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I wrote last week about why I feel change is slow going in k-12 education in my post, “Why Some Schools Choose Not to Change”. While this post in no way tries to pretend to be an answer to some of the questions in my last post, I think it is an example of [...]

This week has been a frustrating week for me. Anyone who has worked in Ed. Tech for any amount of time has had days/weeks like this one. Weeks where nothing seems to work, connection speeds are slow, inconsistent, or nonexistent, where teachers are complaining about things completely out of your control, [...]

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, [...]