Trying to Integrate Technology into HS English & Special Education
Image via Wikipedia Why does a student refuse to take an exam if he/she doesn’t get his/her way ? I just a a student refuse to try to do her exam after I surprised the class and allowed them to use their vocabulary books. I hadn’t even hinted that this was a possibility, so she [...]
Okay. I’m a mom. What can I say? I got a few spare seconds and decided to look at my 18 year-old son’s blog that he is required to keep for his Freshman Comp class. He has always had problems with writing. (He got a 4 on the ACT writing; 25 composite. Yikes!) Language issues [...]
Okay. I get it. Using Web 2.0 tools and concepts in our classes will make students better thinkers, collaborators, team members, global citizens, yadda, yadda, yadda. My concerns come in implementation: 1. To make most effective use every student in our class needs to have a laptop at his/her disposal 24/7 at school and at [...]
Photos by Thomas WirtI found these pictures. How sad. It was a huge facility. Thousands of people worked there. Is this all that is left? Ironically, this place sits right next to Kettering University (formerly GMI). I feel sorry for those still in Flint, MI.
How has learning changed? In some ways, a lot. In others, not so much. A couple of quotes form the Time Magazine article really struck me. 1. “It’s important that students know how to manage it, interpret it, validate it, and how to act on it,” says Dell executive Karen Bruett, who serves on the [...]
I find blogging to be an interesting phenomenon. Most of the blogs I’ve read in the past seem to be of the “stream of consciousness” variety or a personal journal. These are of little interest to me. I have a Livejournal blog that I started so that I can “friend” my favorite fan fiction authors. [...]
Here is my first blog entry for the 23 Things class I am taking. I have two other blogs. One is a personal journal that I don’t update as often as I should at live journal.com. I also have an an account at Edublog, but I haven’t used it yet. So…… Welcome and I hope [...]
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