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The Evilness of Devices for Learning
Image from Openclipart.org Yes, I wrote the title as part link bait and part reflection on what has become a common theme to many conversations I am having these days. As we enter our 3rd year of an...
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Reimaging the Textbook Workshop
I am pleased to announce the Reimaging the Textbook workshop I am presenting for NCAIS. For more information visit the NCAIS website. This is a virtual workshop being conducted at the offices of...
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How Long Does it Take a Seed of Change to Sprout
Image from OpenClipart.org When we launched our 1 to 1 iPad program 3 years ago, one of the first services we purchased was Nearpod. With the purchase of the Gold School Edition we have 25 accounts...
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As we enter our 4th year as a school that equips our students with a digital device we continue to see many opportunities to help our students and teachers manage their attention capital. I created...
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Survey Says Mostly OK
Image is property of Common Sense Media It is quite possible that you saw the survey released by Common Sense Media that discusses their findings on the use of media by tweens and teens. They...
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NPR Interviews Sherry Turkle on Face to Face Conversation
I liked this interview as I listened to it in my car one Saturday morning on the way to the dump, which is a weekly ritual for a person who lives in the country. As it ended, I wrote down the...
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7 Camps in 4 Weeks
I am finishing up a rewarding month of offering camps on 3D Design and Printing along with a bunch of different Computer Coding camps. I have been helped by Donovan Polk and Hutch Castelao who have...
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The Moment it Happens
I was nervous as the first day of coding Code.org CS Discoveries and Adafruit’s Circuit Playgrounds had not gone as smooth as I had wanted. I was not sure how to make the second day go better. I spent...
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On Tour with Tour Builder
I love it when a teacher asks me something they would like to do with their students to help connect what they have been studying or reading to the larger world. Julie, Patti, Mike, and Melissa wanted...
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Creating Conditions for Learning & Not Feeling Guilty
I am finishing up the last of the 7 summer camps I do with the help of Donovan and Hutch. You can see what we offer here. I forget how many years I have been doing summer camps for at least the past 10...
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