Presence is Menace: Do Cellphones Belong in the Classroom?
In addition to my inquiry project, I’ve also been researching another tech-related topic of inquiry this semester. Cellphones are a…
“It’s Alive!” My Inquiry Animated
“Look! It’s moving, it’s sha . . . it’s alive! It’s alive! It’s ALIVE!” –Dr. Frankenstein, Frankenstein 1931 After weeks of…
Podcasts and Pedagogy
Have you ever come to the middle of yet another research paper and thought, “There’s just got to be another…
Minecraft and the Classroom
“We owe it to our students to bring what they’re passionate about into the classroom.” –Chris Aviles, Fairhaven Schools, New…
SAMR: A New Way to Think about Technology and Teaching
In today’s class, we discussed a useful way to conceptualize technology usage in the classroom. SAMR, which stands for Substitution,…
Internet Literacies
This week, rather than write on what we covered in class, I thought I’d summarize an article I read for…
Digital Footprints
Last week, we had Jesse Miller in to talk about technology and the contemporary classroom. Miller is a trained keynote…
Pacific School of Innovation and Inquiry
This last week, our Ed-Tech class visited the Pacific School of Innovation and Inquiry—ground zero for some exciting new developments…
How Comics Teach: Review of Dave Gibbons and Tim Piltcher’s book How Comics Work
“There’s a million books on how comics are put together; but none from the master storyteller behind the greatest graphic…
Teaching from the Tube: How to use screencastify
Welcome educators! This week I took a look at screen casting with Google Chrome Screencastify. Now you can make video…