Reverse The Presentation!

Click on the link to read the article:
http://www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&EntryId=3993
Mobile Technology and keeping it in the Clouds enables us to connect to and engage our students in new and exciting ways. This author offers some interesting solutions and gives us a practical way to flip our classrooms. Do you think you would be open to teaching this way? Why or why not?

Emerging technologies to watch 2012

http://www.schoolcio.com/Default.aspx?tabid=136&EntryId=3851

Click on the link above to read an article about the emerging trends in technologies that will be used in the classrooms of the near future from the 2012 Horizon Report. How can our schools benefit from this report?

New Teacher Academy: Delivery of Instruction

Read this article http://www.edutopia.org/blog/new-teacher-delivery-instruction-lisa-dabbs, I think you will find it helpful. Which tip did you find most useful and why? How can you incorporate some of the article's suggestion into your practice?

Pros and Cons of Social Media in the Classroom

Click on this link to read an article about using social media in the classroom: http://campustechnology.com/articles/2012/01/19/pros-and-cons-of-social-media-in-the-classroom.aspx. Do you see a place for it in your future classroom? Why or why not? If you choose to use it, which site would you use and how would you use it? How can it be misused and even abused by students and teachers?

Apple Announces iBooks 2, A New Textbook Experience For The iPad

Click on the photo to read about the new Apple initiative to put interactive textbooks on the iPad via iBooks. Do you see this as a game changer for education? How?

Of Course iPads Belong In Classrooms — It’s All About Balance

iPads are the new educational tool being used in classrooms across the world. After reading the article, do you believe this is just a passing fad or the wave of the future? Why?

Go to this link: http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/19/of-course-ipads-belong-in-classrooms-its-all-about-balance/ to read the article.

Schools of Thought: Flipped classrooms give every student a chance to succeed

Click on the link below to read about flipped classrooms and to watch the CNN video: http://schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/18/my-view-flipped-classrooms-give-every-student-a-chance-to-succeed/
Do you think the "flipped classroom" is the remedy that will reduce the large failure rate in our nation's schools? Post a comment explaining why or why not you think this strategy will work?