Viewing: Ed Tech
Too Metacognitive to Think Properly
Today my colleague and I were almost hit by a car while we talking about thinking with clarity. Sigh.
The Carnival of Education is in Town!
The Carnival of Education #177 has arrived and my article, "How to Find a Job in Education that You Love" is featured.
Comment on Dangerously Irrelevant’s “Ed Tech Quarantine?”
As I commented on Dangerously Irrelevant's blog, we need to respect those who do not share our tech enthusiasm, yet keep the battle waged.
Computer Literacy Support should not be Conditional: Joanne Jacobs comment
Supporting computer literacy should not be conditional. Joanne Jacobs challenges in her recent article, "Computers Don't Boost Poor Kids' Grades," that computers in many homes are only used to games and not for literacy. I say, it's a start.
How To Get a Job in Education That You Love
Don't just take the first job handed to you. Here's a step-by-step guide in finding a job in education on your terms.
Credential Programs: Give us your money and we’ll give you a classroom
I comment on the Education Week's article, Busywork 101.
It’s the End of The Internet as we Know It (and I feel…)
Is the Internet as we know it really coming to an end in 2012? Well, not if Google and the porn industry have anything to say about it.
Ed Tech is the new Home Ec and Shop
McCain and Clinton don't mention Ed Tech in their educational policies. Obama merely mentions it in relations to Maths and Sciences. But Ed Tech is not the elite. It is the Home Ec and Shop classes for this generation.
UPCOMING CONFERENCES
Here you will find more information about me and my upcoming conference sessions at the CCHE and FETC/CUE conferences
What I Love About Teaching: Part #1
This is a first in a series of articles about those points that make Teaching so awesome.
Education X-Prize
Education needs to reach beyond those within education for ideas on how to solve its problems. Maybe the X Prize Foundation can figure it out.
Fundraising Stinks
With the passing of the nutrition laws in education, fundraising education now falls on the shoulders of the teachers. Maybe districts need to figure out how to fund their programs instead.
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