Can you hear me now? The digital divide is alive and well. It's just more complicated. Teachers are under attack and the digital divide is even worse than before.I have had lively discussions with educators , friends of mine , who tell me that I am dedicating time to a useless cause. They say the digital divide is solved , and talk about the new technologies as if everyone has access, knowledge, and information. They tell me that the reason funding is short is because there has been a … [Read more...]
Changing the World of Education with Google Glass!
In this era of technology change and transformation there are new tools to help us achieve the ultimate in education. It is a time of change. Transformational change. Some of our needs in education are to make the best use of the learning landscape . In a recent blog , Edutopia, a blogger,Ainissa Ramirez says," Creativity is seen as the secret sauce for STEM, i.e. learning science, technology, engineering and math." Creativity can break the ice to enable learning but connected learning must … [Read more...]
Changing the Learning Landscape..University, Community College and High School Teachers Tackle Computer Science
Report by Vic Sutton Bonnie Sutton UMBC Google CS4HS Teacher Development Workshop 2013 "I have been going to computer science conferences for 28 years and this is the best one I have ever been to." - Arlington County Tech Ed Supervisor August 4-7, 2013 Changing the Learning Landscape, the Computer Science for the High School Initiative CS4HS CSTA has sponsored an initiative to transform education. *The Computer Science Teachers … [Read more...]
E-rate. Access, and Advocacy for Schools
Written by Bonnie Bracey Sutton with concepts from an NCTET sharing of information. Articles and resources as cited. Download View slide show (1) Download as zip THEN I was in the room when the idea of E-rate was conceived. Someone had shown me the classroom of thefuture, which is not yet in vogue, from the University of Illinois, NCSA and I became depressed my classroom and I told them that for schools of need, nothing would happen without some way of subsidy ( … [Read more...]
ESRI The Education Conference, the International Conference
http://etcjournal.com/2013/07/23/esri-2013-the-best-conference-ive-attended-this-year/ This article originally appeared in the ETCJournal. Esri 2013 – The Best Conference I’ve Attended This Year Posted on July 23, 2013 by JimS The absolute best conference that I have attended this year is the Esri Educators Conference, San Diego, July 6–9, 2013. Note that the educators also participated in the main conference, Esri International User Conference, also in San Diego, July 8–12, 2013. The big … [Read more...]
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