Public vs. Private – Should Student Work Be Public On the Web?
10+ years ago, filters and blocking tools were banning access to most blogs and web publishing services in schools around the world. In fact, this is exactly why The Edublog Awards were started – to showcase the excellent work being done with blogging in schools – hoping it would begin to break down these barriers...
Update 2: TrueCrypt audit results released (PDF) Update: the TrueCrypt project unexpectedly shut down on 28 May 2014. A mirrored copy of TrueCrypt.org is available on Andryou.com. The home page of …
Justin Reich: 11/14/2013 at iPad Summit folks who are in the doc (and the session) feel free to add to this so we can have a great place to learn together. Leadership Checklist as you Change Define a vision (if iPads are the Answer, what was the question?)—“ We’re lost. But we’re making grea...
H/T Edudemic.com During a visit to our 1:1 pilot team this week, I stopped into Ms. Strout’s English Language Arts classroom. […] The room was largely silent, save for the sound tapping keybo…
September 14, 2012 - manuscripts: A writer should understand to a point of second nature that writing a piece of fiction is the art of simulating everyday language, not realistically capturing it. With the exception of dialogue...
I’ve just discovered the ridiculously useful Remix-t and I cannot wait to share it with our teachers and students. Created by the Learning Technology Lab at the Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Notre Dame, the site presents a full-blown kit for inspiring media-rich, project-based instruction and suggestions for hours of engaging professional development. Designed for the […]
Mobile Learning Infographic How Digital Natives Are A Bit A Head
Because of the proliferation of new technologies, the younger generation today is outgrowing traditional forms of education – remember pencils, chalkboards, textbooks and graphing calculators? Whether we are in the car, on the train, at work, or in a classroom, mobile technology in particular is giving us the ability to learn on-the-go. See the infographic […]
The Use of Technology in Special Education Infographic
The Use of Technology in Special Education Infographic With a considerable number of K12 students in special education programs throughout the U.S., teachers have found that the traditional use of textbooks and worksheets is often ineffective. The use of assistive technology - computer software, communication devices and tablets - is a new and innovative trend […]
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Part of the reason why knowledge gets neglected in English curricula and assessment is it gets marginalised in observations. I have argued before on this blog that skills are being detached from …
NSA leaks on Canadian surveillance coming, Greenwald says
Glenn Greenwald — the journalist who, through his source Edward Snowden, revealed a massive domestic and foreign spying operation by the U.S. National Security Agency — says documents outlining Canadian surveillance will be published.