January 2009
20 posts
Textbooks: Are They Still Relevant?
Over the past few weeks I have been involved in discussions across the internet on the relevancy of textbooks in education. I thought I would take a few moments this morning to collect my thoughts on this topic.
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Historically textbooks have had an extremely valuable place in the learning process as it was hard to find the information and knowledge contained in textbooks...
RESOURCES: Explore and Enjoy
A collection of resources to help you through your day… and maybe learn something along the way.
Google Maps: 100 Best Tools and Mashups - a great collection of mashups that utilize the Google Maps API.
7 Architectural Wonders of the Natural World - Something a bit different but extremely interesting. From underground ant colonies that extend farther than the Great Wall of China to termite...
THOUGHTS: How Twitter Helps to Shape My Vision
Connect, engage, collect, process, execute and share.
That is the process for which my interaction with the Web 2.0 resource Twitter helps to shape my vision for education technology. Today I reflect upon how I utilize this resource and how the moments spent on Twitter add value to my every day life and the duties I perform.
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Connect. I am afforded the...
RESOURCES: A Collection
I had been posting resources to this blog via one resource per post. I found I was flooding some RSS feeds with my short-sighted practice. So, here is a collection of resources via one single post.
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Mixedink - Can kids write together? Why Not? MixedInk takes a fresh approach to collaborative...
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Good search hacks for Google that will make you a searching pro
Educational Technology and Related Educational... →
This list focuses primarily on the use of technology in online and face-to-face educational settings as well as on teaching and learning and related support services. Only listings from January to…
HOW TO 2008: How To Do Almost Anything With Social... →
Today, as the year draws to a close, we bring you a hand-picked selection of Mashable’s social media How-To articles in 2008; some holiday reading, perhaps, or something to refer back to once you…
Personal Learning Environments: What They Are And... →
“Personal Learning Environments are systems that help learners take control of and manage their own learning.
FotoFlexer - The world's most advanced online... →
Wiki - Free Website - Wetpaint →
Build a website about a topic you know. A Wetpaint website is built on the power of collaborative thinking. Here, you can create websites that mix all the best features of wikis, blogs, forums and…
27 Free Must-have Online Collaboration Tools :... →
These days teams can be dispersed all over the globe. With outsourcing, telecommuting, distance learning and complex project collaboration, it’s often helpful to have tools that can assist with the…
No Books, No Problem: Teaching Without a Text |... →
Thanks to a forward-thinking teacher, chemistry students quickly learn to love leaving the textbook behind.
Video Editing 2.0: 8 Ways to Remix Online Videos -... →
Online video editing tools.
Classroom 2.0 - Ten Reasons to Join in 2009 «... →
When I introduce teachers to Web 2.0 in a professional development event, I urge them to join Classroom 2.0. When I read Peggy George’s request to submit a list of Top Ten new ideas, techniques,…
Opening Up Education - Table of Contents - The MIT... →
The Collective Advancement of Education through Open Technology, Open Content, and Open Knowledge
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ARTICLE: e-Textbooks vs. Traditional Textbooks
My good friend John David Son has opened up a great conversation about e-Textbooks and their value versus Traditional textbooks. There are many who are already transitioning to a life without traditional textbooks as Son points out. Why not head over to his blog and share in the conversation?
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RESOURCE: CAT6 versus CAT6A Cabling
I have been researching the differences between CAT6 and CAT6A cabling as I prepare for the construction of a new school in my district. It seems the farther I dig and the more information I find, the harder it is for me to make this decision.
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Initially I really couldn’t see the need to go to 6A for general network drops. I see the frontier in network...
ARTICLE: 12 CIOs who Twitter
Well, well, well… a few of these folks look familiar.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/010809-twitter-12-cios.html?hpg1=bn
CAT6A Wiring. Is It Necessary?
As another day winds down I am pondering something that I would welcome feedback on.
Some of my fellow state education CIO’s and technology counterparts have said that any new construction now should be wired with CAT6A cabling. This would allow for speeds of 10 Gigs to the desktop… and I am speaking of basic in-house wiring and not site-to-site which we have fiber in place for.
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