Since my presentation, “Steal This Preso: Copyrights, Fair Use, and Pirates in the Classroom” I’m on the lookout for classroom copyright resources to share with you. I found these blog posts interesting: 1. Mr. Mayo has a skype visit from professor Lawrence Lessig, founder of Creative Commons, who talks about remixing and the classroom. 2. …
Category: Educational Technology
Video in the Classroom: FERPA CONCERNS
I received the following question by e-mail: Can you point me in the right direction or have you encountered issues regarding the sharing of classroom video with parents. A school district lawyer is arguing that sharing video with a parent of her child interacting in the classroom constitutes a violation of the FERPA rights of …
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RTI (Response to Intervention) A Complete Apple Workflow
Thank you to those of you who attended my workshop, “RTI: A Complete Apple Workflow” at the CUE conference this weekend. I spoke about using Apple Software to address your Response to Intervention program. This post contains the links, resources, and ideas that I shared. Rather than simply posting the keynote file (which is …
The iPad…Why Teachers Should Care
OK, I don’t like the name (iTablet or iSlate are much cooler sounding) but I think the iPad bashers have got it wrong and that this new device has the potential to change education. While many journalists are complaining about the $499 price tag, I keep thinking wow, only $499, that’s half the price of …
How to Waste Money on Technology in Schools
Here is a typical district/principal purchase that undermines the case for spending money on technology in schools. This is an anecdote from an actual school that I am not affiliated with but will not name. Elementary principal knows she wants to integrate technology in her school (and also needs for teachers to be able to …
Steal This Preso (K12Online09) Now Live!
My presentation for this year’s K12Online Conference, Steal This Preso: Copyrights, Fair Use, and Pirates in the Classroom!, is now live and viewable below. I’ve also included links to my favorite royalty free media sites and additional resources below. The Presentation BlipTV direct link to download video file use this to download to your iPod or …
K12 Online Conference Starts Today
The K12Online Conference has started today with its opening keynote by Kim Cofino. The K12 Conference is entirely free and online. You don’t need to register to “attend” and once presentations go live they are available forever. You can never “miss” a presentation because you can always go back and see them. Teachers attend the …
The Case for Blogging in the Classroom
My blogging output has certainly suffered as I’ve been finishing up my last semester of graduate school. I’ll be all done December 5th when I take the comprehensive exam to receive a masters degree in Education Policy and a California Administrative Credential. I thought I might combine my blogging and my graduate work by sharing …
K12 Online Conference: Steal This Preso! Trailer
If you’ve never heard of the K12 Online Conference, all you need to know is that it’s a free online conference with presentations from some of the greatest minds in educational technology (they’ve also asked me to present). All presentations are accessible from the web site. You can even see presentations from previous years. You …
Dropbox: Remote Storage Accessible Everywhere
It happens to everyone and it happened to me last year…my laptop hard drive died. The Apple Store replaced it, of course, but along with it I lost all of my data. I do regularly back up my data but if I back up every month or so, I lost a month or two of …