Archive for April, 2009
Technology is the main ingredient…NOT the main course.
Today I read a really great article for my class. It’s called From Compliance to Commitment: Technology as a Catalyst For Communities of Learning. It’s by Mary Burns, a program associate with the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory in Austin, Tx. (At least she was at the time the article was written in 2002) Looking at [...]
The Networked Student
Darren Draper posted this and I loved it. Thought I’d repost here for you! It’s really cool and it happens to be very relevant to what I’m studying right now in my Educational Technology Leadership course.
TechChicks Just Rock My Socks
I love the Tech Chicks. I lurk around their site all the time learning new and fabulous things. I just had to post a link here to the most recent tech tip they’ve added. Hot damn! I’m SO integrating this into a pilot for our new HS grading policy! Awesome! The Power of Twitter – [...]
Vision 2020
Settled in to tackle my Masters’ class assignment today. I had to summarize different parts of the Vision 2020 Texas Long Range Technology Plan. Wow. What an eye opener. I’m a little bit freaked out to be honest with you…because if we are going to get to where we are going to be expected to [...]
8th Grade Technology Literacy Assessment
So May is ushering in our next go-round with the 8th Grade Technology Literacy Assessment. We’ve got to test our 8th graders to make sure that they are where they need to be with the skills and applications outlined in the Tech App TEKS. I completely agree that we need to be sure that our [...]
David Warlick at 2007 AASB Conference in Alaska
David Warlick at 2007 AASB Conference in Alaska Visit his site at http://davidwarlick.com
Literacy in the New Information Landscape
My first assigned reading for my new Masters’ class is Literacy in the New Information Landscape by David Warlick. I was really excited about reading so much of his work because we just saw him speak in Birdville ISD a few weeks ago and he was really great! Okay…notes on the article.. I love the [...]
Austin in February
Okay…so I’m posting this a few months too late…I know…I know…I’ve been swamped. TCEA this year was good…we took a bunch of librarians and several teachers who presented. (Shout out to my secondary peeps – Jana, Stephie, Chad, and Rodger Dodger). They were phenomenal and the feedback from the crowd was terrific! My math team [...]
My Masters’ Degree…Part Deux
Oh yeah, baby…I’m insane. Today marks the start of classes for my second Masters’ degree. This one is in Educational Technology Leadership. What the hell was I thinking? It’s not that I don’t want to get the degree, and I’m not afraid of the work…I’m just amazed at how I always seem to set myself [...]
Go on an Education Adventure
Go on an Education Adventure Discovery Education is inviting teachers and students to join them on Discovery Student Adventures, a series of educational and inspirational trips uniquely tailored to bring the world to life. Whether spending the night in a snow cave in New Zealand, camping among ancient Inca ruins in Ecuador or witnessing sharks [...]
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