Archive for August, 2008
Information Overload? Join the club…
by Kevin Merritt – Instructional Technology
If I may be so honest, there are times when I feel like I need to go crawl in a hole and escape the overstimulation of the digital world in which we live. I sometimes want to follow the lead of my autistic nephew. When he gets overstimulated by all [...]
Professional Development in a Flash
by Tim Cushman
The primary challenge in the successful implementation of technology in the classroom is the buy-in from the individual teacher. Many districts elect to channel all of their technology funds into the purchase of hardware and software at the expense of end-user training. This short-sighted approach leaves many teachers floundering to learn the new [...]
Interactive Whiteboard Lessons – Best Practices
by Tim Van Heule
Freshly waxed floors, sharpened pencils, and back-to-school packets… it’s that time of year, again.
It’s also time to start thinking about elements, basic or advanced, that can be present in your interactive whiteboard lessons – Promethean, SMART, etc.
There are some misnomers regarding interactive whiteboard lessons; I hear them often. “Oh, those colorful lessons [...]
