I spent a couple of hours this weekend hopping in and out of the K12Online Chat Room and listening to all the reasons why we should integrate technology in the classroom. Someone in the room proposed that if only every teacher in the world would watch just one session from the K12Online Conference, we could …
Tag: Educational Technology
Concerns Over Kids’ Safety Online is Overblown…
According to this study sponsored by Microsoft. While the sponsor of the study might reveal a possible bias, I do tend to agree that stories of the internet’s dangers are often exaggerated because of adults’ own fears of new technology. Whether fears are overblown or not I think we need to be educating students and …
360 Degree Views
Here’s an awesome site which allows you to see 360 degree views of locations that have been photographed such as Times Square on New Year’s Eve or Macworld 2007. Do preview the images before showing them in class (I’ve heard that the night life of Paris might not be the night life you’re thinking of) …
Video Games Are Effective Teachers
Video games are in fact effective teachers of behavior and content. Students will play them and fail again and again until they succeed. Why aren’t we harnessing the power of video games in our teaching to engage students? Here’s an article on how violent video games can increase aggression in students. Any studies on how …
Same Blog—New Name—Renewed Focus
In the nine months that this blog has been in existence it has become one of the most popular sections of Open Court Resources.com second only to the web site’s main page. While this blog will remain the place to go for almost daily tips for teaching the Open Court Reading program, my entries have …