My daughter celebrated her second birthday this past weekend and it really made me think about what her schooling will look like down the road. Will she use textbooks? Will she use a laptop? Will she use something to learn that I can’t even envision? Most likely it will be some combination of the three. [...]
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Last night, I had the opportunity to attend the screening of the first episode of Discovery’s new mini-series, Planet Earth in New York City. Discovery Education was able to take 10 STAR Discovery Educator’s and I was lucky enough to be selected. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was not disappointed. After a [...]
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All the talk about social networking sites seems to be bad these days. MySpace is a predator playground, YouTube has inappropriate content, and the Wikipedia may have inaccuracies. Of course all of these arguments have been made about traditional media in the past and can be addressed by teaching our students how to use digital [...]
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I spent some time with a representative from Leap Frog at a conference recently and to be honest, I stopped by to think about the equipment for my own children. But, after a few minutes of quick thinking, I reconsidered and put my focus back to the classroom. If these “games” are so educational for [...]
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