Dear EdTech Entrepreneurs…
By Marisa Kaplan May 16, 2012 10:34 am
Dear EdTech Entrepreneurs,
Bringing education into the 21st Century is no easy feat. It depends on collaboration between the major players in the field of educational innovation and technology, and at this time the collaboration is not where it needs…
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Thoughts on Classroom Videos and Student Attention
By Phil Nast May 3, 2012 3:01 pm
When I subbed in an earth science class the other day, the 10th graders had been assigned a review packet for an upcoming test and a video on hurricanes and tornadoes and the scientists who study them. They worked well…
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How to Teach Students About Digital Identity
By Marisa Kaplan March 26, 2012 10:44 am
When I was in the classroom, I worked hard to integrate social learning into the day as often as possible. Many teachers claim that they understand the importance of social learning, and that they teach and practice social skills with…
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DisconnectED – The Disconnect between Educational Technology and Educators
By Marisa Kaplan March 16, 2012 3:36 pm
Last week I attended the SxSWedu Conference in Austin, TX. I wrote about it all week on EdGeeks.com if you’re interested in checking out inspiration, thoughts, reflections and hopes for 2013.
Today I want to discuss the disconnect…
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New Educational Tools For Teachers, Students, and Administrators
By Becky Wilcox March 14, 2012 4:19 pm
More and more educators are taking advantage of the tremendous new software and web-based tools that have come out. Many of these applications have the potential to streamline their administrative duties and give students greater access to the resources they…
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Hearing, Headphones, Health and Safety
By Phil Nast February 6, 2012 12:34 pm
A recent study cited by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that pedestrian accidents involving headphone use have tripled since 2004. In 116 accidents reported between 2004-2011, about two-thirds of victims were under 30, and more than half were…
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Teaching Physics with a Computer
By Phil Nast December 15, 2011 3:50 pm
Remember playing with blocks and discovering how important an adequate base was for a tower or wall and how far you could extend a cantilever before it collapsed? A recent article in the New York Times questions early childhood…
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Top 5 Tech Gadgets to Support Learning at Home and in School
By Marisa Kaplan November 29, 2011 9:43 am
Integrating technology into learning is not something that comes naturally for many of us, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t important. Great parents and great teachers have a lot in common, perhaps most importantly, their passion for supporting growth among…
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Let’s Teach Our Kids to Be Net Savvy
By Jamila Boddie November 17, 2011 5:06 pm
Back-to-school season is in full gear and students and teachers have settled into their routines for the year. What does that mean for me? Well, on a daily basis I manage an Internet safety program focused on giving educators, parents…
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Educational Videos and YouTube Teachers
By Phil Nast October 3, 2011 4:42 pm
One year when my social studies students were studying the Middle Ages, I showed sections of Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V to give them an idea of what medieval warfare was like. I used a videotape. My video sources were a…
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Weekly Lowdown #25
5-14-12 Inspiration: If you eat marshmallows on the morning of the test, everything will be okay I’ll keep it short and sweet…no pun intended:) If this photo is not enough to inspire you to engage in the conversations…
United Kingdom PD Opportunities
I'll be taking a leave of absence from Stanford during the winter quarter of 2013 (all of February and March) to work with (and learn a lot from) the Shell Centre in Nottingham. While I'm in town, I'd love…
The Dangerous Parts of School
Jessica Hagy, who writes/draws the wonderful Indexed blog, has created a great list of Nine Dangerous Things You Learned in School for the Forbes website. All the items, including the graphs/drawings that accompany the words, are right…
Help Support The ISTE12 Newbie!
In 2009, Beth Still started the ISTE Newbie Project to serve as an example of how people who are connected to one another on Twitter can work…
Dear EdTech Entrepreneurs…
This piece was written as a guest blog post for the technology section of EdVoices, one of my favorite resources for fresh perspectives on education. Thanks for having me EdVoices! Show your love by leaving a comment…
The Revolution Will Be Crowded
According to Thomas Friedman, there’s a revolution coming in post K12 education and he uses this “rather charming” explanation from Andrew Ng, associate professor of computer science at Stanford and cofounder of the online course delivery company Coursera, to…
Dangerous things school teaches
From Nine Dangerous Things You Were Taught in School (Forbes) by Jessica Hagey The people in charge have all the answers Learning ends when you leave the classroom The best and brightest…
Is That The Only Option?
This past weekend, the New York Times posted a very long but interesting look at the growing debt being accumulated by recent college graduates, as well as those who dropout. It’s a good overview that touches on some of…
Cell Phones Don’t Annoy People; People Annoy People.
By Noah Geisel (@SenorG)Last week, I joined fans of public radio’s This American Life, in shelling out twenty bucks to go to the movie theater for a live taping of the program. Host Ira Glass drew laughs when he…
Phones don’t annoy people, people annoy people
By Noah Geisel Last week, joined by other fans of public radio’s This American Life, I shelled out twenty bucks to go to the movie theater for a live taping of the program. Host Ira Glass drew laughs when…
