Thursday, January 28, 2010

The iPad & Education

The iPad could revolutionize our classrooms. Read this article by Neil Offen from the Durham Herald-Sun (January 28, 2010) and weigh in on how you think you might envision a device like this being used in your classroom.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Schools tackle texts, not the book kind


Double click the image above to read the Newsday article. The statistics are startling. One day you may come upon a problem like the ones described in this Newsday article. As a teacher how would you handle the situation if you caught a student sending an inapropriate text in school? What do you, as a future teacher, need to think about to prepare for a situation like this. What can you do now to prepare to be a role model for your future students?

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Using the SMART Board wisely in classrooms




Click on this link to read this is a testimonal article from a New York City special education teacher explaining the virtues and uses of the SMART Board in her classroom. This will give you some insight into its everyday classroom uses. Have you found any new ideas that you might try in your classroom (of the future)? How would/do you use it in your classroom?