Feb
28
Will a Funding Drought Bear a Technology Famine?
February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment
While education is now coping with massive cuts and technology funds seem to be drying up, we should not give up hope. When times get tough, as they do, the tough get creative. Below is an opening I’m working on for the next onCTAP column. I’d appreciate your comments.
Will a Funding Drought Bear a Technology [...]
Feb
9
PicLens: The Coolest Browser Add-on Yet!
February 9, 2008 | 1 Comment
PicLens, a broswer add-on, is now available for both Mac and Windows users. What is PicLens? Through your browser, it creates a picture wall of all the photos at a location while granting you access to their source. While PicLens enabled sites are listed below, this picture demonstrates the results of a search for “chinese [...]
Feb
7
Podcasting in the Language Arts Classroom
February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Handouts available at: http://mis.hpisd.org/default.aspx?tabid=461
Four sixth grade teachers shared the ways they’ve integrated podcasting into their language arts activities. Students save projects on the district sever; students don’t provide their last names in their podcasts.
They shared that you don’t need much equipment to create a podcast. You only need content. The presenters reinforced their use of [...]
Feb
7
It’s all about Relationships
February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
by Brian Bridges
In the world of relationship building, phone calls trump email as a means to establish or foster relations. However, personal visits trump both of them. This has been true both during my work with CTAP and at CLRN.
During my years with CTAP, one of my chores was to work with 68 districts [...]
Feb
6
Oscar the Grouch: Visionary and Problem Solver
February 6, 2008 | 1 Comment
By Brian Bridges
On the happiness scale, Oscar the Grouch is probably a 1, but there is good news for those of us who aren’t 10s. From this week’s Business Week comes a short article, “Don’t Be So Happy” which summarizes a report from researchers at the University of Virginia.
They analyzed surveys in which people rated [...]
