By Dan Maas on 2/27/2008This week, I visited Runyon Elementary School and Euclid Middle School to see how they are delpoying nComputing...Read More » |
By Michael Porter on 2/25/2008 4:44 PMClickers are one of the fastest growing technologies in our schools; they're spreading from primary grades through grade twelve. We have seen them used to do book reviews, to assess prior learning, to determine prior knowledge, and to have a good, old-fashioned debate. Yet some folks are still wondering about the value of clickers in the classroom. My point is this: clickers are as good as the questions they are designed to respond to. With that in mind, please give use some feedback on how you use, or plan to use, clickers in the classroom.
Some resources for your perusal:
• The Ohio State University Technology Enhanced Learning Research Clickers
• Clickers in the Classroom: An Active Learning Approach... Read More » |
By Dan Maas on 2/24/2008Totally unauthorized, this picture might be useful when Karl Fisch runs for office...Read More » |
By Dan Maas on 2/22/2008At the 2007 CASE Convention last August, Daniel Pink (best-selling author of A Whole New Mind) addressed the membership with his views on the new global economy.Read More » |
By Dan Maas on 2/21/2008This blog entry is for use during the Learning 2.0 session to be held this Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008...Read More » |
By Dan Maas on 2/19/2008From a member of ETAC, here is a Washington Post article about placing too much emphasis on technology gizmos... the links inserted remind us to keep focused on the real business at hand.Read More » |
By Dan Maas on 2/14/2008Providing guidance on what technologies we, in ITS, believe schools should implement is a challenging assignment. Today, we present the "yourIT" magazine linked here...Read More » |
By Dan Maas on 2/5/2008A new trend is emerging in the laptop market. The UMPC is an "ultra mobile personal computing" is an emerging mindset in computing leading to new products...Read More » |
By Dan Maas on 2/5/2008Over the past two months, we've been working on updating a strategic work-plan for technology, a visioning document and a new IT guidelines document for the district. Included in this post is an update to the plan and a visioning document shared with our K-12 Principals. The IT guide will be linked later...Read More » |
By Dan Maas on 2/2/2008At the CASE Winter Leadership conference, both keynote speakers presented view points that underscore the importance of struggle. It drew my attention to grading practices...Read More » |