Tag Archives: Teaching

iPad in every TEACHER’S hand

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Michael J. Elson

Found these great (and short) articles about teacher’s observations on how they use the iPad. iPad in every TEACHER’S hand AND How I’m Using my iPad as a Teaching Tool    

CIO Corner

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Michael J. Elson

I found this fascinating quote today: What if our educators took time out of each day to reinforce the proper, safe and secure way of using these devices – not only inside the walls of the classroom – but outside … Continue reading →

Bloom’s Taxonomy Blooms Digitally, Andrew Churches

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Michael J. Elson

Image via Wikipedia In the 1950′s Benjamin Bloom developed his taxonomy of cognitive objectives, Bloom’s Taxonomy. This categorized and ordered thinking skills and objectives. His taxonomy follows the thinking process. You can not understand a concept if you do not … Continue reading →

Texting vs. Teaching: Who Wins? – Class Struggle – Jay Mathews on Education

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Michael J. Elson

Image via Wikipedia Our high schools are full of secretly texting, blithely unengaged adolescents, my colleague Dan de Vise reveals today in a story on a Montgomery County proposal to let students text during lunch. Dan’s story describes the situation … Continue reading →

Montgomery County Student Leader Proposes Allowing Cellphone Use at Lunchtime – washingtonpost.com

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Michael J. Elson

Image by Stitch via Flickr Text messaging has spawned an era of uninterrupted contact among friends, especially young people. Students often tap out silent conversations beneath their desks, even though most Washington area public schools forbid them to use cellphones … Continue reading →

Find your TeachMate

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Michael J. Elson

TeachMate.org is a service that helps people who wish to learn things find others who wish to teach them. You may think of it as of a dating service in education. We are also very fond of the idea of … Continue reading →

Schools United Update

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Michael J. Elson

I am very excited to announce our first contact from Schools United. We have joined with a school from Smorgon, Belarus. (See map below) If you are interested in participating, please email Michael for details. This will prove to be … Continue reading →

Online (free) Timeline Applications

Posted on October 15, 2008 by Michael J. Elson

Within the past few months, a new crop of web 2.0 timeline applications have sprung up.  The first application I played around with is http://www.dipity.com/.  Dipity has some great features for your personal blog and has some pre-fabricated time lines … Continue reading →

Best Buy Teach Award

Posted on August 31, 2008 by Michael J. Elson

Best Buy is proud to support K-12 schools who have integrated interactive technology into the curriculum to engage students and make learning fun. As a company, Best Buy believes that when technology is used effectively it can inspire children and … Continue reading →