I just came back from lunch and a trip around the exhibit hall. And thought I’d get some thoughts down while I am waiting for the next session to begin. After meeting a bunch of people I had an interesting thought. Many of us sort of have an identity crisis. Most people here when describing what they do have trouble, they give a long list that might include any of the following… I am the computer teacher, a technology integration…
Here goes my first attempt at blogging during a presentation. A good friend is unable to attend the MassCUE conference so I am taking notes for her but thought I could share them with everyone, why not it is just a few extra clicks. Notes on the opening Keynote by Deneen Fraizer Bowen. This is a piece of performance art with a message. Deneen Fraizer Bowen arrived as Dr. Priscilla Normal, acting to replace the radical Deneen. She is a…
I’ll be attending the MassCUE conference this week. I am looking forward to many of the workshops and speakers. I always learn much from talking to everyone. I get some of my best ideas from the conversations at lunch. Hope to see some of you there.
Continuing with my thoughts from the previous post…. There has been a radical shift in the information landscape in the past decade yet this shift is not mirrored in most schools. The shift has occurred and continues to occur in business where many feel the need to be “cutting edgeâ€, to be competitive. But, in the bureaucracy that is education very little fundamental change has occurred. In fact schools today are not much different then schools of the past two…
In my district we are working on a new technology vision statement. We are using a wiki to help us continue our discussion and work on this project. I posted something to the wiki in response to a comment about the rather complex statement. I wanted to share and expand on that thought here. These thoughts also reflect some of the discussions in a course I am currently teaching where some our concerned we are loosing the human contact that…
Keta Erosion.jpg Originally uploaded by bknittle. Today I took some time to play with flicker. I have had an account for a while but never had time to explore the features from a teacher’s perspective. After watching the presentation on flickr by Jeff Utecht at the K12 Conference Online, I decided to try out the map features. Like Jeff I have worked as an overseas educator. I have lived or travelled in many places; Ghana, Jordan, Korea, Thailand, England, Syria,…
A simple experiment in art, created for one student’s illustration course, Line Rider is a unique online toy which allows users to hurtle a hapless scarf-clad man down steep hills of dizzying height, huge jumps, and end over end flips with just a pencil. The Tech Savvy Educator I needed a good laugh and really enjoyed this. I’ll think about the educational implacations later. Thanks Ben ! Blogged with Flock