Yes, I think that Georgia has a great idea to solve budget woes in education; purchasing iPads for every student so that teachers can use OER for instruction instead of textbooks. Multimedia platforms, creative apps, and tweeting about what they learned to teach others - may not be the answer but it is in the right direction.
http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2011/02/01/tommie-williams-state-considering-ipads-for-students/
Chatting with Dr. Tony Picciano today about this over lunch. Perhaps this is the future of our high school educational resources? Perhaps. I wonder what his response will be.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Quick Cite
Scan your book's bar code and get the citation in four formats. This would help my students out tremendously (if they go to the library and actually look at the books). http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/smartphone-app-makes-book-citations-a-snap/29768?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Txting, facebook, twitter, etc. replacing email
In the 12-17 age range email use by teens dropped by 59%. We are finding this to be true among college students also because they are less likely to check their campus mail. http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/08/6010428-why-are-teenagers-e-mailing-less-lately
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