This is a different approach to mobile tech!
New Dropairs Games
There are some new Pair Boards available for Dropairs from K12 Handhelds. These include some early elementary games (matching letters, numbers, colors, rhyming words, telling time, counting money) and upper elementary/middle school games (fractions/decimals/percents, geometry, algebra, inequalities). Thanks to NorthGlide
Learn and benefit from my pain
Many of you have heard me singing the praises of the Flip video camera. I had one of the original ones and really loved it…never had a problem. So, for the holidays, I got a new Flip Ultra. This is
enVisionMATH – Are we there yet?
At FETC this week, Pearson announced enVisionMATH, a program that purports to merge print-based and digital learning. (Check out the animations flying off the page in the video below. Yeah, right. 🙁 ) With a press release tagline that reads
It's the content
There is a lot of resistance to cell phones in schools based on fear of undesirable consequences and the lack of a good reason to have them in a school environment. How much would that change if every child could
A new approach to defining what's important
Yesterday, David Warlick, in writing about Wikia, mused “what if we had a curriculum that was open and inviting to being gamed by the learners — in a good way?” I’ve spent most of the last couple months neck-deep in
New ways to look at content and 1:1
Happy New Year! I haven’t been blogging as much as usual the last month or two because I am up to my ears in a ton of curriculum we’re developing for mobile devices. (THE Journal ran a nice article about
NCETC session materials
For those who requested them, here are the presentation materials from my sessions NCETC. Just for fun, I’ve used a few different slide sharing programs here, so you can compare and contrast; see notes below. Using Mobile Technology to Differentiate
NCETC Follow-up
Thanks to everyone who attended one of my many sessions at NCETC today! It was a good day. Here are a few follow-up items I said I’d post: Links to sources for free, open content here (I’m also presenting the
Great inexpensive video cam for classrooms
Many of you have heard me rave about the inexpensive Flip camera. I love it because it is very easy to use, has surprisingly good quality, and has incredible battery life, in addition to costing as low as $100. Now