Tech/Media Coordinators
Getting to Know a Digital Textbook
February 9,2011
When I switched to open source digital textbooks, I created a series of activities to help students better learn how to use the textbook in digital form.
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Virtual Tech Forum coming up soon!
November 9,2010
Register for this FREE virtual conference on November 17, 11am 7pmET, for the opportunity to network with some of the greatest names in edtech
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Yes -- Student Blogs Allowed!
March 16,2010
The keystroke is mightier than the sword, was the message that social studies teacher Gideon Sanders of Washington, D.C.’s McKinley Technology High School helped send last October.? ?While 200 angry McKinley Tech students took to
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Bronx Cheer by Christine Weiser, Managing Editor
March 12,2010
I’ve been reporting on education for a long time
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T&L reports live from Educon 2.2
January 30,2010
Educon 22 is an impressive conference held at Philadelphia's Science Leadership Academy, and kicked off with a full house of educators and top edtech names from around the country.Self described as "EduCon 2.2 ...is not a
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BYOT (Bring Your Own Technology)
December 29,2009
Each spring, Walled Lake (MI) Consolidated School District
kicks off its ten-year-old Anytime Anywhere Learning (AAL) Laptop
Program with an orientation meeting for parents of fifth graders.
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Why go CMS?
December 28,2009
In June, our technology director decided that it was time to try out Joomla
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The Challenge of Coordinating District-wide Communications
December 21,2009
The great American conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein once said that technique is communication; to conductors the two words are synonymous
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Highlights from Tech Forum Northeast, Palisades, NY October 23, 2009
October 27,2009
Welcome and Opening Keynote Chris LehmannBuilding School 2.0 Creating the Schools We NeedWhat is School 2.0? What are the pedagogical ideas that form it? Examine ideas of constructivist pedagogy and the use of 21st Century tools
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Bridging the Gap and Connecting Classrooms
August 24,2009
Dorsey is more than 800 miles away from his high school students at South River High School in Maryland’s Anne Arundel County school district
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Texas Students Track Swine Flu
August 19,2009
Lubbock Independent School District teacher Penny Carpenter saw a unique opportunity for her students: a project to map the spread of swine flu in Texas counties.
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Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Searches?
August 4,2009
For student designers, royalty-free image libraries are an invaluable resource.
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Document Camera Promotion
July 29,2009
AVerMedia® Information,
Inc., provider of presentation and surveillance technology, has
announced a Buy 8 Get 1 Free promotion on the AVerVision CP300
Interactive Document Camera through September 30, 2009.
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Safety Net: Web filtering that works
July 23,2009
A district can take many steps to ensure that its students are protected from harmful, obscene, or otherwise unworthy websites
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Eight Ways To Use School Wikis
July 21,2009
Wikis are a great tool to help a school enrich instruction, and increase communication and collaboration among staff
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