tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-115426012024-02-19T09:38:49.664-05:00edtechNOT.com BlogThis is the edtechnot.com blog. Where educational technologists come to think!
Jim :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542601.post-17222728774841357352011-01-21T23:26:00.001-05:002011-01-21T23:27:44.165-05:00notmaster is the twitter feed!Search notmaster on twitter! (not edtecnot)<br /><br />See you there.<br /><br />jim :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542601.post-41703610697436529242010-08-06T20:40:00.002-04:002010-08-06T20:42:49.267-04:00The Blog is dead...long live TWITTER!Join us on twitter at "edtechnot"<br /><br />The days of stirring things up as to what the best uses of ed tech are have pretty much bitten the dust in most school districts. This twitter feed will be my contribution to the twitter-verse on matters related to ed tech.<br /><br />The blog will come down at the end of the Summer 2010.<br /><br />Peace.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542601.post-24423988616378537742009-05-12T22:48:00.001-04:002009-05-12T22:50:29.701-04:00Help Gary Stager!<a href="http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Stager-NECC-Keynote/">Click here</a> to get him on a debate panel! i am sure that he would spice things up and make it memorable!<br /><br /><br />Let's make this happen people!<br /><br />Jim :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542601.post-88170151152767951072009-04-25T08:50:00.002-04:002009-04-25T08:56:03.142-04:00NCTE tries to define 21st C Writing ---LOL<a href="http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=57558">This e-School news article</a> is very interesting. NCTE is trying to wrap their arms around, and control, informal writing styles that predominate Web 2.0 and are labeling them unacceptable. They state that the new generation are learning from,"extracurricular social co-apprenticeship." A term like this will have a typical 16 year old heading for the hills with their iPhones! :-) This sounds like an organization feeling a loss of control trying to control a social phenomenon. Good luck with that.<br /><br />What do you think?<br /><br />Jim :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542601.post-80100666294337803662009-02-28T22:55:00.002-05:002009-02-28T23:00:56.478-05:00Study Gives Proponents of Virtual Classrooms a BoostThis is a great article covering the idea that podcasts may be better that in person lectures for college students. I must admit that it makes some very compelling points that I agree with. This is especially true after downloading a number of great lectures to my iPhone from iTunes university.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/education/2009/feb/New-Study-Gives-Proponents-of-Virtual-Classrooms-a-Boost-.html">Review the article</a> and let me know what you think.<br /><br />Jim :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542601.post-55232145047708088452009-02-28T21:41:00.002-05:002009-02-28T22:24:09.133-05:00Web 2.0 teaching<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/14/digitalbiz.techteachers/?iref=intlOnlyonCNN">Click here</a> to see an article about web 2.0 applications and teaching.<br /><br />Please comment as to the ACTUAL web 2.0 applications you see happening at your school. We have a few bloggers amongst our staff. There is a book review blog and a few classroom blogs. We also use our school web site for our homework hotline, which works out pretty well. There is even an underground staff facebook community but, frankly, your typical teacher really doesn't "tweet" often or "flick'r" their photos...or do they?<br /><br />Let's chat about this.<br /><br />JIm :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542601.post-28034250796448728562009-02-21T11:59:00.002-05:002009-02-21T12:13:55.921-05:00Ed Tech and the Stimulus PackageSo what does the stimulus bill do for ed tech? here are some reactions from the ed tech press.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thejournal.com/articles/23977">THE Journal article</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/02/25/22stimtech.h28.html?tmp=1972461955">Ed Week</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.edutopia.org/economic-stimulus-education-school-technology">Edutopia</a><br /><br /><br />Apparently 696 million brings us back to the 2004 level, but doubles some recent funding. I'll take it. You and I both know where the devil is though. What will an actual classroom teacher see at the end of all of this? The new funding falls into the Title II part D of ESEA known as the EETT, this is how ed tech has been funded under NCLB. Enough acronyms yet? I like the fact that 25% ofthat funding is "supposed" to be spent on staff development. Even in 2009 the need is embarressingly apparent. <br /><br /><br />PSSSST- Get your copy of the entire bill as a pdf by <a href="http://appropriations.house.gov/pdf/Recovery_Bill_Div_A.pdf">clicking here!</a> <br /><br />Until next time!<br /><br />Jim :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542601.post-22015297027473401872009-02-21T11:49:00.002-05:002009-02-21T11:55:16.780-05:00My students and terrapins!Hi All!<br /><br /> I am going to do my best to get back in the swing of things here at edtechnot. I have been in an existential struggle as it concerns this entire concept but have ultimately concluded that it must have some value...even if it is just cathartic in nature. <br /><br />SOOO... here is a little tid bit from my world. My students have decided to save the diamond backed terrapin which is in a struggle for survival. See their efforts atr this address... <a href="http://terrapinkids.blogspo.com">Terrpain Kids</a>.<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1GrLcxCxfHzsJYhouv-JD1fVLo8fTKe1SsLeeeT_ohZvKazOMugpYJWdkuPFDbLuqKqNbGPhFN98b5C7NlSJtjp2F8rwOIvwtjMhCf6KwUVa-WA1MxZErIUAUJ8EvGFvUT0nfPQ/s320/stamfordtimeskids.jpg"><br /><br />As a full time science teacher it is difficult to keep this bolg populated with cool ideas but I will do my best to get back into the swing of at least a weekly post. <br /><br />All th ebest!<br /><br />Jim Forde :-)<br /><br />also.... <br />http://mrforde.blogspot.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542601.post-49674615736757356862008-10-18T12:23:00.002-04:002008-10-18T12:26:09.229-04:00Ed Tech may be the least of our issues!Read this article by Gary Stager and let me know what you think!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.good.is/?p=11450">School Wars</a><br /><br />Jim :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542601.post-17884414754111605512008-10-18T11:17:00.002-04:002008-10-18T11:22:45.478-04:00Long time.....no blogHi All,<br /><br />I am still out here! I teach science now at Scofield Magnet MS in Stamford, CT.<br /><br />See my classroom blog.... http://mrforde.blogspot.com<br /><br />I am still interested in debating the pit-falls and promise of using ed tech in schools.<br /><br />Lately, I have ben finding that curricula is becoming more and more centrally controlled, at the district level. While this is a good idea, as it evens out the experience for kids throughout the district, it can limit what a creative teacher might do with ed tech. Do we all have to cover the topic the same way as long as we meet the curricular control? The answer for me, as I perceive it is "follow the curriculum as described".<br /><br />What do you think about this and the impact on the potential use of ed tech?<br /><br />Jim :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542601.post-55804136326162275552008-01-26T17:30:00.000-05:002008-01-26T17:34:45.951-05:00a meaningful use of ed techGo to this page... (once there click on the picture)<br /><br /><a href="http://learningismessy.com/blog/?p=406">http://learningismessy.com/blog/?p=406</a><br /><br />...and watch a group of fourth graders unleashing the power of ed tech in the most meaningful way possible. There is no off the shelf corporate product or drill and kill solution that will take the place of this kind of meaningful application of technology.<br /><br />Moving and motivating stuff.<br /><br />Jim :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542601.post-79794172585466585092008-01-24T07:07:00.001-05:002008-01-24T07:09:21.442-05:00CEO of CISCO on ed techHere is an interesting posting from an elite member of the corporate technology world.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2008/01/23/solutions-education-chambers-oped-cx_sli_0123chambers.html">Click here</a><br /><br />Here was my reaction to the posting ..... (posted 1/23/08)<br /><br />Hi Mr. chambers,<br /><br /> I am a working teacher in CT. I believe that due to an overwhelming testing culture, and an apparent need to address it with "kill and drill" solutions, that we are further than ever from unleashing the true potential of educational technologies for students. The movement towards constructivist principles, that matched beautifully with the deployment of ed tech, and lead to very meaningful curriculuar experiences, has been trumped by the need to meet AYP goals. <br /><br />What do you think about this?<br /><br />Peace...jim <br />edtechnot.blogspot.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542601.post-53790350827627373372008-01-19T18:30:00.000-05:002008-01-19T18:33:28.248-05:00Pres. candidates and their education views- DA PulseHi All,<br /><br />This is not directly ed tech related but i found it useful on the DA Pulse blog.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.districtadministration.com/pulse/commentpost.aspx?news=no&postid=96664">The presidential candidates and their views on education.</a><br /><br />I hope you find it helpful and useful also!<br /><br />Jim :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542601.post-44778948621386403952008-01-19T17:44:00.000-05:002008-01-19T18:11:41.310-05:00Gary Stager on "A vision of students today".Read this post by Gary Stager...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.districtadministration.com/pulse/commentpost.aspx?news=no&postid=48655">Click here for the DA Pulse posting</a><br /><br /><br />This is my favorite reaction excerpt... from Tom Kennedy<br /><br />"We are the adults, folks. That means that, no, we can't program a VCR or play a video game very well, but we have something almost as important to offer: the wisdom that comes with experience. So, step up...and ask the hard questions. Forget the labels immigrant or native, try becoming a digital critic...It makes more sense and its the only way to tell if the digital "whatever" is worth a damn..."<br /><br />Here...here.<br /><br />Jim :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542601.post-17973536937957170332008-01-13T12:22:00.000-05:002008-01-13T12:28:29.817-05:00Your ideal Ed Tech conference -> blog postHi All,<br /><br />Educational technology and Life...a cool looking blog...asked for our ideal ed tech conference. Please <a href="http://edtechlife.com/?p=1928">go to this link</a> to let them know what you think, and cross post here. <br /><br />Here was my quick response............<br /><br />How about ... "Ed Tech in the REAL classroom"<br /><br /> I would love a conference that actually acknowledges the real front-line conditions that an average school/teacher faces. This would include the pedagogical, curricular, emotional and physical dimensions. Those could be the strands. For example, "Web 2.0 opportunities for a school preoccupied with their state testing program." It would also address the testing culture predominant in most school districts as driven by NCLB mandates. In case you haven't been near a normal public school lately, things like constructivist learning and the "middle school concept" have disappeared like so many mullet hair cuts of the same period.<br /><br /> I agree with what David said about the needs of classroom teachers at conferences. It is the most important thing to be doing...btw.<br /><br />Peace.<br /><br />Jim @ edtechnot.com<br />(and) mrforde.blogspot.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542601.post-83921537329687507272008-01-05T22:02:00.000-05:002008-01-05T22:05:08.772-05:00Global Ed Tech Wisdom! (Manilla Times)I don't know much about the use of ed tech internationally.... but I found this article very elucidating and sensible!<br /><br /> I hope you will too!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/jan/06/yehey/top_stories/20080106top4.html">Click Here for the Manilla Times</a> (of all sources) article!<br /><br />Jim :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542601.post-45680804214603718062008-01-05T13:12:00.001-05:002008-01-05T13:20:40.131-05:00What would my ideal education ultraportable look like?A ZD Net Commentator does a nice job of asking and answering this question on the ZDNet Blog<br /><br /><a href="http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12355-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=42774&messageID=790238&start=0">See the link here.</a><br /><br />What I like though are the responses. In particular, this one that you can clearly tell is from an actual working classroom teacher...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />The Best education notebook is no notebook</span><br /><br /> I question the value of notebooks in schools period. It's a crutch for a bunch of lazy kids to do little, or surf to their websites of interest.<br /><br /> School achievement is completely based on the desire of the individual student to do the necessary reading and study to learn. Many schools, including the one I currently work in has PC's in every classroom, and two computer labs. But the students don't use the Internet, or the study materials for PC's to learn anything, or enrich their studies. they use it to find a source for a paper, many times some dumpy bogus web site, then type a paper full of grammar mistakes, misspellings, and bad formatting, and then expect an A.<br /><br /> If you can't read well, have no mastery of grammar other than "txt msg 2 u", and have no interest in the study and work of learning, then a PC Notebook in their hand is a waste. It will do them no good. If their family can't afford a PC, then go to a library, filled with PC's paid for by people who use a phone.<br /><br /> If they are overseas in poverty, then you have a whole different set of problems to deal with. But in the US today, you have a bunch of lazy kids who are addicted to pictures and music. A PC won't change them.<br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><br />IMHO is that they will be great, if and when used wellto promote learning. There is the rub.<br /><br />Chime in with YOUR own reaction Here or on the ZD Net site!<br /><br />Jim :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542601.post-68589549600213840102008-01-01T13:33:00.000-05:002008-01-01T13:43:12.855-05:00Happy 2008....I'm back! (cue The Shining music)HI All,<br /><br /> OK...so I've decided not to throw the "baby out with the bath water." After further reflection, and a few nice reassuring e-mails, I have been convinced that there must be a reason why this blog exists. So... I will continue to fill this space. Public schools are still the sausage factories that we know an love, so there is much material to choose from. (By sausage factories I mean: We love the product but you definitely don't want to know the details of how the product is made!)<br /><br /> I think I am finally on my feet as a classroom science teacher again (<a href="mrforde.blogspot.com">see the blog</a>)and am ready to start scanning the ed tech literature for things to highlight and comment about. I am even contemplating putting together a little "dog and pony show" about my use of my science classroom blog in an actual inner city middle school.<br /><br /> Send me a few ideas and I'll be sure to put them up in this amazingly desolate corner of the web!<br /><br />Peace and Happy 2008!<br /><br />jim :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542601.post-46852930388489123252007-10-28T09:30:00.000-04:002007-10-28T09:35:27.148-04:00Sticking a fork in it!My response to Jeff from the economist sums up six years of watching nothing happen.<br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Hey Jeff,<br /><br />I am sorry for my lack of response to the Economist feature on ed tech. I am back in the classroom <a href="http://mrforde.blogspot.com">My Blog</a> after finishing up an MS in ed tech and am more disillusioned than ever about the role of ed tech in US schools. <br /> <br />I am on the verge of comletely bagging edtechnot.com as it has made 0.0% impact on the field and has generated nothing but usless blather on the topic to no measureable effect.<br /> <br />I plan on using my limited energy to be the best science teacher I can be for my city public school students and to my (embarressing) song writing. <a href="http://www.numberonemusic.com/jimmyandthekeyz">Click here for horrifying sounds.</a><br /> <br />Oh well..... The dark side wins.<br /><br />Jim Forde<br />Edtechnot.com for the last time.<br />Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless<br /><br />-----Original Message-----<br />From: "Jeff Koo" <jkoo@sparkpr.com><br />Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:03:03 <br />To:<fordemm@aol.com><br />Subject: Economist Debate Series. The votes are in.<br /><br />Hi Jim – <br /><br /> <br /><br />If you haven’t checked out The Economist Debate series on education, you might want to do so today as The Economist has just declared<br />the winner: <http://www.economist.com/debate/?sa_campaign=debateseries/debate1/blog/bloggers> . After two weeks of debating on the proposition, “the continuing introduction of new technologies and new media adds little to the quality of most education” the audience has voted and the winner is “con” with 56 percent of total votes for rejecting the proposition. <br /><br /> <br /><br />In his closing statement, Dr. Robert Kozma, Emeritus Director and Principal Scientist at SRI International acknowledges “that educational systems are notoriously slow to change” but urges readers to vote for him to as he believes that “technology is making a positive difference in education.” To illustrate his point, Kozma cites numerous anecdotes from teachers he’s he’s met in Uganda, Chile, Catalonia, Norway and the Philippines where technology is making an impact in the classroom. <br /><br /> <br /><br />Also of note are statements by featured guest participants:<br /><br />· “Too often technology is simply used to pretty up teaching yet, as many contributors have noted, technology may increase the reach of a poor teacher but it will not improve the quality of their teaching.” - Sir<br />John Daniel: <http://www.economist.com/debate/index.cfm?action=article&story_id=10012911> , President and CEO of The Commonwealth of Learning<br /><br />· “The lesson for the United States and other countries… is to eventually find a balance between innovation and accountability. That should be everyone’s destination, because that is the point at which educational technology is likely to have its greatest impact.”- Kevin<br />Bushweller: <http://www.economist.com/debate/index.cfm?action=article&story_id=10006783> , Executive Editor, Education Week<br /><br />· “It is not surprising to me that some of the failures of technology have occurred when schools have tried to substitute it for teaching” - Linda<br />Darling Hammond: <http://www.economist.com/debate/index.cfm?action=article&story_id=9980958> , Professor of Education, Stanford University<br /><br />· “I’m also concerned with the metrics by which we judge the quality of education in this century.” - Don<br />Knezek: <http://www.economist.com/debate/index.cfm?action=article&story_id=10010340> , CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)<br /><br /> <br /><br />Our next debate will be held December 10th. The proposition will be on national competitiveness: should governments and universities everywhere be competing to attract and educate all qualified students regardless of nationality and residence?<br /><br /> <br /><br />Look forward for more details on the launch in early December. <br /><br /> <br /><br />Best,<br /><br />JeffUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542601.post-54447603855357095742007-06-24T09:50:00.000-04:002007-06-24T09:54:47.209-04:00Sun at NECCOk...so I am in the heart of ed tech advertising at the NECC! My first impression this morning was a copy of something called the EdTech Show daily. It reminds me of those envelopes full of coupons you don't need that you get at your home. I was hoping for more than in infomercial when I awoke.<br /><br />I'll update the blog over the next few days and let you know some of my impressions. <br /><br />So far they are... it's hot in Atlanta, our hotel is frighteningly tall with an atrium that looks like a scene out of the Star Wars senate chamber (Episode 2), and I am ready to be enlightened!<br /><br />jim :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542601.post-23420677128516376812007-06-22T11:27:00.000-04:002007-06-22T20:24:08.016-04:00Is there an upside to having less access to computers?**This posting is not an attack on the great Ms. Bracey as I respect her work and know that her heart is always in the right place. I also don't disagree that a digital divide exists.<br /><br />Read this blog posting from Bonnie Bracey of the Thornburg Center. She points to severals groups who are touting the importance of the STEM initiatives and that there is still a digital divide that needs to be addressed.<br /><br /><a href="http://thornburgcenter.blogspot.com/2007/06/is-there-is-or-is-there-not-still.html">Click here to read it.</a><br /><br />There are studies out there that suggest that increased contact with computers at home actually correlates to lower standardized test scores. Many studies that look hard at computing in schools and standardized test scores show no significant correlation. This, btw, after major monetary investments in ed tech. When you consider these facts, you have to wonder whether additional computing resources will have the desired effect. My point is I think that initiative should be StEM with a little T. Let's get more SEM going on.<br /><br />I know, I know, you'll now send me the handful of meta-studies that show that tech can this and that, but look at data at the local school district level. Look at the pernicious achievement gap. For the cost of ed tech it should be worth it's salt.<br /><br />You're going to hate me, but why not funnel the money to StEM things like, working science labs in middle schools and high schools? Maybe increasing the funds for math and science staff development would be a better use? Why not institute classes in logic and programming rather than teaching word processing and powerpoint? Why not use the money for after school programs for mentoring and tutoring kids?<br /><br />You must know by now that all of this crud about "preparing kids for a digital society" drives me crazy. What any society needs is a generation of people who can think! Until there is a clear and statistically significant correlation between the ways technology is being used in a typical (i.e. not a NASA sponsored school or one that is located the campus of an Ivy League university) inner city school and an increase in a kids ability to think I am going to continue to cringe at these catch phrases. <br /><br />Go to an average school and see how technology is being used. Ask yourself the following questions:<br /><br />1) Does this represent a higher order use of the technology?<br />2) Does this lesson integrate with the curriculum?<br />3) Would I want my child or grandchild sitting in this classroom right now?<br /><br />Honestly, if you give me a well prepared student I'll teach them most of Microsoft office in a very short period of time. Don't EVEN get me started on the whole touch typing thing. I can't wait until voice recognition turns that into the buggy whip, that it already is. Also, if I see another PowerPoint presentation with watered down knowledge on it I'm gonna hurl! <br /><br />OK, OK, I agree that when ed tech is used well it can make a difference but way too often it doesn't. IMHO, this is generally due to a lack of local ed tech leadership or to the application of a pitiful set of lower order thinking skills tools to a group of students. (usually due to some district level deal from some corporate boheamoth.)<br /><br />I have had way too much coffee, but, I am particularly sensitive to these issues as the father of a 15 and 10 year old. Believe me, I know of what I speak. I actually spend time in real schools and have a real investment in seeing things done right...and soon! <br /><br />My gosh it is 2007! We've been saying these things since HyperCard was hip!!!<br /><br />Have at me on this one.<br /><br />Jim :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542601.post-15877469501618363842007-06-13T08:40:00.001-04:002007-06-13T08:44:49.522-04:00Waitin' on the world to change?If so...stop! Be the change you want to see in the world!<br /><br />Go to this posting on the Dangeroualy Irrelevant blog and follow the many links offered for more ideas on change!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/06/change_week_wra.html#comment-72582486"> Click Here!</a><br /><br />jim :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542601.post-51149865337382795912007-06-11T09:41:00.001-04:002007-06-11T10:00:23.085-04:00Videos on the future of educationHere are a couple of videos on the future of education distributed on <a href="http://www.teachertube.com">teachertube.com</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.edutechie.com/2007/06/education-in-the-future-videos/">http://www.edutechie.com/2007/06/education-in-the-future-videos/</a><br /><br />As much as I enjoyed them, I started to get annoyed by the first one about mid-way through. Here are some "ranty" observations. <br /><br />First of all, I am tired of people telling how great China and India are. Yes, they are powerful countries with lots of people who sort their kids well. I still say that freedom and creativity will define success in the next 100 years and the U. S. will continue to retain the edge. Why else would those two countries be sending so many of their kids to U. S. universities? What country has one the most Nobel Prizes? Don't even get me started on the environmental disaster that China represents and the issues they face with things as simple as providing clean water for their people. Also, there are those little things called FREEDOM and TOLERANCE to consider.<br /><br />Secondly, cue the dramatic dark music, I was moved by the vision of the future represented by the end of the first video but I still think that educational technologies aren't dramatically affecting the bottom line. This is defined by most communities as test scores. This makes it too easy to slash these programs when things get tight. <They just cut four tech teachers in my own hometown. One from each middle school.> Don't scowl at me! If you work in a real school, in a real school district, and not in some ed tech ivory tower, you know what I'm talking about! I, Personally, believe in the power of constructivist learning and in the integration of technology into the curriculum, but many times we have caved in the face of the bottom line. This resulted in less powerful applicatons of these amazing learning tools. (think touch typing) We need to be able to prove, with metrics (which seems to be the coin of the realm these days) that ed tech is making a difference. Enough with the emotional speechs and moving music, give them what they want, data from the local level.<br /><br />OK...have at me.<br /><br />Jim.<br />edtechnot.blogspot.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542601.post-8574003078283975362007-06-10T22:41:00.000-04:002007-06-10T22:43:44.052-04:002 cents on the NETSHi All,<br /><br />Here is a great posting on the new NETS from David Warlick's @cents worth blog. While the posting is valuable the follow-up comments are evn more valuable!<br /><br /><a href="http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/2007/06/06/a-magnetic-field-of-national-educational-technology-standards-nets/">Click Here!</a><br /><br />Jim :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542601.post-90849515354202490052007-06-10T21:17:00.000-04:002007-06-10T21:24:16.231-04:00Video use and the classroom.I enjoyed this posting on the Pulse by Gary Stager. Sadly, it rang true in my experience. It also was a nice reminder of the copyright laws associated with vcr/dvd movie use in schools.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.districtadministration.com/pulse/commentpost.aspx?news=no&postid=19299"> Click here.</a><br /><br />I hope you enjoy it.<br /><br />Jim :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0