Teaching a course to seventh graders and adults has reminded me of a painful fact of life; my middle-aged eyes (and those of many of my peers) just aren’t what they used to be.  Even with a projector and large screen, from the back of the classroom my computer display looks pretty small.  After wincing [...]

This post, the final of a three-part series, will focus on one of the most powerful teaching-learning tools at our disposal: DyKnow.  Although technically DyKnow isn’t new (we’ve been piloting it for the past two years), with our 1:1 initiative underway we can finally leverage its full potential in the classroom.  For those unfamiliar with [...]

With the start of school just around the corner, I wanted to share some of the recent additions we’ve made to our technology tool-kit.  In my last post I briefly highlighted iFolder, our new personal backup and remote access solution.  Today I’d like to focus on Interact, an open source (i.e. free) learning community platform [...]

The start of school typically means changes to our technology tool-kit and this year is no exception.  With the advent of our 1:1 initiative, several new tools are available that can benefit students and teachers alike.  Although formal training sessions and support materials will be provided, I’d like to highlight some of the major resources [...]

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 [...]