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Grades 1,3 and 5 have been extremely busy infusing technology into their classes as we lead up to the ‘08-’09 holiday break.

Grade 1 has been working in Kidspiration on two different assignments. First we developed a “Healthy vs. Unhealthy” graphic organizer for kids. The students had to then go through a number of [...]

I was reading over Mike Bogle’s article last night and it resonated with thoughts I have been having about teacher play time-or teacher recess as I will begin to refer to it. As a tech integrator it is often frustrating to see teachers reluctant to embrace technology into their classes therefore not allowing their [...]

I came across Skoodlez today in one of my tweets from Gary Stager. This looks far more interesting to use with Young ES students than Webkinz. I am sure there are some of the commercial elements built into it much like Webkinz since in Skoodlez kids collect a currency as well. However, [...]

Two things I will share today….

First, I stumbled upon this quote yesterday from Jack Welsh, former CEO of General Electric. I thought it highly relevant to the state of education in the US and internationally today. Hopefully it will give you something to think about over the weekend. it goes like this,
“When [...]