In my last post I was looking at the Raspberry Pi with my kids, and their interest was high while we were looking at the physical make-up of the device, but it dropped when the problems started with the operating system.…
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Tagged with: Gary Stager, inquiry based learning, MaKey MaKey, motivation in school, Possibility, Sylvia Libow Martinez, technology
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Posted in Education, Project Based Learning, Technology
A Second Helping of Pi
This spring break I’ve been testing out some of the Maker materials advocated by Sylvia Martinez and Gary Stager, and supplied by our district. My kids, ages 8 and 10, are my co-experimenters, and we’re checking out some of the new learning oriented…
Tagged with: Gary Stager, inquiry based learning, Raspberry Pi, Sylvia Libow Martinez, technology
Posted in Education, Project Based Learning, Technology
Posted in Education, Project Based Learning, Technology
Johnston Heights Web Design Challenge
How many of us would trust the design of your business’s website to a 15 year old? This past month, I met some JH students who could do exactly that. Mr. Post invited me to his class for a most…
Tagged with: authentic, Education, educational technology, johnston Heights, technological change, technology
Posted in Education, Social Media, Technology
Posted in Education, Social Media, Technology
The Magic of Technology
Today’s post is guest written by Taylor Kim, a teacher in the Home Economics Department at Johnston Heights. Just in the last several years, countless Hollywood Blockbusters have been made around the idea of the impending doom technology will bring…
Keeping the Connection
(response to “What Happens When our Connection is Severed?”) I felt a bit like a treasure seeker with a metal detector, only what I was seeking was a wireless signal on my iPad in our neighboring elementary school. Just one…
Tagged with: Education, johnston Heights, McLuhan, technological change, technology
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Posted in Education
Pedagogy 2.0
Image from the IDEO “Design Thinking Toolkit for Educators“. Sometimes we look all over the world for innovation, only to find it in our own backyard. A learning project in Maple Ridge takes students into a new world where mobile…
Tagged with: Education, educational technology, inquiry, inquiry based learning, Mobile, technology
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