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Comment on Nurturing the 21st Century History Teacher by mrscj

I didn't feel nurtured by this. I saw some neat implementation of technology for current events. Otherwise, the only history application was the day in the life of a hobo project. So where is the fundamental change in how technology will change teaching history? I love to implement tech tools, but when I have to share 3 computer labs with a campus of over 3000 students and a few mobile computer carts, what ends up happening is a few tech projects here and there. Go to any workplace, the employees don't have to "sign-up" to use technology...they have dedicated resources. The 11th graders on our campus were all issued laptops for a 1:1 history program and the district created "canned" online/moodle curriculum for them. So it's death by powerpoint with your own personal view screen. So until there is a true 1:1 situation where administrators trust teachers to use those resources responsibly, then I don't see much opportunity for change.

Comment on Show and Tell: Exhibit, Reflect, Critique with Blogs by Sarah Sutter

Alice & Deb, Thanks for the vote of confidence! We do try to have a good and productive time with the tools available. Positive feedback is great - suggestions are also welcome; it's definitely still an ongoing process.

Comment on “Parental Engagement in the 21st Century” Teaser by Three for three – a meme about web 2.0 teachers | Parents as Partners

[...] 3) Matt Montagne Matt is a Tech Coordinator at the Castilleja School in Palo Alto, CA. Matt is an innovator. EVery time I turn around Matt has found another way to look at at subject and mould it into exceptional learning activities for his students. I first met Matt when I searched for teachers who were involving parents in their child’s school work. Imagine how excited I was to find a wiki for parent education workshops. From that point on I can’t keep count of all of the new and exciting things Matt has done. I watched Matt become an outstanding webcaster at edtechtalk.com. You will find Matt in EarthBridges and Earthcast, Parents as Partners and Edtechbrainstorm (when Doug Symington is away.) Calling home with ustream is one of my favourite memories of our K12Online conference presentation. [...]

Comment on Googlios: A 21st – Century Approach to Teaching, Learning, & Assessment by Nappy Yew Hear – What next? Will Apple’s islate be the kindle killer and google’s plans for schooling | ReadingPower

[...] 4. Googlios -eportfolios http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=478 http://sites.google.com/site/googlioproject/home 5. Steal this preso- copyright [...]

Comment on Using Web 2.0 Tools to Teach ‘The Outsiders’ by Nappy Yew Hear – What next? Will Apple’s islate be the kindle killer and google’s plans for schooling | ReadingPower

[...] 2. Using Web 2.0 tools to teach “The Outsiders” http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=548 use of stupeflix to create Greaser culture – bit like Animoto- though it looks like its [...]