Not So Distant Future

The Wall Street Journal had an interesting feature today about various web 2.0 tools like Google Docs and Spreadsheets and Zoho that parents can use to help their children with homework remotely. It especially caught my attention because the Gregg La Montagne in the article lives in the same household I do and happens to be my [...]

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Newsweek Online has a fascinating article about how the use of blogs and wikis is spreading across government agencies, businesses, etc.   “In what’s been dubbed the “wiki workplace,” a growing number of organizations have begun shifting from traditional hierarchical structures to self-organized and collaborative networks, using wiki software—a basket of technologies that include wikis, blogs [...]

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For some summertime “play,” here are a few new tools that I found on Karen Janowski’s blog about assistive technology– She has posted a very extensive list of helpful study skill types of tools. My favorites from her list?   Bubbl.us is a free brainstorming tool.   We have Inspiration on our district computers, but what about [...]

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I love it when teaching “kismet” happens, when you accidentally find things that are useful right when you need them.   I’m teaching a workshop tomorrow on using wikis in the classroom, and today just by happenstance as I was reading through several blogs, I ran across three items about wikis that I’ll be sharing tomorrow. Earlier today [...]

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A new study from the U.S. Dept. of Ed relating to technology is going to stir up some conversation. The findings, as described in the Washington Post, were that after studying standardized math and reading scores:  Educational software, a $2 billion-a-year industry that has become the darling of school systems across the country, has no significant [...]

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