Week 4 Reflection: Assorted Stuff
This week I read Assorted Stuff by Tim Stahmer. I thought the blog itself was pretty boring. It had a few pictures here and there, but it could have really used some formatting. The tagline, while...
View ArticleWeek 5 Reflection: Upside Down Education
So for this week I read the blog Upside Down Education. The first blog post that caught my eye was about social media (What’s Your Story?). The blog started off by talking about an episode of How...
View ArticleWeek 6 Reflection: Dangerously Irrelevant
This week I read Dr. Scott Mcleod’s blog, Dangerously Irrelevant. The first thing that I noticed, was that he was really interactive with his readers. He provided all of the ways you could contact...
View ArticleWeek 7 Reflection: Ctrl+Alt+Teach
This week I read the blog Ctrl+Alt+Teach: Rebooting Education with Digitization by Cat Horton Flippen. Flippen is a foreign language and fine arts teacher while getting her doctorate in educational...
View ArticleWeek 8 Reflection: Teaching Using Web 2.0
This week I read Teaching Using Web 2.0 by Ann S. Michaelsen. Michaelsen is an administrator of a high school in Norway. What was interesting was that Michaelsen’s high school was opened in 2006...
View ArticleMy Experience with an iPad
For two weeks in our technology class, we had the opportunity to work with iPads for two weeks. I own an iPad (first generation) so this wasn’t too unusual. The main difference was the newer iPads...
View ArticleWeek 9 Reflection: WWWatanabe
This week I read the blog wwwatanabe: learning about 21st Century classrooms, Project-Based learning, One-to-One, and Individualized Instruction through rigor, relevance, and relationships by Tracy...
View ArticleWeek 10 Reflection: Blogush
This week I read the blog Blogush by Paul Bogush, an 8th grade teacher from Connecticut. The first post I read was “Back Off Buddy” which talked about the use of technology in classrooms. Bogush had...
View ArticleWeek 11 Reflection: eLearning 4 Life
This week I read Kimberley Rivett’s blog eLearning 4 Life. Rivett is a primary teacher from Auckland, New Zealand. This might be a little bit random but I seem to have noticed that a lot of the...
View ArticleWeek 12 Reflection: Moving at the Speed of Creativity
This week I decided to read Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wesley Fryer. When I originally started reading this blog I had no idea that this was the writer of our textbook. The first article I...
View ArticleWeek 13 Reflection: Free Technology for Teachers
Today I review Richard Byrne’s blog Free Technology for Teachers. After glancing over multiple articles, I decided to read an article titled “Studies of iPad Use in Education.” I was really glad...
View ArticleReflection: Technology Bits, Bytes, & Nibbles
This week I read Technology Bits, Bytes, & Nibbles by Cyndi Danner-Kuhn. I didn’t mind this website. There are a few formatting things that I would change. I guess I’m sort of a visual person...
View ArticleReflection: Ideas for Integrating Student Blog Info & No Homework, No Grades,...
I found Blogging Through the Fourth Dimension on Cyndi Danner-Kuhn’s Blogging in Education Pinterest board. The article that immediately popped up was Ideas for Integrating Student Blog Info from the...
View ArticleWeek 14 Reflection: Ed Galaxy
For this reflection I read Ed Galaxy: Cool Stuff for Nerdy Teachers. I started out by reading “Ten iPad Apps every Student Should Have and How to Use Them.” I always enjoy reading these kinds of...
View ArticleWeek 15 Reflection: Teach Them English
This week I read the blog Teach Them English by Adam Simpson. The first thing that caught my eye was the article “Favorite Infographic for April: Tips for Becoming a Digital Teacher.” This really...
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