast392: Lessons Learned from June 2012 iPad Media Camp

    This podcast includes a recording of June 2012 iPad Media Camp participant “takeaways” as well as reflections by facilitator Wesley Fryer about lessons learned from this three day workshop. Refer to podcast shownotes for referenced links and resources. If you are interested in hosting an iPad Media Camp workshop for teachers at your school or…

  • Unplugging from the Commercial Software Grid: Open Source is not Three Guys in a Shed Anymore.

    Since Wes called me Oklahoma’s “Open Source Yoda turned Wyoming Cowboy”in a recent post and has given me the opportunity to write while he is away I thought I would hit on one of my favorite topics for my final post, Open Source Software (OSS). Please let it be noted that Yoda probably has more…

  • What Makes an Effective Technology Committee in Education (v.2)

    I have been ask about a post I did awhile back “What Makes an Effective Technology Committee in Education”  as much as any I have ever done.  Getting the chance write for Wes a little this week seemed a good time to come back to this topic.  I have always meant to do a edit…

  • Perspective: The Real Challenge Facing IT in Education #fail-learn

    Thanks Wes Fryer for letting me write for you while you are out of pocket. My name is Kent Brooks and I write a little on my own I was Just Thinking Site. Although I am a tiny blogging acorn compared to the giant blogging oak Mr Fryer is to all of us,  it is…