by Brian | Aug 4, 2008 | 1:1
Article on MSNBC today about Maine laptop program. A basic description of the program from the article: “Every year, about 43,500 students and teachers get their own iBooks, which cost about $600 each. Students can take their iBooks home after school and keep...
by Brian | Jul 3, 2007 | 1:1, Change, Education, necc07, Project Based, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology, Web 2.0
I may not be the first to bring this up. But … At the NECC EduBloggerCon one of the most lively discussions took place in a session where we discussed the “talking points” of Web 2.0. How do we advance our agenda about getting these tools and edtech...
by Brian | May 30, 2007 | 1:1, Digital Video, Education, Messy Learning, Project Based, Student Access, Technology, Web 2.0, Wikis
Nine years ago 2 of my sixth graders and I testified in front of the Nevada State Assembly Education Committee about how well using technology to enhance their learning had worked. At the time we had 7 Power Macs in our classroom running Netscape 3.0. We had made a...
by Brian | May 21, 2007 | 1:1, ActivBoard, Blogging, Brian Crosby, Change, Digital Video, Education, Field Trips, Grace Corrigan, Inclusion, Messy Learning, Podcast, Project Based, Skypecast, Student Access, Technology, Video Skype, Web 2.0, Wikis
Women of Web 2.0, Cheryl Oakes, Jennifer Wagner, Sharon Peters, & Vicki Davis have asked me to be a guest tonight on their live webcast. On their web site they describe themselves as: “…four women who not only love using the tools of the Internet but...
by Brian | May 13, 2007 | 1:1, Blogging, Change, Digital Video, Education, Podcast, Skypecast, Student Access, Technology, Video Skype, Web 2.0, Wikis
We read all the time about how cost is one of the disincentives to technology in schools, and certainly I don’t know if my current experience is anywhere near what does or would usually be the case, but I left this as a comment on Tom Hoffman’s blog and thought it...
by Brian | May 5, 2007 | 1:1, Change, Digital Video, Education, Literacy, Messy Learning, Project Based, Student Access, Technology, Web 2.0
Years ago I came up with an idea for a writing prompt that I felt was pretty “schema neutral“- all kids would have experience enough to be able to write a story about this prompt. I call it “A Day As Your Shoes.” Several years ago Corbett Harrison,...
