And perhaps we’re coming to the end of the blogging cycle, but you will still find at any technology conference for educators presentations on how to use blogs in the classroom. If your colleague tells you that she is about to create a blog for her classroom, pull the plug from the computer and run…
Episode Notes: What is the role of learning with technology in the 21st Century? Is it skill-based as the organization suggest? Will technology finally save our schools? Stop by and chat with us. Referenced Posts:Technology on MissionClose Read of the Indiana Plan (Preface)Business Educates Schools 21st Century Skills Partnership Download this podcast on iTunes (search…
Episode Notes: Is there value in treading on the “kids” territory of IMing? Information overload with so many voices and the same time? Sites mentioned in the top of the cast: LinkedIN (a networking site for business professionals) FriendFeed (follow what content your “friends” are generating) Chess.com (an example of a social networking site done…
Title: EPISODE5 – Taking another read of digital literacy Products mentioned at the beginning: FlipVideo camera Google Reader Notes: We’re still trying to apply older approaches to “digital literacy.” Let’s explore some more appropriate approaches to reading dynamic content. Not much conversation from the outside, but we were talking about if there is a need…
This week’s TalkShoe was an elaboration upon the last post. In this episode, the products and their white papers mentioned were: Plato Learning Software Inspiration CMaps You can listen to this episode via the TalkShoe Badge on the right side of this blog or you can download here or subscribe to the cast on iTunes.…
Honestly, if I see another software company have the words “standards-based” on their literature, I might just speak in iambic pentameter. Besides the obvious question “Is standards-based education the best way to educate students?” (you did think of that, right?), how does one prove that this particular version of standards-based implementation is the best? In…
Some educators blame Wikipedia (and often use it as a curse word) for bad student writing. Maybe we should look at why Wikipedia is good and perhaps we should assign better papers. Opening quote: The education world has pursued new technology with an almost evangelical zeal and it is time to take a step back…
Episode Notes: First podcast about a talk I gave to 6 people in Indianapolis: “Those Who Can’t, Moodle.” (Here’s the post I based the talk on: http://www.bashinged.com/2008/01/those-who-cant-moodle-avoiding-napoleon.html Listen Next Week’s Podcast info:Title: EPISODE2 – Don’t Blame Wikipedia for bad papersTime: 02/24/2008 07:20 PM ESTEpisode Notes: Some educators blame Wikipedia (and often use it as a…
bashing education is more metaphor than literal and is a call for clear thinking within education and its use of technology. As a metaphor, bash is a reference to the shell in many *nix systems. Instead of relying on the GUI-eye-candy of the point-and-click way of computing, returning to the command line is way of…