Was catching up on some of my blog reading and came across a post over on Jeff Utecht’s “The Thinking Stick“…he was talking about this new (?) idea of “School 2.0″…I have heard the term bandied about on a number of blogs recently and, honestly, it’s something I have made a note to find out [...]
Entries from January 12th, 2007
In “Vyew”…
January 9th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Collaborative Projects, Education, flat class, technology
A few weeks ago I was introduced to Vyew on Pat Aroune’s blog. I enjoy Pat’s writings and his “view” on education and technology. He is exploring the limits of what can be done and I have gained much knowledge from his musings. I want to try/use Vyew. I have played with it at home [...]
Our first snow…
January 8th, 2007 · No Comments · Education, flat class, technology
We were supposed to start back to school today but, after a rare brown Christmas (we normally have snow in November but there seems to be nothing “normal” about the weather lately), we woke to our first winter storm this morning. This cancelled school, but for many people (and animals) it was business as usual. [...]
Public Wi-fi in the future? …Nah….it’s here!
January 6th, 2007 · No Comments · Education, technology
The issue of public wi-fi systems being developed in many urban areas continues to gain interest, as noted by David Warlick in his recent comments on the recent Time magazine article Welcome to WiFiVille. I must be missing something, or my hometown is a way ahead of the game. Fredericton, New Brunswick (pop, 50,000) has [...]
If Libya can see the benefits…
January 2nd, 2007 · 2 Comments · Education, flat class
Seems that the $100 laptop project is still alive and well…in this CNN article on Cheap Laptops for Third World Schoolchildren, Nicholas Negroponte and the folks behind the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Project will soon begin delivery to students in a number of nations in the developing world of a laptop designed to provide [...]
