Only the Educated are Free

This blog was begun as an assignment for a grad class I am currently taking. I am enjoying it so much that I am definitely going to continue with it after the class is over. It also gave me the idea to use blogs in my classroom. I set up another blog for my humanities [...]

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At one point, e-books seemed to be the wave of the future. But in 2006 publishers are still trying to figure out how best to market them and make them a viable alternative to the traditional paper-bound book. One area where they felt this could be accomplished was through the use of e-textbooks. Any college [...]

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Check out the techLEARNING blog for cutting edge information about technology and teaching. The article titled “Laptops are 21st Century Pencils” has some interesting insights into different methods being used to integrate laptops into schools as a learning tool.
There is one site referenced in that article that I would like to point you toward. It [...]

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One Canadian university thinks so. Lakehead University is limiting WiFi access on their campus because of fears that the electromagnetic forces pose a heath risk to students. We’ve heard this about cell phones, microwaves, iPods and practically every other new technology that becomes widespread. Studies so far are inconclusive but companies obviously need to protect [...]

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So I took a trip around the web and visited most of the state education websites to see what’s going on outside of my corner of the world. I wasn’t too surprised by what I saw; most states are focusing on making themselves look good for NCLB. However, my other goal was to find out [...]

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Parents across America send their kids to school every day with lunch money expecting that it will be used to purchase a healthy, balanced meal (work with me here). Little do they know that once Johnny gets into the cafeteria that money is used to buy as many chocolate chip cookies and sodas as he [...]

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I am amazed at the popularity of websites like myspace.com among high school students. Many of my students have a myspace and regularly update it with pictures, comments, and intimate details of their lives. I truly do not believe they realize that absolutely anyone can access their site and take advantage of the information they [...]

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Some states are embracing technology and work to incorporate it in all aspects of education. From the information posted on the Department of Education website, Virginia schools seem to be ahead of the curve in this aspect. This is certainly something I will bring up during my interviews in Virginia, but I found a wealth [...]

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We know they have them. We see the ubiquitous white cords sneaking from their collars. The explosion in the availability of iPods or other mp3 players cause schools to react in one of two ways: ban it or embrace it. Embrace it, you say? Can the iPod be used as a learning tool? Apparently at [...]

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