Let’s assume that we have a tablet device or a mobile device that we want to roll out to students. Maybe it’s an iPad. It’s probably not an iPad, because I really like things like USB connectivity and an app structure that makes free apps practical. I also think, despite Apple’s posturing, that Adobe Flash isn’t going away anytime soon. It might be an Android … Continue reading Practical Tablets
Last October, Alvin Trusty and I were discussing the upcoming Ohio Educational Technology Conference. We needed presentation topics. We thought it would be neat to have some sort of series, where one of us starts a topic, and then the other one continues on the same topic in the next presentation. We started talking about 21st century skills, and how we could talk about the … Continue reading The Empire Strikes Back
The first day of Educon is supposed to be an opportunity for conference participants to see the host school, Science Leadership Academy, on a more-or-less normal day. We can go to conferences and talk all we want about inquiry-driven project-based learning, but it’s much more valuable to see what’s actually happening in the classrooms of these so-called experts. So Educon is designed to allow time … Continue reading Plan B
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