September 2009
37 posts
Forecast: Partly Cloudy With A Chance Of Mobile →
If you haven’t already caught on to using cloud computing, then you’d better move quickly because “mobile cloud
computing” is the current flavor. Like any cloud computing, it is when the…
Forecast: Partly Cloudy With A Chance Of Mobile →
Anti-Virus →
I don’t really write about pure tech topics here, but the past few weeks some computers in our college writing center,
two friends’ home computers and now my own laptop were hit with a wave of…
Anti-Virus →
Web 2.0 for University 2.0 →
September 25, 2009 at University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT “Web 2.0
Delivery & Content for University 2.0” I wrote earlier about this session I’ll be doing Friday at the conference…
Web 2.0 for University 2.0 →
Teachers and Mad Men →
You probably have heard this. You take five professionals from 1960 and bring them to 2009. There is a doctor, a lawyer,
an engineer, a scientist and a teacher. Which one would have the least …
Teachers and Mad Men →
Internet Stats →
Google has launched a new
resource called “Google Internet Stats” (the microsite is
hosted in the UK). The resource brings together data from five different industries using third party…
Internet Stats →
eLearning 2.0: The Next Generation of Online... →
I’ll be attending and presenting on
September 25 at the eLearning 2.0: The Next Generation of Online Education Conference at the University of Connecticut. My particular session is…
eLearning 2.0: The Next Generation of Online... →
Your Real Friends Are Your Online Friends →
Your “Real” Friends are Your Online Friends (or so Says Gen Y) and so reports Sarah Perez on ReadWriteWeb. It’s a subject that has long been
mocked by those who don’t use social networks. “You…
Your Real Friends Are Your Online Friends →
Mobile Teens →
You might have guessed otherwise, but teenagers have actually been behind adults in their ownership of cell phones. (It
just seems like they all have cell phones.) The Pew Internet & American Life…
Mobile Teens →
Open Source for K-12 →
Third Annual K-12 Open Minds Conference October 6th and 7th,
2009 in Michigan City (Indiana) formal and informal sessions in various areas of Open Source and your
experiences and…
Open Source for K-12 →
From Microsoft Education Labs →
I’m not sure how many people are aware of Microsoft’s Education Labs site. They have just launched a new project
called Math Worksheet Generator
where teachers can generate math problems…
Children and Search →
Security firm Symantec did a study that identified the top 100 searches conducted by children online. No shock that items in the list included YouTube, Facebook, MySpace and pop stars like…
Children and Search →
Security firm Symantec did a study that identified the top 100
searches conducted by children online. No shock that items in the list included YouTube, Facebook, MySpace
and pop stars like…
Children and Search →
From Microsoft Education Labs →
Black Hawk and Lawnmower Parents →
Don Tapscott posted “Helicopter parents and Web 2.0 - a potent combination” on his Grown Up Digital blog about the phenomenon of
“helicopter parents.” That’s a term I heard all the…
Black Hawk and Lawnmower Parents →
Teaching Labor Day →
Today is Labor Day in the United States. It’s another holiday - like Veterans Day, Memorial Day and Flag Day - that
is losing any meaning to young people other than being a day off. The…
Teaching Labor Day →
Teachers Learning Online →
Yet another study comparing face-to-face and online learning has concluded that online classes yield superior results to
F2F instruction. This one was conducted on behalf of the U.S. Department of…
Teachers Learning Online →
The Twitter Hype Cycle and Educators →
I did not even knew that there
was a “hype cycle” but the folks at Gartner (“the world’s leading information technology research and advisory
company”) have created one as way to look…
What Did You Do In School Today? →
Do families still sit down to dinner
together and have conversations about what everyone did that day? We tried to do that with our kids. Of course,
they were stuck with two parents who were…
The Twitter Hype Cycle and Educators →
What Did You Do In School Today? →
School As T-Ball →
I worry that school is becoming like
T-Ball. T-Ball is a sport based on baseball and is intended as an introduction for young players to develop
baseball skills and have fun. In T-Ball,…
How Flat Is Your Classroom? →
The idea of a “flat classroom” originally was based on the constructivist principle of a multi-modal learning
environment that is student-centered and with a level playing field for…
School As T-Ball →
How Flat Is Your Classroom? →
August 2009
46 posts
Serendipity35 Back To School Edition →
This week teachers and students are either headed back to classes or preparing themselves mentally to be back in school.
Whether it’s kindergarten or graduate school, there is something about the…
What Facebook Quizzes Really Know About You →
I came across this in Facebook. A quiz authored by the ACLU of Northern California that will give you a scare or at least make you pause
before you take one of those Facebook quizzes. You know…
Serendipity35 Back To School Edition →
What Facebook Quizzes Really Know About You →
Share Google Docs on Slideshare →
Slideshare, the site that allows
you to share online your slide presentations, has now added the ability to import your Google Docs (documents,
presentations, pdfs) to SlideShare and share them…
Symposium for the Future →
The NMC Symposium for the Future is a
special 2-day, live online event October 27-29, 2009. They commissioned a few “thought
pieces” to get folks thinking before the event about…
Share Google Docs on Slideshare →
Symposium for the Future →
Guidelines For Educators Using Social Networking... →
This month I have had four queries from teachers asking advice for about using technology and Web 2.0 and social
networking. Two of them were from brand new rookie high school teachers asking about…
Guidelines For Educators Using Social Networking... →
Online Students Performed Better →
According to a new study commissioned by the US Dept of Education titled “Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in
Online Learning A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies,” students…
Online Students Performed Better →
Informal Learning and Learnscapes →
We had a discussion at our writing center about how to define formal and informal writing. Both are part of our
writing-intensive courses, but we had some disagreements with faculty about our…