GREAT first day at ISTE! Mike and I attended some excellent sections and I met a number of acquaintances and friends alike.
I was inspired by my last sectional today on Universal Design for Learning. They made a number of interesting arguments about refashioning materials to make them accessible to diverse populations. Among their demonstrations was [...]
If you have ever accepted an assignment digitally, you understand the frustration of Microsoft Works. The software, which appears on most low-cost desktops and laptops, has a tool set that covers most basic student and home needs. The fault of the software, of course, is that it saves in a format that isn’t readable by [...]
Attention coffee shop owners:
I get it. You don’t want people to be sitting at your place for four hours if you serve lunch and need to turn over tables. I think it is completely reasonable to ask people with laptops to limit their use if people are waiting for tables. I think it is completely [...]
I guess I just don’t understand the thought process of someone who things that gather names AND passwords for any website is an appropriate way to deal with digital footprints. Seriously.
Kids can spot a phony in mere seconds and their “smell test” senses are more finely-tuned than ours. That’s what made this post so amusing to me: a student calling out their teacher for adopting an inane suggestion from Sandy Garrett, Oklahoma’s State Superintendent, that teachers should accept assignments in texting speak.
In defense of Ms. [...]
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