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Tag: Technology Integration

  • Into the final frontier

    It has been said that we know more about deep space than we do about the deep ocean. With NASA sending out the APOD and AVOD to let us see into the heavens, what about the Ocean? Well now ORCA has the answer – and undersea webcam. Just in case you think nothing ever comes…

  • How we hold our students back

    Ok, so I just got out of a meeting with internship co-ordinators where I brought up the idea of using podcasts and blogs as a way to allow students to collaborate and reflect on their experiences. This would not only allow students to create an archive of their experiences, it would allow students to collaborate…

  • Learning in the Family – Mom Reigns

    I came across a new report funded by BECTA and commissioned by Intuitive Media Research Services. It has some interesting findings, top of which is that kids are turning to Mom at home for tech help (nothing wrong with that). Here are some of the key findings: 92% of children said they used a computer…

  • Obama and his fruit

    Well it seems that Obama will be able to keep his Blackberry, and now is wondering where the Macs are in the US government. It seems to me that in his new-found uber-celebrity, Obama, by merely indicating his preferences in an unsolicited fashion, preference for just about anything is the best advertising that a company…

  • Silly Post-Sec Tech Use

    I finally got to reading this about K-12 teachers and it seems that many of the points are relevant to higher ed instructors as well. From Doug’s original post: 1. Not backing up data. 5. Believing that one’s teaching style need not change to take full advantage of technology. 6. Ignoring the intrinsic interest of…