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September 2, 2010

Blocking the Future

Some educators see these types of events as principled stands against the shortcomings and hassles of digital technologies. Others see them as rejections of the dehumanization of the education process by soulless machines. Perhaps we ought to view them instead as examples of school organizations that are desperately and inappropriately blocking the future.

AASA :: Blocking the Future

Welcome to the iPod & iPad User Group Wiki

We welcome you to our wiki and blog for supporting iPod & iPad devices in education. Although our focus is K-12, many of the techniques should work for you at any level and with any number of devices. On the wiki side of this site are the deployment and management articles, and on the blog side, you will find the classroom activities (written primarily by teachers) where iPods are supporting achievement improvement for our students. We are posting as many help and how-to articles here as we can and as quickly as we can so you can continue to be successful using iPod devices in your classroom. Please let us know if there are more or different things that you would like to have included here.

Welcome to the iPod & iPad User Group Wiki

K-12 Online Learning Benefits

I have post some survey results on this topic, the survey is just closed and this is the summary of the results.

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August 31, 2010

Forgot about other media.

I was discussing our up and coming around the world tour and my mother who is a very wise women asked if I had contacted our local newspaper about our tour. A question which made me think, I tend to forget about any media which is does not use the internet. Maybe the local tv or newspaper might be interested, they have shows and articles dedicated to travel or would they?

The response from the educational community has been overwhelming with 10 schools following his journal and more each day.

Daxtin's Tour Round the World Journal

Maybe we should go mainstream, get sponsors, make a tv show, evaluate hotels, food, clothes, bathrooms...

Anyways starting to get excited...we are 20 days away from departure.


'Race to the Top's' 10 false assumptions

"Race to the Top? National standards for math, science, and other school subjects? The high-powered push to put them in place makes it clear that the politicians, business leaders, and wealthy philanthropists who've run America's education show for the last two decades are as clueless about educating as they've always been.

If they weren't, they'd know that adopting national standards will be counterproductive, and that the "Race to the Top" will fail for the same reason "No Child Left Behind" failed--because it's based on false assumptions.

The Answer Sheet - Educator: 'Race to the Top's' 10 false assumptions

August 30, 2010

The Future is Now...Educational Adventures in Cyberspace

Before I could answer the question of what is the future of education, I needed to dig deeper and ask myself more fundamental questions: What is the purpose of education and what is our job as teachers?. My inspiration came in the form of a pint sized hiring committee of one who asks "Do you think you are preparing me for the world I live in? Do you think I'm going to be ready? Because THAT'S your job!"

The Future is Now...Educational Adventures in Cyberspace