When there's talk of technology in schools, the amout of use of that technology is often mentioned. As this use is examined, many, many schools find that the hardware, with which they spend millions of dollars on, in the end, spends more time collecting dust than acting as a tool
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Apr 21, 2006 | Post by: Brian C. Smith No Comments
More Bang for Your Buck
Apr 05, 2006 | Post by: Brian C. Smith 1 Comments
What are we waiting for?
Earlier this week I had the opportunity to attend a workshop at Erie #1 BOCES where we looked at the Handheld-Centric Classroom. The presenters were none other than Dr. Elliot Soloway and Dr. Cathie Norris of GoKnow, Inc. I got so much out of this workshop, I couldn't possibly put
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Mar 27, 2006 | Post by: Brian C. Smith No Comments
Primary Handhelds
While attending a Technology Summit for district TechnoCoaches I attended a session by Debbie Feasel, a 2nd Grade teacher at Plank South Elementary School in Webster, NY. Debbie spoke about moving from a one Palm classroom to a classroom set of Palm handhelds. She reviewed applications she has students use:
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Mar 26, 2006 | Post by: Brian C. Smith No Comments
Simply PocketCasting
Thanks to Ian Marsden for his post Pocketcasting??? which informed me of the AudioBay application and Tony Vincent's post on the Learning in Hand forums whom Ian read it from. Gotta love the breadcrumb trails! Ian calls this Pocketcasting I believe because you are not using an iPod to do
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Mar 10, 2006 | Post by: Brian C. Smith No Comments
The Ultra Mobile PC
Learn Everywhere, Learn Everything Okay, maybe you won't learn everything, and maybe not everywhere. Though, the Ultra Mobile Personal Computer (UMPC) looks very cool and may be something for schools to look into as a 1:1 computing solution. Think about the possible implications of learning on students with this puppy.
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