Blog ArchivesWhy Are Parents So Worried?People in the world of admin or tech integration sometimes muse at the stress many parents feel about their kids technology usage. Their concerns are brought into the spotlight when schools provide or require the technology to students, technology which more » Teaching Digital Natives: Partnering for Real LearningWhen Marc Prensky uses the term partnering, he is referring to “the very opposite of teaching by telling” and readily admits it “falls into the great pedagogical tradition” known as project-based learning, co-constructivism, etc. He “prefer(s) the term partnering because more » To Email or Not to EmailAs convenient as email is, it has its pitfalls too. Here is a short video to help your team reflect on how email is used at your school. Digital Community, Digital CitizenBy far the most up to date practical exploration of digital citizenship today, Jason Ohler begins by posing the idea that typical educational systems today force students to have “two lives”, their “traditional educational (lives) within school” and outside of more » Digital Citizenship in SchoolsIt would be irresponsible to hand laptops to students and simply say “Off you go, study hard,” and ignore our responsibilities to guide them in how they conduct their digital lives. We know this, of course, but in practice it more » |