Some of you may have noticed that through this summer, I’ve been writing a little less on this blog. The reason is that over the past year, I have gotten very involved in the area of Open Education (similar to
Throwing out the textbooks
I presented a keynote a couple weeks ago on Open Education. In talking about the reasons for open ed, I make the following points: We must differentiate instruction if we are going to engage and reach students who have increasingly
MAHETC rocks!
Wow — I had a great time at the Mid-Atlantic Handheld and Emerging Technology Conference again this year. It had all the elements of a great conference: small, high energy, interesting people, very hands on and interactive, and an intriguing
The first kids open dictionary
For months, I have been writing about our project to create the first kids open dictionary. I am very excited to unveil the first piece of this: a collaborative, wiki-based dictionary builder. If you have a second, check out the
Free literacy resources
I am working on creating some sight word videos from the word lists at FreeReading. (If you haven’t seen this site, it is a phenomenal resources for early literacy.) Before I crank out more of these, I’m looking for input
Free interactive math ebook
Here is another free resource from K12 Handhelds. This is a good example of the interactivity that Mobipocket provides that we like so much. This ebook can be used on Palm or Pocket PC and includes problem sets for: –
Webquests for March Madness
We have created three webquests for the March Madness NCAA Tournament. These are available as offline versions using Plucker, so you can use them on handhelds that don’t have Internet access. They are also available as regular web versions.
Cheap + Mobile = Access
I did a hands-on session this week on my new favorite topic, Open Educational Resources, that was really well received. (I’ll be presenting this at NCCE in Seattle on Feb. 28 and at CUE in Palm Springs on March 7
Come to Seattle!
This weekend NCCE recorded a Skype interview with me about mobile technology and the upcoming conference in Seattle. NCCE is one of my favorite conferences. The conference has a great energy level, and the presenters and the attendees are a
Free Kids Dictionary Project
For a long while, many of us have seen the need for a free kids dictionary that could be used on mobile devices. Since none seem to exist that are at a kids’ level and are “kid appropriate,” I’ve always