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OER – an overview

Posted on May 18, 2017 by admin

“Free is good” (Bethany Ray) – a recent Edutopia article – provides a nice explanation of OER (open educational resources) for the novice. The explanation argues the benefits of OER in contrast to commercial materials and suggests OER provides educators … Continue reading →

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Authentic tech activities challenge stereotypes

Posted on May 10, 2017 by admin

I have long argued that a great way to address stereotypes regarding the potential of technology is to show educators striking counter-examples. To many, sitting in a classroom or a lab staring at a computer is the stereotypes I have … Continue reading →

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City of Chicago Steps Up

Posted on May 7, 2017 by admin

The city of Chicago now hosts educational content on climate change that was removed from the EPA site. While this could have been done with heavily political overtones, the sites thanks the EPA for the content and says nothing else about … Continue reading →

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Teacher effectiveness and the blame game

Posted on April 23, 2017 by admin

If having great teachers in the classroom is so important, why then is $2.4 billion in federal funding for teacher preparation, the third-largest federal K-12 program in the country, on the chopping block? The present administration has proposed a 9 … Continue reading →

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Alexa – read my book

Posted on April 21, 2017 by admin

I am more and more impressed by the capabilities of Amazon’s Alexa. Like most owners, I am willing to say that most of those capabilities go unused. I do the same things over and over. Like play music. I fail … Continue reading →

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Something for the secondary educators

Posted on April 20, 2017 by admin

I have a sense, that for one reason or another, educators who work at the secondary level make less use of technology in their teaching. I reach this conclusion from the active participation of teacher conversations I observe online. What … Continue reading →

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