Here's everything I've done tagged with technology
Patience is a virtue, right? Funny, it doesn’t seem that way these days. There’s a “want now, get now” mentality out there that opposes patience. Things weren’t always this way—at least in my life. Times change, and I’m just along for the ride. But what about people born into this way of life. Will they ever know patience?
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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.
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A report is shining some light on the dark issue of online bullying. An alarming 88% of teens today have seen cruelty on both Facebook and Twitter. Even worse, 90% of teens opt to ignore cruelty when they see it.
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Enough is enough already. We all know iOS5 will be launching soon along with the introduction of the much anticipated iCloud service that will make all of our lives one step closer to utopia. We heard all about it this summer and they said we’d see it in the fall. It’s the fall. Where’s is it?
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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.
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Microsoft’s BUILD conference is underway today, and news is flooding the web about Windows 8. We already heard that the ribbon is coming, but with today’s news all the rumors about a touch-friendly interface were made a reality. Goodbye Start menu. Hello app tiles! Windows 8 apps will also run borderless, making them, well Windowless.
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The internet is supposed to be fast, but wasn’t always fast. Technology has come a long way in recent years and we tend to take it for granted when it doesn’t come through for us.
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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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