Hello SITE Members! I wanted to send another update to you at this very important time of year in the SITE calendar. SITE 2015 in Las Vegas! ------------------------------- First and foremost, please note the submission date for the SITE 2015 Conference in Las Vegas, NV proposals is Thursday, October 23 and that day is rapidly approaching! http://site.aace.org/conf/call.htm I already am excited about what a great conference we are going to have in Las Vegas in March, but I encourage you to be … [Read more...]
A Deepening Digital Divide – Bonnie Sutton
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...]
Digital Equity and Social Justice SIG Reset… Join Us ! Help us Make it Happen!
In the news recently we have had a lot of information regarding social justice, digital equity, prison to pipeline, and access. As a SIG in the Site.org ( AACE) we were prompted to take a new look at our task and find out a way to involve more members.Since SIGS usually meet at the same time we wanted to give people a change to meet our ideas, concerns and challenges. On yesterday, at our meeting, we decided to ask the host organization, AACE, to let us go back to our origins. The Social … [Read more...]
From Russia with Glass!! Google Glass that is..
How Could the Children Tell the Story of the School? We had some interaction with the children on our various visits to the school, and on one day we shared as team, the use of Google Glass with the teachers , the students ,and the faculty. I brought the GG , we all sat and figured it out and Alexandra solved the access to the Internet problem by buying time on a hot spot connection that she ws able to use to initiative and connect to the Internet. What did we use and how … [Read more...]
The Baltic Sea..To the Gulf of Finland. Saint Petersburg, Russia
We were going to a Russian the school for a visit. I was thinking about a connection to learning that would be interesting to students, teachers and the community. The city of Saint Petersburg is on the Neva River. The Neva (Russian: Нева́, IPA: [nʲɪˈva]) is a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part of Leningrad Oblast (historical region of Ingria) to the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland. Despite its modest length (74 km), it is the third largest rive … [Read more...]
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