My professional opinion: we have to prepare our students for their 21st Century, not ours or worse yet not our 20th century. We have to prepare kids for the 24/7/365 connected, global economy that they are part of and we cannot do that properly without integrating technology, social networking, and Web 2.0 (and 3.0 as it’s becoming). We can integrate all the technologies that are part of our world in relevant and effective ways and our job is to figure out how to do just that. That’s it.
Here’s an example grant proposal for iPads and for social networking for teachers: WA STEM Grant Proposal & here are some other Sample Grant Proposals. I also have some info about Getting Even More Money! And here are a few ideas on Teachers Raising Funds for their Classroom.
Here are some other blogs I’ve written about technology integration and use:
iPads Promise and How to Use Them Now
iPads in Science and iPads in Science 2
The Need for Protecting Your iPad
Uploading Photos with the iPad
Limited by Four Walls? (Just some thoughts about blended learning.)
Lessons from my Student Bloggers and one year later More Lessons from Student Bloggers
How to Make Social Networking Work
iPad and Tech Resources for Science
Interview with Two Programmers
With regards to tech and Web 2.0 tools, Is Variety Better?
And here’s a link to my district’s tech blog, which I maintain, with great tech integration, iPad, 1:1, and teaching posts (it’s old now, but still has great posts):
Chimacum School District’s Tech Blog
iPad 1:1 Proposal (A proposal I put together to implement a 1:1 iPad program in my middle school.)
Speak Up Survey 2012 Teacher Results (Results of Chimacum Teachers’ Responses on the 2012 Teacher Survey)
Alone in the Middle (a metaphor for those of us who are ahead in tech use but not at the very front)
Why do teachers resist change?
Navigating Systems for Students
Sharing Learning is a Good Thing
My posts on the problems with using Older Tech!
Problems with Tech – Google Classroom on Older Devices
Android Tablet Accessing GAFE Tools
Multiple GAFE Accounts, Shared Devices
Older iMacs
Tech Fails
Goodbye to my iMacs
I Don’t Teach Digital Citizenship
Doctopus and Goobric – Sweet Combo
Differentiating with Google Classroom
Student Tech Support – ChimTech
Blended or Hybrid Learning Infographic
I’m publishing weekly updates to all the incredible resources I find every week from my PLN. These posts are called Diigo Links Weekly and every week I share new links to edtech, edreform, gamification, gbl, science, and other great resources. I’ve moved them from this blog and am publishing exclusively on another blog:
My Diigo Links Blog (Here’s the blog post I wrote about it.)
NCCE 2018 (I got to go to another NCCE conference!)
100% Total Engagement (This post showcases one of the cool tools I learned about at this year’s NCCE Conference.)
My Storify Replacement Alternatives (Two great tools that will replace Storify.)
Blended Learning EdWeek Post (I got to write a segment for an EdWeek post!)
Outstanding Tech Educator (I was chosen as the NCCE 2021 Outstanding Technology Educator!)
Google for Edu Ramps Up Age Restrictions (Google in schools has updated their age restriction to some services and now kids have to be 18 or older to have a YouTube channel and to blog!)
Seriously Facebook, er, Meta?!? (NOW Facebook revokes the requirement to log into Oculus with a Facebook account? Couldn’t they have done that months ago?!!)
Student Reading Preference Survey and Print Book vs eBook Results (student conducted survey).
Is Live Better Than Virtual? (Reflections of my virtual attendance at this year’s NCCE and ISTE conferences.)
Do your students have tech fatigue? (Reflecting on the unexpected consequences of using tech during COVID.)
Are they helpful or crutches? (My first attempt at using the AI natural language chatbot, ChatGPT, to write a blog post!)
Chat GPT for Lesson Planning. (My first attempt at using ChatGPT for lesson planning ideas!)
Students Excited by Robotics and AI (Lots of fun sharing some amazing robotics and AI news including ChatGPT.)
Best EdTech Conference in the Pacific Northwest (My NCCE 22 takeaways!)
Using AI Like We Use Computers – Star Trek Inspired (Some ideas about the ways we use AI that do NOT include any fear or hysteria about terminator type robots or iRobot takeover!)
Final Project – AI Did Help (Reflection on our final project of the year and how I used AI to save me time.)
Summer Learning – Dominated by AI (What I’ve been doing and working on so far this summer.)
AI for Educators – How to Get Started (A good place to start.)
Another Great Start (How I started the 2023-24 school year.)
A Video of Me Without ME! (Purely and completely AI generated!)
EdTech Tool Recommendations (My recommendations.)
AI Policy in a 5th and 6th Grade Classroom (How I guided my students in setting our AI use policy.)
Kids Under 13 Using AI for Writing (It can be done.)
AI Chatbot for Math? Not Yet. (Not with Bing Chat or Wolfram Alpha!)
Great Chatbot for Kids Under 13 – CodeBreakerEdu’s Byte! (Check this one out!)
CodeBreaker’s Byte Helps with Math (This one will work!)
AI School Policy to Provide Guidance (Some resources I’ve come across.)
Sept 11 Class Book Published (Our class book where students were able to use AI to help them write their final drafts!)
More AI Tools for Kids Under 13 (Great tools for teachers AND students.)
More AI Tools for Math Support for Students (Mizou is a standout option.)
WEA’s AI Workshop Series (I am co-presenting a series of live Zoom workshops on using AI in the classroom!)
I’m Presenting at NCCE24! (I got three proposals approved to present at this year’s NCCE EdTech conference!)
AI Detectors or AI Proofing? (My thoughts on a blog post I read about AI detectors.)
