New NETS Standards
Did you know that ISTE has NETS standards for technology leaders and technology facilitators? In trying to find some standards to inform my own professional development (beyond NETS-T), I came… Read more »
Category: Education
Always Learning – Tuesday Tracks
Always Learning One of the things that I love about my job is that I’m in a position to learn something new every day. My new discoveries and explorations are… Read more »
Online Safety
Online Safety By paul.klintworth In my grade 7 computer class this week, we compared the Internet to a big city. In our analogy, we discussed how there are safe areas… Read more »
An (Almost) New Year
A New Year Began (about a month ago) I started off my post secondary education in Pure Math but was pulled into the world of computers. I’m passionate about the… Read more »
Discerning Tech Episode 1
Show: Discerning Tech Episode 1 Host: Damianne President, president_dr(at)yahoo(dot)ca Summary: This podcast has two segments. The first segment presents five steps that K-12 teachers can use for evaluating web2.0 tools… Read more »
My 5 Favorite Cross-Platform Apps
If you have a smart phone, I’m sure that there are some apps that you think are indispensable. My favorite apps are: WhatsApp – Messaging program to send multimedia SMS… Read more »
6 Tech Tools to Try on Monday
Six Tools for You to Try 1. http://storybird.com What is it: Collaborative story-telling website Use it: create a story Integration: Any subject but especially language arts Purpose: Students can work… Read more »
ChemEd DL
The Chemical Education Digital Library is a digital repository of resources for the science classroom. “Here you will find exemplary digital resources, tools, and online services—your 24:7 aid for teaching and… Read more »
BLOSSOMS
BLOSSOMS (http://blossoms.mit.edu/default.htm) stands for Blended Learning Open Source Science or Math Studies. It is a project sponsored by MIT LINC (see http://blossoms.mit.edu/about.html for more info). The project is meant to… Read more »
Technology Integration Matrix 2.0
I started using the Florida Center for Instructional Technology’s Integration Matrix a few years back. The levels of entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, transformation coincide with levels reported by researchers although… Read more »