Every morning at UNIS we read the morning announcements to my homeroom of 23 grade eight students. Today there were no announcements, so I decided to use the time to get feedback from the students about one of our current tech initiatives. This year we decided to give the staff […]
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Back in 2005, Marc Prensky wrote in Edutopia that the main barrier to achieving this ‘edutopia’ was the hardware obstacle of getting to 1-1 computing. In Clint Hamada’s presentation at Learning 2.0 in Bangkok, he talked about a new 2:1 initiative at Yokohama International School in which the 7th grade […]
Last weekend I was fortunate to attend and present at Learning 2.014 in Bangkok, Thailand. In his closing session, Jeff Utecht talked about how some teachers have been pushing the envelope of technology since the 1800s and before. He talked about how teachers pushed for the adoption of slates instead […]
Just finished another Google Script and I wanted to share it with you all. There is an option when setting up a Google Form so that the submitter can go back and edit the responses. However, if the submitter does not bookmark the URL immediately, it’s impossible to go back […]
One of the most fundamental questions for teachers is: how do we help students become motivated? My own thoughts on this question have reflected the transition from being a high school classroom teacher at a small, independent school called Harmony School, to being a Tech Coordinator at a large, high-power […]
On Tuesday my friend Jeff Wrensen posted on his blog about collaborative note-taking: I was taught how to take notes and jot down important thoughts on paper. In a recent discussion at school, I was told that the students don’t need their laptops to take notes, they can just use […]