technology
30 tech tools in 30 minutes
Posted by David Wees on Jun 23, 2011
This is a presentation I created for a staff meeting tomorrow.
Blended Learning: The Importance of Face to Face contact
Posted by David Wees on Feb 7, 2011
Here's a great story (shared on the Huffington post) about a student who is attending his school remotely, through a robot. Watch the video below.
Mumbo Jumbo
Posted by David Wees on Feb 1, 2011
Algebra is just mumbo jumbo to most people. Seriously.
If you asked 100 high school graduates to explain how algebra works, and why it works, I'd guess that 99% of them couldn't, not in sufficient detail to show that they really deeply understand it. Remember that I am talking about high school graduates, so these people have almost certainly had many years of algebra and algebraic concepts taught to them. Most of these people will only be able to give you some of the rules of algebra at best, and some of them don't even remember that much.
This isn't using technology
Posted by David Wees on Jan 31, 2011
First, thanks to @fnoschese for finding this video.
"Crucial part of our learning"
Posted by David Wees on Jan 28, 2011
So today I returned a laptop that a student had forgotten at school to a student during our homeroom. Two of his friends were standing nearby and expressed their shock that he would be so careless with his laptop.
Student 1: "How could you be so careless with your laptop? It's a crucial part of our learning!"
Student 2: "It's our main tool for school!"
The students obviously recognize the value of the laptops for their education. Why don't more educators?
A 21st Century Learning Proposal
Posted by David Wees on Jul 20, 2010
Here is a great video shared on the Edweek blog.
Working on a new podcast for educational reform
Posted by David Wees on Jul 13, 2010
This afternoon I had a great conversation with David Miles and Fred Mindlin. David works as an Academic Coordinator in a private school in Dhaka, Bangladesh and Fred works as an educational consultant for the Central California Writing Project.
Both of them are extremely articulate and intelligent people who have a lot to say about education. I've known David for about 5 years now ever since we worked together in London, and I met Fred for the first time this afternoon.
I asked David through Skype, and I invited Fred through Twitter, and we all met in a Skype group chat. We decided to continue the conversation from #edchat and talk about educational reform.
This idea for a Conversation With Educators is from the podcast @betchaboy does, The Virtual Staffroom and is something I hope more teachers do. Talking with educators from around the world about what we do is a terrific experience. I hope to chat with more of you next week.
For now you can listen to this podcast episode below, or subscribe to this podcast in iTunes here. This podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike license so please feel free to remix it and share it, so long as you give proper attribution to the original work.
For those of you who are curious about the production of this podcast, it was recorded using a program called Skype Call Recorder on Windows, and slightly edited using Audacity.
I don't know how to use a fax machine
Posted by David Wees on Jun 21, 2010
Today I had to ask for help using technology. I know, I'm supposed to be embarrassed, I am the expert at my school on using technology, but really there are things I don't know how to do. I don't know how to use a fax machine. They were never a technology I considered useful, and in today's world of email, I consider them somewhat archaic.
Midway reflection on Apple Digital learning program
Posted by David Wees on May 12, 2010
We are currently in the middle of what is known as the Apple Digital Learning Program. I first learned about this program at a technology workshop sponsored by Apple way back in December, and through communication with my local sales representative, we submitted an application to host the DLP at my school.
Disclaimer: The ideas discussed on this blog are my own, and in no way represent those of my employer.
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