Why are we STILL Wasting Money on Whiteboards?
If you’ve spent any time reading the Radical, you know that I hate Interactive Whiteboards—and the companies that sell them as instructional silver bullets—with an unhealthy passion. read more
View ArticleGoogle's Reading Level Search Feature
In a comment on my recent post about teaching students to search for reliable information on the web, Debryc wrote:I want to teach my students these skills of information curation but I don't know how....
View ArticleWhat I Would Do with an iPad in My Classroom
An interesting email landed in my inbox this week from a good friend who has really been trying to integrate technology into her language arts class. For confidentiality sake, we'll call her Mary.Turns...
View ArticleHow Are You Vetting Ideas in Your School or District?
I stumbled across an interesting service called Vetter this week. In its simplest form, Vetter is a digital suggestion box designed to get ideas from employees. What makes Vetter unique, however, is...
View ArticleTool Review: Posterous Spaces
Our school has always required that teachers maintain websites as a tool for communicating with both parents and students. For most teachers, "maintaining websites" means housing updates and classroom...
View ArticleMaterials for My #scichat Homies [Handouts]
Bad news, all y'all: I don't have a ton of time to write tonight. My 2.5 year old daughter -- who is completely beautiful, by the way -- is sick as can be, which means my wife and I are juggling work...
View ArticleQuick Guide to Web 2.0 Services [Handout]
Not sure if you've figured it out or not, but I've been writing a ton about teaching and learning with technology this month! That's because I'm spending my three-week vacation on the road presenting...
View ArticleWhat Will You Click On Next? [Handout]
Poking through my feed reader this weekend, I stumbled on this GREAT bit on the Mindshift blog featuring the thinking of Howard Rheingold -- a leader in defining the kinds of changing skills needed in...
View ArticleWhy Kids Need Goodreads
One of the core beliefs of my interdisciplinary team is that our sixth grade students need to see ALL of their teachers -- not just the language arts teacher -- as readers. As a result, we've decided...
View ArticleTechnology Professional Development Scenarios
Let's start with a simple truth: Schools have limited budgets and every time that we make careless spending choices, we tie our own hands behind our backs.As a result, I've worked HARD over the past...
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