I haven’t decided whether to add an iPad to my tech arsenal just yet. I’m usually a magpie attracted to bright and shiny objects, but I’ll resist the impulse to buy an iPad until I determine whether it offers some essential functionality I can’t live without.
I watch teachers and schools select technologies and sometimes see [...]
Visual presentation tools like PowerPoint and Keynote have been saddled with an unsavory reputation. Lazy presenters can use the visual tools as a crutch to improve lackluster presentations. However, the best presenters use visual presentation tools to clarify their topic and make information accessible to all types of learners.
The popular VARK model of learning styles [...]
How do we motivate adults to learn new things? This question has been on my mind for months. In my first post for ISTE (The Invisible hand of Learning: Part I) I wrote about how we changed our Professional Development (PD) concept from a top-down to a bottom-up model. The experiment is now on it’s [...]
In the first of a series blogs on Playing [Video] Games in School, I thought I’d pose and try to answer the question, “Why play [video]games in school?”
The obvious answer is, “To motivate kids and make learning fun!”
I don’t know how many times I asked my kids, “How was school today?” and either got a [...]
When I meet with educators for professional development around the topic of project-based learning I often ask experts to join us through Skype. Bud Hunt, Terry Smith, Julie Lindsay, Chris Lehmann, Linda Hartley, Jeff Utecht and others have graced my groups with their presence. Teachers are always impressed with their knowledge and passion, and note [...]
Welcome to 2010 and to this ISTE Connects conversation! From my home base in Washington DC, it looks to be a New Year full of possibility and challenge. We face daunting budget deficits at all levels of government and find ourselves struggling to maintain robust funding for classroom technology.
As part of ISTE’s advocacy efforts this [...]
In his book, The Wisdom of Crowds, James Surowiecki discusses four key qualities that make a crowd of people “smart”. The crowd must be diverse, decentralized, independent, and it needs a way of summarizing people’s opinions into one collective verdict. In ISTE’s first fully crowdsourced keynote, we’ve done our best to tap into the wisdom [...]
Do you have what it takes to help us transform education? Here’s your opportunity to help lead ISTE! The ISTE Board Nominations Committee is seeking outstanding educational technology leaders to serve on the ISTE Board of Directors. ISTE members can nominate visionary leaders — including themselves — beginning January 5, 2010.
Nominations will be accepted through [...]
We’re pleased to announce the ISTE 2010 Keynote Crowdsource project has moved into Phase 2!
Go to Keynote Project to check out our five most popular topic areas and learn how to nominate the person you think should be the featured keynote speaker at ISTE 2010 in Denver.
Here’s the blog post outlining the project: Schooling Together
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