You most likely have heard of the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr. I have used his article to start a discussion about technology. Nicholas relates that he “power scans” articles on the web and tends to read the first few paragraphs and the conclusion. Also, he sometimes follows a link and [...]
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Why I Love to Hate My Kindle
More strangers talk to me about my Kindle than anything else I have ever owned. The first question is “How do you like it?” I hate to say I love it because I have always loved paper books and don’t want to see them die. There is something about reading a book on a warm [...]
Yodio
Trying out Yodio.com I am trying this instead of Gcast which is going to charge starting April 1, 2009. Jim
The Networked Student
I really enjoyed this student-created video. I thought I should share it with you. As I watched the video, I couldn’t help thinking that I would love my child to have this teacher. The video illustrates what the outcome might be if we taught students how to use the network as a place to learn. [...]
Just One Click
Help Kiva and Save the Children with just one mouse click. Intel is giving Kiva or Save the Children five cents every time someone clicks a button on their “Small Things Challenge.” They will donate up to $75,000.00 dollars each quarter this year. (A good math exercise for your students to figure out how many [...]
Screencasting With Jing
Jing Gets Even Better TechSmith just released a Professional version of Jing. The good news is the Jing software we have all grown to love is still free. Just in case you haven’t used Jing, Jing is a free screen-recording program from TechSmith. It will record anything you do on your computer along with your [...]
Double Your Money (Contribution)
Last year we had Jessica Jackley Flannery, Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Kiva present at BLC08. She had a great story to tell about her role in the founding of Kiva and the good work that Kiva is doing around the world. The key element of her story is that she wanted to help [...]
Student Behavior
I found Chris Lehmann’s post “Expectations of Student Behavior” to be an excellent reminder to all of us about behavior. He raises the question: Do we expect more from our students than from ourselves? His list of questions are excellent: “Ask yourself, in your school, does the teacher with the most draconian lateness policy often [...]
A Snapshot in Time
I wanted to record a “Wordle View” of my blog while it is only a week old. My goal is to repeat this in a year or so and see how the words have changed. My guess is that book which is the word that stands out the most will move towards the background. On [...]