Opencast Community Website The Opencast community is a collaboration of individuals, higher education institutions and organizations working together to explore, develop, define and document best practices and technologies for management of audiovisual content in academia. Through the mailing list, website and collaboration among its members, the community will strive to offer guidance and information to […]
Box of Tricks
Box of Tricks Great website from teacher who is using Web 2.0 tools in his teaching. (delicious tags: web2.0 teaching technology blog K-12 Resources Tools smartboard)
Box of Tricks
Box of Tricks Great website from teacher who is using Web 2.0 tools in his teaching. (delicious tags: web2.0 teaching technology blog K-12 Resources Tools smartboard)
Using Skype to observe student teachers
Today’s technology helps train tomorrow’s teachers Observing student teachers with Skype (delicious tags: teacher skype, K-12,)
Using Skype to observe student teachers
Today’s technology helps train tomorrow’s teachers Observing student teachers with Skype (delicious tags: teacher skype, K-12,)
India buys a quarter of a million netbooks
With no $10 laptop in sight, India buys 250,000 OLPCs – Ars Technica One Laptop Per Child gets new life with India choosing to buy a quarter of a million computers for students throughout the country. It will be interesting to see how they decide to distribute these laptops and what operating system and software […]
India buys a quarter of a million netbooks
With no $10 laptop in sight, India buys 250,000 OLPCs – Ars Technica One Laptop Per Child gets new life with India choosing to buy a quarter of a million computers for students throughout the country. It will be interesting to see how they decide to distribute these laptops and what operating system and software […]
Do older teachers use technology differently?
Technology generation gap at work The Technology Generation Gap at Work is Oh So Wide – ReadWriteWeb A study (identified in the links above) finds a significant difference in how people from different generations think about and use technology in the work place. This may have implications for technology integration in the classroom. The study […]
Students, don’t defriend your facebook account just yet
Facebook Users, Research Need Further Study The link above will take you to an article in the Wall Street Journal that gives hope to students who considered dumping facebook after a recent study reported a relationship between social networking and lower grades. (delicious tags: higher_education Facebook socialnetworking K-12)
Coining a new term – bPortfolios
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about electronic portfolios recently. Both faculty and students have been unhappy with our current implementation. Faculty see the system as onerous because it doesn’t fit well with their current assessment practices. Students view the system as just another requirement, rather than as a way to reflect on their […]
