Why We Need to Be Blogging First of all, I’ll admit the obvious–I am biased. Blogging has become something that I cannot imagine doing without. It has given me a creative outlet, challenged me to test the validity of my ideas and educational beliefs, and expanded my network of peers. It has met and exceeded [...]
Entries from March 28, 2009
Blogging, Revisited
March 28, 2009 · 9 Comments · 21st Century Skills, Blogging, Educational technology, Walden University, Web Tools
BISD 12 Second Tech Challenge #10!
March 25, 2009 · 17 Comments · Digital Storytelling, Educational technology, images/video, podcasting, Web Tools
Continuing with the theme of creativity, today’s challenge is to try out a very cool alternative to PowerPoint, Animoto. BISD 12 Second Tech Challenge #10 on 12seconds.tv (Click here if you can’t see the video.) Animoto lets users create videos that incorporate images, music, and text into a very slick, professional-looking product. This would be [...]
Tags: 12seconds.tv·Animoto·BISD·images·teachers·technology·tech_challenge·video
Assessing Computer-Based Tools for Learning
March 22, 2009 · 3 Comments · Educational technology, Walden University
Author David Dobbs recently shares yet another lukewarm study of educational software funded by the U.S. Department of Education in his blog. The news is familiar: “students using educational software do no better learning primary school math and first-year algebra than their counterparts who follow a traditional curriculum.” The study itself has many flaws, primarily [...]
BISD 12 Second Tech Challenge #9!
March 13, 2009 · 13 Comments · BISD 12 Second Tech Challenge, images/video
This one is a little different. The next few challenges will revolve around creativity tools. For starters, the challenge is to try out the site Storyblender and create a narrated/animated scene or video. This site is a blast to use, and the creative possibilities are many! It is so fun, you might just want to [...]
Web 2.0, Constructivism, and Creativity
March 12, 2009 · 6 Comments · 21st Century Skills, Educational technology, images/video, Walden University
The Constructivist educator should be excited by current trends in education and technology. Constructivists emphasize such traits as active learning, discovery, construction (setting goals, self-assessment, research, creativity, etc.), situated learning, cooperation/collaboration, choice, automony, reflection, and complexity (Alessi, 2001, pp.32-35). The teacher takes on the role of a facilitator, guide, and co-learner as much as is [...]
Tags: 21st Century Skills·constructivism·creativity·Walden·web2.0
Theme of the Week: Change
March 9, 2009 · 1 Comment · 21st Century Skills, Educational technology, implementation, Spreading the Word
Beginning with last Monday’s presentation by David Warlick and proceeding up to an article I just read in eSchool News, the theme of radical, disruptive change has been my constant companion the past several days. Some examples of the theme of change from David’s presentation: The 21st century teacher must above all things be a [...]
