Wednesday, May 30, 2012

15 educational experiences my granddaughter won't have

15 educational experiences my granddaughter won't have - Home - Doug Johnson's Blue Skunk Blog
Avram Piltch identifies "15 Technologies My Newborn Son Won't Use" in a recent Gizmodo/Laptop post. (Read it - it's fun.) These are:

ADSL (wired Internet access)
Dedicated Cameras And Camcorders
Landline Phones
Slow-Booting Computers
Windowed Operating Systems
Hard Drives
Movie Theatres
The Mouse
3D Glasses
Remote Controls
Desktops
Phone Numbers
Primetime Television
Fax Machines
Optical Discs

About half of these things are nearly extinct already.....

Monday, May 21, 2012

Remove your social media from Google search

Remove your social media from Google search | How To - CNET
About to interview for a new job or just tired of your every thought landing in Google search results? Here's how to stop that from happening in the future......

Monday, May 14, 2012

How to Break Free of Our 19th-Century Factory-Model Education System

How to Break Free of Our 19th-Century Factory-Model Education System - Joel Rose - Business - The Atlantic
More than 150 years ago, Massachusetts became the first state to provide all of its citizens access to a free public education. Over the next 66 years, every other state made the same guarantee. The result was a publicly-funded system where, in every American classroom, groups of about 28 students of roughly the same age are taught by one teacher, usually in an 800 square-foot room. This model has been the dominant archetype ever since.

Tuesday, May 08, 2012

David Thornburg on the Evolving Classroom (Big Thinkers Series)



The noted educational futurist describes his "holodeck" classroom -- an environment that supports project-based learning -- and makes the case for why the role of the teacher must change from lecturer to exploration guide.

Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Apps to Support Bloom's Taxonomy - Android, Google, iPad and Web 2.0

Educational Technology Guy: Apps to Support Bloom's Taxonomy - Android, Google, iPad and Web 2.0
I had seen two great charts Kathy Schrock had made about Apps to Support Bloom's taxonomy. I have seen, and used, the one's for Android and Google. I just found two more on her site: iPad and Web 2.0 Apps......