With the quick pace at which new technologies and information are developed, it is easy to forget the educational technologies of the past. While not frequently discussed in current discussions of educational technology, the development of a system of written language is perhaps the most important educational technology that a culture can develop. This...
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I have taught writing for 20 years, and had taught it blind until the Writing Project. Until I wrote with my peers and truly experienced what it felt like to be a writer, I didn’t fully understand how my first graders felt. –Marsha Page, 2006 UPWP SI Kickoff That is a...
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You may often hear in popular media about using games for educational purposes. The old school of thought may seriously questions the very idea of using games for learning and maybe rightly so. Games back then were seldom conceived for making people learn. They were simply for entertainment. The gaming industry has come a...
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Well, obviously the title is a close derivative of the big master’s great movie, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. I hope he forgives me for butchering it for our “ed-techy” purposes. Being a Windows user for almost 15 years now, I have easily learned not to have any...
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While sitting in my home office, I looked outside the window at the serenity of the trees laden with winter snow. It reminded me of the quietness one often experiences in a bucolic setting. It also reminded me of the privileges I have such as access to high speed internet. I have the power...
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Nobody likes to be home sick…but I have to say, as a teenager, I would have appreciated wireless Internet to go along with the flat ginger ale my mom used to give me… I couldn’t do much on Wednesday but sleep and, periodically, surf the Internet. Happily, I found some diverting, yet totally work-related...
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