Tag: Education Technology

  • KySTE11 Presentation Resources

    Patchwork to Progress: Transitions to a Digital Media Classroom. PowerPoint and Poster Wikispaces and My Old Class page And EKU Writing Project Blogger and My Alternate Class Page Edublogs: education only blogging portal and host site PB Works: Does have a subscription cost associated with it. Bud Hunt: WordPress Page and Wiki about blogging and…

  • ReBlog School Library Journal: GA schools and iPads

    I was emailed about this EdTech story today and find it utterly scary and radically amazing at the same time. In a move led by its senate president Tommie Williams, the state is looking to see if it can substitute print books with iPads, according to a recent story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. (Williams did…

  • A Week without Social Media (via Chimaera)

    Very interesting read about the true usefulness of social media. I have to admit that the idea of walking away from Facebook is a very interesting idea. Hmm… I’m behind on everything because I’ve been moving, but I can’t possibly let Harrisburg University’s week-long social media blackout pass without a comment. I don’t know about…

  • New school year blues

    I know many teachers who get the itch to teach again in mid July. Days always seem a little odd without the segmented bell schedules or the socializing of 200+ adolescents. For me, this came into sharp contrast as I began the school. My new big idea would be using Twitter as a means to…

  • iPads for Middle Schoolers: California District Rolls Out Mobile Devices for Fall Semester — THE Journal

    Image via Wikipedia iPads for Middle Schoolers: California District Rolls Out Mobile Devices for Fall Semester — THE Journal. Several school districts nationwide have begun trial programs using this new technology. This CA middle is not the first just the newest. Below are some oher articles relating to edutech. Related articles by Zemanta Avery Middle…

  • A Brief History of Pi – PCWorld

    Image by Mykl Roventine via Flickr Happy Pi Day! A Brief History of Pi – PCWorld: “Egyptians calculated pi using pyramids (or did they calculate pyramids using pi?), Archimedes busted out the 96-gon, Zhu Chongzhi one-upped him with a 12,288-gon (or is that 12,192-upped him?), Ferguson calculated 620 digits by hand, and the University of…