I recently learned about RSS feeds, a Web 2.0 tool. RSS is a simple way of getting customized information from the Web delivered to you computer automatically. It is a fabulous way to stay current on all of your favorite topics. This short video will tell you all all you need to know about RSS [...]
Web 2.o tools are changing the world. If you didn’t believe that we live in a digital world the short video below will demonstrate that you may already be using Web 2.0 tools and not even know it. Many of the networking tools Wiki’s, Blogs social networking services such as Twitter and Second Life [...]
None of us know what the next great idea is going to be. The video below demonstrates that in education there have been naysayers to many innovative ideas yet they became accepted practice and have moved us forward. We are the Columbus’s of the 21st century. Just think of how radical his ideas were in [...]
A few weeks ago I told you about a project that is taking place at a school called IIT High School. It is one of the four schools that are located in what was once known as Edison Tech in Rochester, New York. Students there have been working on a project that will result in [...]
In this digital age we in education are bombarded with new ideas. We want to consider these new ideas as we continue to move forward and try to predict what skills our students will need in the future. Students are very comfortable with change. They understand text messaging, blogs, social networking, and how to [...]
School 2.0 is an initiative by the United States Department of Education to encourage conversations about what schools could and should look like in the 21st Century. Representatives from the DOE have made several visits to Brighton to learn about our 2020 Vision. They have been very interested in all of the information that [...]
Has anyone in his/her presidential campaign taken a hard look at NCLB? How are we measuring it’s effectiveness. I think it was John Dewey who said” You can keep weighing a pig but that won’t make it get any fatter.” If we believe that education for our students should be differentiated, why isn’t NCLB? All [...]
Hey! I’m not the youngest kid on the block but this year I have learned the power of WIKI’s and how they can help to create dialog and collaboration between people. WIKI’s in our school district have helped to get input, energize projects and move agenda’s forward. It allows everyone to come to the [...]
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Having technology is a blessing and a curse. Actually, more of a blessing. The curse is the equipment is capable of doing so many things for us yet we seldom have enough time to learn all of the nuances. For some ideas the learning curve [...]
College students today are used to so many new ways of synthesizing information. Are we using the right tools right now to maximize student learning. What suggestions would you make? As the father of two college students I have heard stories of how textbooks go unopened and lectures with chalk can be less then engaging. [...]
