Posted in Practice, Resources, technology on Oct 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Surfing the web, one can’t help but notice how huge it really is. One of the results of its size is that there are a multitude of discussions and debates about which program is best, which online resource is more reputable and/or user friendly than the other, what kinds of threats exist with the [...]
Posted in Lessons Learned, Practice on Oct 23rd, 2007 2 Comments »
I am fortunate to teach in a phenomenal school. One colleague has remarked that we are ‘nitwit free’; something I think is true and shockingly rare. My own children will attend my school because I believe strongly in the high level of instruction there.
Our administration supports the staff completely, listens to us, and is [...]
Posted in Policy, Practice, Theory on Oct 18th, 2007 2 Comments »
I am participating in a Multimedia Cart Roll-out in my district. At this point the program is focused on getting elementary school teachers to use technology tools in their lessons. The Multimedia cart consists of a lightweight metal cart equipped with a MacBook, and an LCD projector. So, what does this offer [...]
Posted in Practice, technology on Oct 11th, 2007 12 Comments »
My name is Larry Ferlazzo, and I am a Luddite.
Well, maybe not quite a “smash the machine” kind of Luddite. But, coming from spending nineteen years as a community organizer and seeing that face-to-face relationships are the real glue that can genuinely bind diverse people together in struggles for social change, I am very suspicious [...]
Posted in Humor, Practice, Theory on Oct 8th, 2007 1 Comment »
Recently there have been some back and forths between various edubloggers (in some cases, one is tempted to say “so called” edubloggers, but I digress). One spitting contest (that really is a better metaphor for the particular exchange I’m referring to), led to a back channel chat among some of us. The discussion centered on [...]
