EdTech Definition
When I tell my friends that I am studying Educational Technology they never ask me what it is. If you’ve known me for more than a few hours you know that I am an educator that embraces the use of...
Category: EdTech 501
School Evaluation Summary
My school, John George High School, has islands of technology use that are exciting and innovative. But just as there are pockets of innovative tech use, there are also pockets of zero tech use. We lack a current plan to...
Redefining Grades, Degrees, and Schools with Badges
A grade says so little about what a student has learned in a class. A GPA says even less. And a degree verifies that a person has been successfully navigated a college program of study but it says very little...
Teaching Coding and Physics Using Game Creation: An Annotated Bibliography
I want to write a new interactive physics book that uses game creation as a way to learn physics and programming. Game platforms like Unity3D and others have physics engines that allow collisions, gravity, and forces to be applied to 3D...
Content Curation
View my Flipboard Magazine. Content curation is something I have always been interested in but just couldn’t find the time to do it well. A good content curator does all the work for you by finding great information and making...
The Digital Divide at San Leandro High School
The above image is a link to a presentation I created in my EdTech 501 class on The Digital Divide. I have thought for some time now that the idea that students are advanced with technology is a popular myth....
Code of Professional Ethics in Educational Technology
In my EdTech 501 course we were challenged with finding a local issue where the AECT Code of Ethics could be applied and discussed. My school district recently notified staff that it had decided to use a program called Gaggle that will...
Starting a New Adventure
“All glory comes from daring to begin” –-Eugene F Ware This quote was texted to me by my coach Aubrey Nolan the morning of my Ironman triathlon. I was nervous in the elevator heading down to breakfast when it pinged...
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