Bonnie Bracey-Sutton-Digital Equity and Social Justice SIG Chair I enjoyed reading this article in the New York Times, from which I have taken an excerpt. Schools Cut Off From the Web http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/17/opinion/our-schools-cut-off-from-the-web.html I was the only K-12 teacher on the National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council. in 1996 President Clinton ,called for libraries and classrooms to be “hooked up to the Information Superhighway by the year … [Read more...]
What Good Is A Conference? Virtual or Real?
photo-6.php It's All Good (Virtual and Real) Every once in a while someone says to me, why go to a conference if you can access most people and resources on line? Face to face vs online the arguments rage back and forth. This conference combines tools and the face -to -face experience. I am attending an extraordinary conference. It is the SITE.org Conference in New Orleans. We combine virtual and face to face. The president of SITE, Mike … [Read more...]
Does Legacy Matter? Who Solves That Problem in Education? The Workforce of Tomorrow are Your Children Today!
Maya Angelou: Teachers Are 'Rainbows in the Clouds' In some cultural circles we say the South lost the war, but won the peace since Jim Crow was imposed on citizens of color. Sometimes in trying to help we educate them for the past. This is the idea of the future. http://www.slideshare.net/WashingtonExec Legacy and lack of meeting the need are a problem. from ASCD's annual conference in Chicago Renowned poet Maya Angelou finished a moving keynote address in front of a packed … [Read more...]
Preparing Teachers to Teach Digital Citizenship
HISTORY OF THE GRANT Original Announcement from Facebook Facebook Awards $200,000 in Digital Citizenship Research Grants by Facebook Safety (Notes) on Monday, February 13, 2012 at 8:52am Last August, we unveiled our inaugural Digital Citizenship Research Grants program, a $200,000 initiative aimed at improving understanding of the challenges and opportunities associated with how kids are growing up in a world of social media and technology. Today, we are pleased to … [Read more...]
The Tapia Conference- Celebrating Diversity !! Overcoming the Achievement Trap
For the first time, I attended the Tapia Conference. It was a meeting of true diversity. The presenters, panelist and participants represent the kind of diversity that is America. The conference will become a yearly conference from now on. It is a gathering of students , professors, and people who can inspire them to do great things. EXPECTATIONS When you read in the literature how hard it is to reach many of the very diverse groups of students, it is easy to become … [Read more...]