“Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road.”
~ Stewart Brand
Interesting quote today...it made me stop and think for a few minutes. In education, especially in my job, I hear about new websites and tools all the time. When I find something really great, I get really excited about what I see and start thinking about how I can use it, how teachers can use it, and then how our students can use it. This is when I become part of that steamroller.
Then I want to go and share the idea with someone and when I do, that's when I hit a stumbling block. And it's various reasons, it could our schedules don't match and the idea gets set off to the side for awhile, or there's benchmark testing, or someone just doesn't see how it's going to work in their classroom or (and this is the worst one) I realize there really is a better tool out there and we could make this idea work more productively another way. I don't want to feel like I'm part of the road, but sometimes THINKING about using a new technology calls for it.
How do you feel when you hear about new technologies? Which side do you feel you're on?
Monday, February 15, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Happy Friday!
I've been out of work for pretty close to two weeks due to the incredible amounts of snow we've been getting. We broke the record of 54.4 inches back from 1889 and the new record is now 54.9 inches. But I'm still glad it's Friday! Here are some education blog posts from around the web that you might take a gander at this weekend! Happy Friday!
1. Why podcasts haven't revolutionized education...yet
ISTE Blog
2. Notebook files to share and a second post to share
Talking Smartboards
3. Top 10 Web 2.0 sites for educators
Teach 42
4. Smart Notebook 10.6 Parts 1 and Notebook 10.6 Part 2
TeqSmart
5. Student Blogging Challenge
The Edublogger
6. Around the World
Trails Optional
7. World Maths Day
NCS-Tech
1. Why podcasts haven't revolutionized education...yet
ISTE Blog
2. Notebook files to share and a second post to share
Talking Smartboards
3. Top 10 Web 2.0 sites for educators
Teach 42
4. Smart Notebook 10.6 Parts 1 and Notebook 10.6 Part 2
TeqSmart
5. Student Blogging Challenge
The Edublogger
6. Around the World
Trails Optional
7. World Maths Day
NCS-Tech
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Websites You Should Check Out 02/11/2010
Need to create groups in your classes? Here's a quick way how!
Notebook File- Using Animoto | Talking SMARTBoards & Much More!
Also has practice skills for Language Arts such as making inference and identifying main ideas
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Have a Great Science student?
If one of your students is great in Science class, have them check out the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. A competition for students in grades 5-8 to compete to be America's Top Young Scientist. To compete, students need to send in a video about the science of everyday life with the topic focusing on the science of safety and security.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Monday, February 8, 2010
What do you think? 2/8/10
Technology... the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it. ~Max Frisch
I personally don't agree with this quote. I think technology has let us experience the world in new ways. Students can learn from other students in other countries, share a video and a experience with it. It lets us communicate at any time, by phone, text, and email. I can see a photo a friend took half way around the world only seconds after they took it. Technology has personally led me to experiences with people I never would have met otherwise.
Has technology helped you or kept you from experiencing the world around you?
Comment below!
I personally don't agree with this quote. I think technology has let us experience the world in new ways. Students can learn from other students in other countries, share a video and a experience with it. It lets us communicate at any time, by phone, text, and email. I can see a photo a friend took half way around the world only seconds after they took it. Technology has personally led me to experiences with people I never would have met otherwise.
Has technology helped you or kept you from experiencing the world around you?
Comment below!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
What do you think?
Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards. ~Aldous Huxley
Do you agree or disagree with this quote? We didn't have the many technologies we have now when Huxley said this. Do you think the technological advances we've made in education have been a detriment to our students or a way for them to become more independent thinkers?
Comment below!
Do you agree or disagree with this quote? We didn't have the many technologies we have now when Huxley said this. Do you think the technological advances we've made in education have been a detriment to our students or a way for them to become more independent thinkers?
Comment below!
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