The 350 Best Education Resources Chosen By You. QR codes. Top 10 Ed-Tech Trends of 2011. 1 to 1. General Resource Sites. Computers in Classrooms 29th November 2011 -- 3D Edition! Practical advice for colleagues who use, teach, lead or manage information and communication technology (ICT) in schools. 29 November 2011 In this issue… Advertisement Go on, bore ‘em: How to make ICT lessons excruciatingly dull is now available in the following formats: print, PDF, ePub and iBooks. BETT Awards finalists announced Each year at BETT awards are given out for the best ICT products and services in various categories. I’m pleased to have had dealings with some of the ones named, but tempting as it is to list them all here in order to impress you with my sound judgement, I think it better to be as scrupulously fair as possible and say nothing.
Rebecca Law, from Rising Stars, drew my attention to this interesting discussion about “innovation” on the BETT Blog. Incidentally, the BETT blog is worth looking at. Collabor8 4 Change at BETT 2012 We had a fantastic three hours at Collabor8 4 Change at Havering on the 17th November. Anti-bullying Types of bullying Technology and behaviour. Evidence of Learning 2.0. The Relationship Status of Teachers and Educational Technology: It's Complicated - Rick Hess Straight Up. Note: Roxanna Elden is the author of See Me After Class: Advice for Teachers by Teachers. She is a National Board Certified high school teacher currently teaching in Miami. Many thanks to Rick for inviting me to guest blog this week. When I blogged last year, I tried to offer a teacher's point of view to reformers, researchers, and policymakers. This year, I'd like to share our feelings with another sector of the edu-world that has been on our minds lately: Dear educational technology, These days, we run into you everywhere.
You're not the only one we're seeing. We want to know you respect us. We've been hurt before. We get suspicious when you promise us the world. Sometimes the problem isn't you. Deep down, we still believe in love. We just want to know we can rely on you before we introduce you to our kids. --Roxanna Elden. Home Page.
Copyright. The Benefit and Danger of Education Technology. The rapid changes in technology over the last 75 years have created enormous opportunities for education. While some technologies such as the computer were adopted early on, a reluctance to embrace change coupled with a lack of funding has resulted in a continuing dependence on chalkboards and other anachronistic technologies.
The extent to which schools adopt new technologies, not surprisingly, often depends on how well they’re funded. It isn’t uncommon for schools that are separated by very little physical distance to be at opposite ends of the technology gap. Many folks familiar with this scenario understand the inherent lack of fairness in the disparate funding of schools. What many people don’t understand however is that it also threatens the uniquely American ideals of democracy and equality. One of the bedrocks of our democracy is the idea that we’re governed by the electoral choices of a well-informed citizenry. Preparing For The Workforce No Student Left Behind Quality of Writing.