These are blogs I've written about integrating technology into my Science classes.
Oct 05
When my Science students blog using an iPad, ClassBlogMeister accommodates them by offering two choices for typing. One choice allows the author to format their text with word processing menus like the image below. The problem is that iPads, mobile devices, cannot type in those graphical text boxes. It sucks! But all is not lost …
Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2011/10/05/ipad-friendly-sites/
Oct 03
I hear a lot, or rather read a lot, about changing the way we “school” our children. I hear ideas about not sorting kids by age, not being driven by bells and schedules, and about not controlling or making kids conform to traditional school rules. I have trouble wrapping my brain around ideas that are …
Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2011/10/03/innovative-schooling/
Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2011/09/28/ipads-in-science-2/
Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2011/09/26/my-clamcase-experience/
Aug 05
For me it’s the middle of summer (a little past middle so middle-ish). How cool is it in the middle-ish of summer to get to choose from a bunch of great sessions taught by incredible people from whom I learn so much? Very cool. How cool is it to do that online, without having to …
Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2011/08/05/rscon3-was-sooooo-cool/
Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2011/07/23/rscon3_presentation/
Jul 20
Okay I couldn’t think of a better word than Twitterers because Tweeters just sounded wrong. Our PLC’s WA STEM Grant work has been moving along. At our first meeting everyone started a blog and wrote their first blog post. I wrote about and shared their blogs here: Becoming Bloggers. At our second meeting everyone started …
Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2011/07/20/new-bloggers-and-twitterers/
Mar 09
Going grade-less has opened me up to giving students feedback that will help them move their learning in the right direction. I no longer spend my time trying to find a percentage or letter or mark to reduce their work. I read it and tell them what is working and what they still need. My …
Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2011/03/09/giving-feedback/
Aug 18
This is another cross post I wrote on the IEAR website. Zemanta’s August 13 post regarding, “What do teachers really want in an ‘Educational App?’” has hit the nail on the head. Ever since I bought my first iPhone back in 2008 and since then seeing kids use their iPod Touch I wanted more than …
Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2010/08/18/ipads-promise-and-how-to-use-it-now/
Jun 30
[See iPads in Science 2 to see what I learned a year later.] I am very fortunate. Of the 19 years I’ve been teaching I’ve gotten at least one grant for 12 of those years; 10 of them have been the last 10 consecutive years. Four years ago I received a couple of Best Buy …
Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2010/06/30/ipads-in-science/
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