When asked what one piece of technology every classroom needs, I used to answer “an LCD projector.” Now, though, I think it’s more electrical outlets. I recently visited this classroom in New York that had electrical outlets spaced every six
I love the work we do
Last week, we ran a special in our email newsletter, offering the first 100 respondents a free set of handheld posters. (The offer has concluded, so need to email us now.:) I was very gratified by the responses we got.
The Spam Problem
At a presentation I did last week, Wes Fryer was in the audience and asked me how we deal with spam in our wikis. (I hoped that he asked because he had a brilliant answer himself, but alas not.) For
Use your head
This sign is up all over the Indianapolis airport. It reminds me of one of the many comical moments from living in Africa, climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro and seeing the hard-working porters carrying very expensive, high tech backpacks … they were
Using Mobile Tech in Seattle
For those of you in my session “Using Mobile Technology to Differentiate Instruction,” here are the links to the cell phone stuff we did: Photo blogging from a cell phone Audio blogging from a cell phone Polling via text messaging
Ebook library
For months now, I’ve been writing about the curriculum for mobile devices we’ve been developing with school districts across the country. We have put the best of this together into a cross-curricular ebook library. This is available on a classroom
Have lab; will travel – this is what I need
This is a different approach to mobile tech!
Free interactive math ebook
Here is another free resource from K12 Handhelds. This is a good example of the interactivity that Mobipocket provides that we like so much. This ebook can be used on Palm or Pocket PC and includes problem sets for: –
TiVo Season Pass
Here’s a new way to think about explaining RSS — RSS is like setting up a season pass to something on TiVo. It doesn’t cost anything. It isn’t a commitment. It’s easy to cancel. It’s just an easy way to
New Dropairs Games
There are some new Pair Boards available for Dropairs from K12 Handhelds. These include some early elementary games (matching letters, numbers, colors, rhyming words, telling time, counting money) and upper elementary/middle school games (fractions/decimals/percents, geometry, algebra, inequalities). Thanks to NorthGlide