I’ve written a few of these over time and space. It’s essentially a response to a challenge to come up with research supporting our 1:1 technology program. The requestor mentioned her research indicated technology doesn’t create change. In any case, I thought this response might be useful to someone else. I will likely take it […]
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If You Give Bieber A Bike . . .
Mostly Nonsense A Bieber flavored over simplication on the fallacy of hardware creating change. Probably useless but it amused me for the presentation and the audience seemed to enjoy it. My 20 minute presentation ended up being a 90 minute conversation. If you give Bieber a bike will he get home more quickly? It seems […]
Brief Thoughts On Digital Content in K12
I was asked to speak about OER in K12 at the VMI STEM conference a few days ago. The speaker before me gave an accurate definition of OER and listed the normal places you’d expect – OpenCourseWare, MERLOT, Curriki etc. For what it’s worth, I listed those sites as well but when the places where […]
Want to predict the future?
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by a_whisper_of_unremitting_demand I grew up in Huntsville, AL. So my dad still sends me news from the area. It turns out Huntsville City Schools1 are going 1:1 with HP laptops in 4-12th grades and tablets in lower grades. I don’t know details beyond this article2, but based […]
Come Join The Party
cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo shared by Thomas Hawk We’re looking to hire a new Director of Operational Technology1. The job description is below in block quotes. It’s fairly boring. I think that’s a legal requirement. Stuff I think you should know is above that. These are interesting times. You are joining […]
Laptops, Education and Common Sense- Really?
This article on laptops from ArsTechnica came to me last night via my dad. It amuses me how hard people are still making certain aspects of computers and education. I’ll start with the K12 focus- The 1:1 laptop programs do seem to help with the students’ ability to use the technology they’re exposed to, and […]
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Technology Mistakes
This question on the MACUL Ning space got me thinking (you may be wondering why I’m part of a Michigan edtech group when I live in VA- answer Ben Rimes). As a School Board Trustee in Lapeer Community Schools(6500 students) I am very excited about passing our first Bond in 34 years!!! With the passage […]