Posted on March 8th, 2009 by AG
from coolcatteacher
1-Cell Phones Can Save Us Money
They are NEARLY ubiquitous and can alleviate some of the strain and cost of our infrastructure.
2-Cell Phones Can Help Students Be More Organized
Most students WILL NOT carry a paper planner. We need to integrate their cell phones and/or iTouch devices as their planner – giving them homework reminders, [...]
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Posted on December 15th, 2008 by AG
Just finished a presentation on Web 2.0 tools for Educators. The target audience was those without much experience or even familiarity with the term “Web 2.0″. Still, I think there are many resources that may come in handy for even “advanced” Techie Teachers.
The presentation can be found here.
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Posted on December 5th, 2008 by AG
Looking for ideas and inspiration of how to use technology in primary grades? Here is a great example of a 3rd grade class using tech on a regular basis. And here are some great resources to get anyone started using Web 2.0 in educational settings.
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Posted on October 22nd, 2008 by AG
Does School Represent “real life” for students? This question has vexed me for more than a decade. It became the topic for a thesis completed in the ’90’s. In it, I interviewed students about the topic. Paraphrasing and generalizing greatly, their responses ranged from “Of course it’s real, it’s made of bricks” [...]
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Posted on October 20th, 2008 by AG
Will this eventually prove problematic? Higher Education embraces Web2.0 and Social Networking while K-12 schools often block access to same. Also, while some school districts only ban some sites, others ban all and have a “zero tolerance” policy on all things electronic.
What’s the Middle Way?
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Posted on October 19th, 2008 by AG
The older the leaves, the more prone they are to the influence of the wind.
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Posted on October 7th, 2008 by AG
It is too clear and so it is hard to see.
A dunce once searched for a fire with a
lighted lantern.
Had he known what fire was,
He could have cooked his rice much sooner.
Translated by Paul Reps and Nyogen Senzaki
I didn’t feel well one day last week. Still, I came to school. Halfway through first period, though, [...]
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Posted on August 27th, 2008 by AG
Beginnings seem easy. Beginnings feel authentic. Then something happens on the way to the ending: The Middle. The Middle is where we need to keep things fresh, new and alive amidst successive school days which roll in like waves, one after the other with hardly a breath for us to renew and refresh.
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Posted on June 7th, 2008 by AG
The accounting firm Accenture has a neat little phrase: “Expectation Gap”. They use the term to explain the phenomenon of returned consumer electronics for one. It has been discovered that only 20% of returned products are actually defective or broken, though the costumer said they were.
Accenture explains that there was an apparent expectation [...]
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Posted on June 7th, 2008 by AG
What I most want to do is create. And innovate. It’s part of who I am. Part of how I am wired. I seek what’s new. I try to learn what I don’t know. Repeatedly.
This puts me at a disadvantage as a teacher. I have learned through experience and through [...]
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