“Here’s a quick way to tell if you are machine or human focused (as an AV director in Iowa once suggested to me): If someone comes up to you saying his computer doesn’t work, is your first thought: There is a problem in the chair. or There is problem on the desk. If you assumption that the problem is SUD, you better grab one of Norman’s books.” (SUD-Stupid User Dysfunction) Doug Johnson’s Blue Skunk Blog – Blue Skunk Blog –…
“I put together a PowerPoint presentation with some (hopefully) thought-provoking ideas. I was hoping by telling some of these “stories” to our faculty, I could get them thinking about – and discussing with each other – the world our students are entering. To get them to really think about what our students are going to need to be successful in the 21st century, and then how that might impact what they do in their classrooms.” The Fischbowl: Did You Know?…
I thougth this summer I would have done more writing on the blog. My head is full of ideas but the time just seems to fly away. I have spent the summer reading blogs and playing with tech tools. Many teachers take the time to catch up on a good book, or take a class, for me it was blogs. I learn so much from different blogs; what are the cool websites (I could also learn that from my daughter),…
I seem to be having issues with my blog – not sure why. It seems to work fine in safari but not firefox, explorer or flock. Not sure why? Why was everything there one day (side bar, all the posts and the like) and it all disappears the next? I am on vacation now and only have dial up at the folks. When I get a more consistant-faster connection I will take a look. I am not a fix it…
I have been doing a lot of reading on DOPA in the past few days from a variety of blogs – see my blog list – almost everyone has written on it. I believe, as most, that it is not well thought out, and is not going to help schools, kids and teachers get on with the real job of learning. But in my reality of supporting teachers in using technology to foster student learning, DOPA right now has little…