Read on for a way language learners and teachers can use Diigo in a way that can seriously jumpstart authentic language learning exchanges. I recently taught a course to masters students in the GSTILE (Graduate School of Translation, Interpretation, and Language Education) TFL (Teaching Foreign Languages) program at Monterey Institute of International Studies. We didContinue reading “Diigo for Language Instruction”
Category Archives: EdTech
Measuring the Impact of Technology on Learning
Another post prompted by a query from a colleague at another school, who was looking for information on how to demonstrate the impact of technology on learning. Below are my thoughts To measure the impact of anything, benchmarking of pre-defined metrics is critical. Here are two primary areas where I think technology impacts learning, andContinue reading “Measuring the Impact of Technology on Learning”
Technology Idol Worship
A tech director colleague posted to a forum recently inviting feedback on whether or how he should re-institute a tech committee at one of his schools. Teachers there had requested it, but his trepidation is understandable, and here’s why: tech committees are part of the wrong paradigm. Focusing on technology is educational idol worship—it isContinue reading “Technology Idol Worship”
Online Education is Not the Disruption
I recently returned from the first ever Online Education Symposium for Independent Schools (OESES) conference in Southern California. Overall a pretty good conference, and on a topic that all schools need to be looking at seriously as they plan for the future. While I am interested in the topic of online education, and I thinkContinue reading “Online Education is Not the Disruption”
eTextBook Review: MBS Direct Digital
This is a followup to my recent posts relating to digital textbooks, Apple iBooks for eTextBooks- getting there? and EdTech Policy – Drinking the Kool-aid? I recently attended a live demo of MBS Direct’s Direct Digital solution, in which I and several colleagues (teachers and techies) got to Q&A a top developer on the currentContinue reading “eTextBook Review: MBS Direct Digital”
EdTech Policy – Drinking the Kool-aid?
Every student should have an iPad with textbooks in iBook form! Oh, really….? (See more on iPads and eTexts in this blog in: Apple iBooks for eTextBooks- getting there? In Michael Hiltzik’s recent piece in the L.A. Times, Who really benefits from putting high-tech gadgets in classrooms?, an important question is raised (the Times answers thisContinue reading “EdTech Policy – Drinking the Kool-aid?”
Apple iBooks for eTextBooks- getting there?
OK, so Apple launched its new authoring platform for iBooks which is supposed to revolutionize eTextBooks. I’m not sure the revolution is fully realized yet, but this would appear to move us in the right direction. We might be at or near step two of three in the near-term evolution of eTextBooks, which I seeContinue reading “Apple iBooks for eTextBooks- getting there?”
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