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 […]
Yearly Archives: 2014
18 posts
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 […]
What fundamental principle is the Internet built on? Is the Internet a mass of content or a mass of connections? The other day I was talking to a friend about how hundreds of years ago the problem was the inavailability of information. Books were precious items that contained the secrets […]
“Students are not problems that need to be solved; they are people who can develop solutions to problems.” I’ve been turning these ideas over in my head for months, but when this sentence popped into my head I felt like it summed up much of my thinking and also provided a […]