Will Richardson reports on Thursday’s sweep for phones and other electronic devices at a New York City middle school. As reported by the NY Times, police and school administrators set up metal detectors and confiscated “404 cellphones, 69 iPods, 23 other electronic devices, two knives and one imitation gun”. I have so many ideas here [...]
Entries from June 6th, 2007
Re-writing History?
June 6th, 2007 · No Comments · Education, flat class, technology
A couple of teachers have recently been starting some conversations about the role that video games might play in the future of learning. In fact, our shop teacher has been in discussions with a game designer at a local military training base to design a game to virtually (and safely) teach students about using some [...]
How Swede it is…
June 1st, 2007 · No Comments · Education, flat class, technology
I sometimes hear from educators and parents who argue that technology is little more than a distraction and that the cyber world is simply not “real”. Well, another nail in the coffin of their arguments as Sweden announced this week that they are opening a virtual embassy in Second Life. Many commercial entities, including car [...]
