Reflection 2.0

You can see the published google spreadsheet from this survey here – Education Blocked Web Applications. The response wasn’t as high as I expected it would be, but it did give a small-scale picture of the situation. Rather than immediately throw my beliefs and theories at you, I ask this:
What are the educational implications of [...]

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As I wrote in my post a few days ago, I am starting over on my attempt to teach basic wiki (web editing/content creation) concepts (replacing Powerpoint – my choice) to my 6th graders. I rotate groups every 10 days (50 min. each day, 30 of which need to be spent typing), so I’ve been [...]

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In the last few months I wrote 3 posts relating to the quality of education in Finland. I was pleasantly surprised last week when I was listening to Wisconsin Public Radio’s Here on Earth (with Jean Feraca) and heard the tail end of a program about this very topic. I was even more excited [...]

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This post was co-authored with Stephanie Sandifer and is cross-posted on her blog Change Agency.
In another infamous “Twitter learning moment”, we were directed by @durff to an engaging Ustream presentation broadcasting live from the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and Executives (unfortunately, this hasn’t been archived, but we’ll post it when it becomes available). The [...]

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If Facebook can make Scrabble (Scrabulous) cool, why not keyboarding? I’ve discovered that 2 of my favorite keyboarding activities can be added as Facebook apps……………one step forward for the cool factor of business ed, right? Well, probably not, but this geeky teacher can dream, right?

Check out Fingerjig and Typing Master for some [...]

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Ken Rodoff commented on my post yesterday with a recommendation for M. T. Anderson’s “Feed”:

Ken wrote:
“…….if you’re looking for a raw take on our tech-infused adolescents, grab yourself a copy of M.T. Anderson’s ‘Feed’. It’s YA, but it’s worth noting that it has a lot of vulgarity. Makes a nice companion piece for a unit [...]

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Background: I received an email today from a student about her new blog she created, her love of technology, and asking for advice on her blog. I responded to her, because it’s polite and I want to encourage her. I then tweeted how happy I was that a student was inspired by classroom blogging, which [...]

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Rookie mistakes – live and learn. That’s the story of my day! I started out with my wiki project this morning and quickly encountered a MAJOR problem that I should have been aware of. No excuses, I should have researched this more fully before embarking on the project. I had the entire class (in 9 groups) [...]

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In my post last week about teacher training here in the U.S. and abroad, I quoted a TIME magazine article about practices in Singapore. One of my readers, John Larkin, made these excellent comments on the post:
“Hi Kate
I once taught part time at Singapore’s National Institute of Education after work at Nanyang Technological University. I [...]

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I’m reporting, as promised, on the second parent workshop I led at my middle school. There were only 3 parents in attendance, but again, this allowed for more discussion and personal feedback. My district’s IT director and the middle school principal were also there, which led to a broader perspective on the topics being covered - our [...]

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