education
Here's everything I've done tagged with education
Every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn to code
The reality is, technology is part of our every day lives, whether we like it or not. While we all use technology—and at a growing rate—how many of us actually know how to read and write the code behind it? Does that matter? Yes, it does.
Read the rest >Let’s Get Digital: Goodbye Textbooks, Hello iBooks!
It was only a matter of time after the iPad was released that I expected to hear news that it would revolutionize the textbook industry. While it took a little longer than I had thought, that day finally came last week. With 350,000 digital textbooks sold in 3 days, it looks like an A+ for Apple!
Read the rest >Amazon Is On Fire With This New Kindle
Amazon announced its new Kindle Fire today. I honestly didn’t see this one coming. Many are already crying out “iPad Killer,” saying this is finally a product to give Apple a run for its money. Could this be true?
Read the rest >The Cloud Ate My Homework
Gone are the excuses of my generation. ‘I forgot my notebook at home’, ‘someone already checked out the library book I needed’ or the fan favorite ‘my dog ate my homework’ don’t work anymore. That doesn’t mean that students today don’t have excuses. Technology may give us many benefits, but it can also give us a lot of grief.
Read the rest >Apple IIe vs. iPad2
My earliest experience with computers in the classroom was Grade 2 with an Apple IIe. Now devices like the iPad are popping up in classrooms everywhere. If the two were to go head to head, here’s how they’d match up.
Read the rest >To Text, Or Not To Text With Your Students
That is the question now isn’t it? As a teacher, where do you draw the line in terms of making yourself available to your students?
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