Tag Archives: technology

Not where we should be spending our technology dollars?

by Sarah M. Zerwin Posted on November 2, 2011

Last week, a tweet from Mark Brumley (@markbrumley) showed up in our Twitter feed: Really cute video about technology in the classroom! http://t.co/fgJ2rgPc#edtech#edchat I followed the link to what appears to a be a contest webpage for the 2011 Classroom … Continue reading →

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THESE students will be fine in the future 21st century world…

by Sarah M. Zerwin Posted on October 27, 2011

There’s been another installment to The New York Times series, “Grading the Digital School.” This time we learn about a school in Silicon Valley that makes screen time illegal and argues that its students are better off for it (see … Continue reading →

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You can still help us present at SXSWedu!

by Sarah M. Zerwin Posted on October 23, 2011

As I wrote about here, we have submitted a proposal to present at SXSWedu in Austin in March. I’ve never submitted to a conference where proposals were crowd sourced. But we really want to do this presentation, so help us get there! … Continue reading →

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Help us present at SXSWedu

by Sarah M. Zerwin Posted on October 16, 2011

We have submitted a proposal to present at SXSWedu in Austin in March. Proposals are being crowd sourced–so the more positive feedback we get on our proposal, the better are our chances for presenting at this conference. From what I … Continue reading →

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Here we go again…

by Sarah M. Zerwin Posted on October 9, 2011

The New York Times is undertaking a series of stories evaluating educational technology called “Grading the Digital School.” Today’s installment is entitled, “Inflating the Software Report Card.” My previous piece responding to another story in this series identified that the … Continue reading →

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In Defense of Technology

by Sarah M. Zerwin Posted on September 28, 2011

“Critics counter that, absent clear proof, schools are being motivated by a blind faith in technology and an overemphasis on digital skills – like using PowerPoint and multimedia tools – at the expense of math, reading and writing fundamentals. They … Continue reading →

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Are you walking, or just talking?

by Jay Stott Posted on September 26, 2011

We just finished up the Colorado Language Arts Society (or find ’em on Facebook) conference in Golden Colorado this afternoon. For me personally, it was a great experience. I heard some stimulating ideas, reconnected with collegues I hadn’t seen in … Continue reading →

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Google Docs Fun

by Sarah M. Zerwin Posted on September 20, 2011

This is the single greatest document in the history of time, space, and Quyzzle. If you don’t know what that third one is, don’t worry. We’ll get to that. Either way, feel free to write here. Stories, song lyrics, limericks, … Continue reading →

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Seismic Shifts in Daily Lesson Planning

by Sarah M. Zerwin Posted on September 15, 2011

This year has marked an epic shift in the way I manage my day-to-day planning as a teacher. For about the last ten years of my teaching career, I’ve maintained an intricate, 5-tier organizational system to manage my short- and … Continue reading →

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