My summer schedule, while far from relaxed, has afforded me opportunities to spend some “quality time” exploring a few of my favorite applications.  After David Jakes visited our campus a few weeks ago and gave a Google Earth workshop, I decided to dig a little deeper into this highly versatile and immensely powerful tool.  Here [...]

This week I had the good fortune to attend a two day workshop at Whitfield School lead by veteran history teacher and technology specialist Tom Daccord.  Although specifically geared toward history teachers, many of Tom’s ideas and resources can be applied to any curriculum or grade level.
Best of History Web Sites
Created by Tom and maintained [...]

A few weeks ago, in an effort to get teachers and students to broaden their online search/research horizons, I proposed taking a one week hiatus from Google search. A few colleagues joined me in my quest, a few questioned my rationale, but the overwhelming response was “good luck with that!”. Now that [...]

Yesterday a number of our teachers participated in a Web 2.0 for Educators workshop. The purpose of the session was to (1) heighten awareness concerning the differences between Web 1.0 (digification of media) and Web 2.0 (interaction with media) and (2) explore how the read/write web can foster communication, collaboration, creativity, and design.

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One of our school’s greatest strengths is that we are able to support internal and external professional development opportunities. Today we had the pleasure of hosting David Jakes and learning about 21st Century Cartography and Digital Storytelling. His two half-day workshops inspired everyone in attendance and his resources simply cannot be missed.
Digital Cartography
Using [...]