Collateral Learning

I realized that I was sending out way too many emails to my teachers so I’ve decided to sum it up in a “weekly digest” format.  Granted, many have appreciated the links I’ve sent, but many also ignore them.  By inundating them with fifteen or twenty emails a week, they begin to just ignore them.  [...]

Last week I attended an Apple Road Show and looked over some of their stuff.  I have to admit, I am a bit partial toward PC but I don’t discredit the Macs and Apple for the great products they make.  I have to say, though, Mac Fanatics really annoy me.  I guess they annoy me [...]

I’ve been quite open regarding my love for Google, so this edtech tip should not surprise anyone.
GoogleEarth is a great tool for education (more than just hunting for your house and seeing if you can count the missing shingles from your roof).  One great idea that I’ve passed on to a few [...]

This past Monday I had to give a presentation on Information Literacy in the classroom and decided to take a different route.  It seems as this has become a dominant theme this year for our school, but I have to wonder if we’ve taken the right approach.  With this in mind I set out to [...]

I love Google.  There, I’ve admitted it.  Just about every part of Google is great- GoogleMaps, Google Earth, Google Images, Google Video, Google Blog Search, Sketchup, GoogleReader, GMail, GoogleDocs - Everything (well, except for Google Toolbar which is absolutely wretched when it ends up on one of our student’s laptops.)  To me, Google is like [...]