Latest articles by Patrick Larkin
Connected Educator Profile (Day 10) - Kimberly Payton - Louisburg, Kansas
I have a network of amazing educators at my fingertips that never cease to amaze me. Being a "Connected Educator" is awesome!
Connected Educator Profile (Day 8) - Mike Waiksnis - Rock Hill, SC
Being a "Connected Educator" is awesome!
Connected Educator Month Begins In Two Weeks! What Will You Do To Connect?
For the second year in a row, the United States Department of Education has made October Connected Educator Month.
Strong Intentions Lead To Amazing Unintended Benefits #LeadershipDay13
Here is a partial list of some of the things our students have done due to their experiences as students in a school where everyone has access to iPads
Can We Evaluate Our Way To Better Schools?
I spent three days last week at a workshop on the new Massachusetts Framework for Educator Evaluation.
Following #ISTE13 From A Distance - Thank Goodness for Hashtags!
I first noticed the power of following a conference hashtag two summers ago during the Building Learning Communities Conference in Boston.
A Four Minute Video On The 2013 K-12 Horizon Report
The New Media Consortium (NMC) has just released its fifth Horizon Report for K-12 education.
Growing Your PLN Video
What’s a personal learning network and why should educators be connected?
The iPad In Schools: Is It A Solution Or A Problem?
What about looking at iPad (or another technological resources) as the problem? How can this help us?
Who Cares About Devices!?
The bottom line is that we don't need any new devices in our schools; what we really need is new thinking in regards to our purpose for having schools.
From the Principal's Office: Moving Beyond The Textbook Is Nothing About A Book
As we make the transition away from textbooks as the primary resource for teachers and classrooms, it is understandable that so many people are looking for THE ANSWER
From the Principal's Office: If Students Designed Their Own Schools (Video)
The video above first appeared in a Huffington Post article last week titled "The Independent Project - High School Allows Teens To Decide Their Own Curriculum."
From the Principal's Office: An Amazing School In The UK
The School, Essa Academy, has been making some news for its use of iPads and was recently featured on the BBC.
From the Principal's Office: Ignore The iPads! Looking Back At Year One of 1:1 With iPads, Part Seven
The most common question we get regarding our 1:1 initiative with iPads is - What apps do you recommend?
From the Principal's Office: Going 1:1? How Would You Respond To Comments Like This?
"For about three thousand years or more all that was needed for learning and writing was some sort of pencil. Plato never wrote his master piece The Republic on an iPAD."
From the Principal's Office: Is The iPad King? It Is For Us And That's All That Matters (For Now)
I have seen a few posts lately on the topic of which device is the best device for a school looking to go 1:1 and put a web-enabled device in the hands of each student.
From the Principal's Office: Looking Back At Year One of 1:1 iPads, Part Three
One of the positive things about our iPad initiative has been the positive recognition that our school has received due to the efforts of our staff in undertaking this exciting work.
