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Monthly Archives: September 2012
Stirring the Pot in Education!
Wow, I knew that this whole social media thing was powerful. But something happened to me yesterday that I never could have predicted! I wrote a post earlier this summer called Three Revised Things to Unlearn about Learning. One reader … Continue reading
Changing Education without Losing Myself
Sometimes I wonder what I was thinking when I started a blog. I’ve been doing this for just over six months now and what nobody tells you is how hard it’s going to be. And how stressful it is not … Continue reading
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The Best New eBook: Frankenstein!
When I was a kid I loved those “Choose Your Own Adventure” books. Do you guys remember those? It was always so much fun to have options to choose how the story went…although, of course, I always doubled back to … Continue reading
Posted in App Reviews & Recs, Technology
Tagged apps, Choose Your Own Adventure, Dave Morris, E-book, eBook, ebooks, education apps, education technology, Frankenstein, IPad, Mary Shelley, NPR, Robin Young
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A Simple Friday Feel-Good for Educators
This week I was really inspired by a piece that Kathy Cuff wrote for the Blanchard LeaderChat site, “Got a new employee? 3 ways to show you care.” Here is Kathy’s list of those 3 ways: 1. Never reprimand a … Continue reading
Are Android Tablets the Next Big Thing in Education?
Last week I bought a new Galaxy Nexus 7. I couldn’t help it. At $249 for a fully-loaded, 16 GB, 7-inch tablet running Android, I just had to find out what all the hype was about. The fact that it … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged 1-1 implementation, Android, Apple, education technology, Galaxy Nexus 7, Google, IOS, IPad, iPad3, IPhone, iTunes, Nexus, Nexus 7
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Karen Mahon appears on eLearn Chat!
I was delighted to be invited to appear on eLearning Chat today by Rick Zanotti, the host. What a fun experience it was. Rick and co-host Dawn Mahoney put me right at ease. And I got to talk about one … Continue reading
Software Replaces Hardware in Ed Tech
Nobody was more surprised than I was by the announcement that Toys R Us is coming out with its own proprietary tablet, the Tabeo. With last year’s release of the Leap Frog Leap Pad 2 tablet, as well as the … Continue reading
Posted in Technology, Uncategorized
Tagged 2012 Ed Tech products, Casio, casio graphing calculator, casio prizm, Consumer Electronics Show, desmos, desmos online calculator, Doceri, eBeam, edtech, education technology, Educational technology, Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Google, Google Hangout, interactive white board, IPad, IWB, Kineo, kurio, leap frog, leap pad, lexibook, media scape, media:scape, meep, Mimio, now!Board, Polyvision, prizm graphing calculator, tabeo, toys r us, u-Board
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Democratic Education Platform 2012
Yesterday I wrote about the RNC Education Platform this year, so today I’m writing about the DNC 2012 Education Platform. The DNC platform is written a bit differently, with a combination of accomplishments, policies to be continued in a second … Continue reading
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Tagged American Opportunity Tax Credit, democrat education platform, DNC, DNC 2012, DNC education platform, DNC platform, Education, education policy, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, obama, obama education, Pell Grant, politics, RNC 2012, RNC education platform, Tribal Colleges and Universities, United States
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