Peter Pappas »
18 May 2009 »
In Ed Policy »
On Wednesday, May 20, (10:00 a.m. ET) U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan testified before the House Education and Labor Committee about President Obama’s agenda for transforming American education. This was the the Secretary’s first appearance on Capitol Hill to outline the President’s education goals. He was the only witnesses, and there were many questions and answers from both Democrats and Republicans.
Tags: Duncan, Obama
Peter Pappas »
12 May 2009 »
In Commentary, How To, Social Web, Strategies, Students, Web 2.0 »
Watch a typical whole group discussion in the classroom and you’ll most likely see a “hub / spokes” flow of information. Over time, students learn that their comments are of provisional value until “approved” by the teacher. That’s because in this style of discussion the teacher is most likely searching for specific replies – sort of playing “guess what I’m thinking” with the “best” students in the class.
Tags: Engagement, Relevance, Twitter
Peter Pappas »
08 May 2009 »
In Commentary, Ed Tech, Leadership »
I've come to depend on the folks I follow on Twitter to keep me informed and thinking. One of my favorite contributors is Instructional Technology Coordinator, Ben Grey. This morning I followed his tweet to the post "Why Technology?" he did at the TL Advisor Blog. Ben raised an important question, "Something has been happening lately [...]
Tags: Creativity, Evaluation, Google, Lower-order thinking, Twitter, Visual Literacy, Wordle
Peter Pappas »
04 May 2009 »
In Ed Tech, How To »
I sync my iPhone, MacBook and iMac over MobileMe. I like that a change in an appointment or contact on one device shows up on the other two. But MobileMe has a problem! Twice in the last week I have opened my iPhone to find that all my Contacts were gone. This calamity mysteriously happened on its [...]
Tags: Apps, Data, iPhone
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