tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110438562024-02-20T19:54:08.742-05:00The History of Education and why NONE of it matters!As a "technology integration specialist" at a middle school in Ohio, I have developed a unique perspective on learners and learning style. The title of the blog is actually the title of a book that I hope to finish at some time. I look at some traditional educational practices that have been about for years (and years and years and years) and speak a little on why these practices will once and for all become obsolete and/or ineffective.Andrew Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734046902704053766noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11043856.post-63508299450138825482010-09-21T20:31:00.000-04:002010-09-21T20:32:02.667-04:00New test postThis is my new postAndrew Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734046902704053766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11043856.post-66594455789161834482008-12-08T09:22:00.003-05:002008-12-08T10:09:46.080-05:00Change Blindness/Attention BlindnessWow! I was just reading up on some research about attention blindness or change blindness.<br /><br />This is some fascinating stuff!<br /><br />I was turned on to it by the video study completed by Dan Simons that showed the people passing a ball around and you had to focus on how many passes the white t-shirt people made. You can see the video here: <a href="http://viscog.beckman.uiuc.edu/media/dateline.html">http://viscog.beckman.uiuc.edu/media/dateline.html</a><br /><br />You will want to read the description in the "basketball" section. Make sure you focus on how many passes the white team makes. Another good account of this experiment is found through the TED Talks (via Google video): <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g74hJAAg1Ks">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g74hJAAg1Ks</a><br /><br />Another researcher that is doing incredible things is <a href="http://www.psych.ubc.ca/%7Erensink/">Ronald Rensink</a>. His work on change blindness is pretty cool. Play with the <a href="http://www.usd.edu/psyc301/ChangeBlindness.htm">java applet</a> a little while. It is incredible what a difference "time between change" makes.<br /><br />My question...how does this affect school, learning, classroom management, content distribution?<br /><br />My first thoughts take me to work done by <a href="http://scil.stanford.edu/about/staff/bios/pea.html">Roy Pea</a> that looks at distributed cognition and the power of your "surround". Dr. Pea did a lot of work looking at the systems and surround in an airplane cockpit. Think about your classroom surround.<br /><br />Does is every change?<br />Is it used to help students learn different concepts?<br />Does is help set classroom culture?<br />What would happen if you moved a poster - would anyone notice?<br />Do you do your lectures from the same spot every time? Would it make a difference if you sat in a different location?<br /><br />We had a kindergarten art teacher that had to miss one of the first days of school this year. The first time students come to art class, she needs to spend some time setting the rules and explaining what is in the room. She decided to make a video of herself doing it the first time and using that video with the classes that she couldn't attend. She noticed that the kids that watched the video of her, had a better understanding of the classroom than the ones that saw her live. It was enough of a difference that she ended up showing it even when she was there the rest of the days when introducing the classroom.<br /><br />I have some theories as to why that happened, but to make the post a little shorter, let's leave that to discussion.<br /><br />Any other ideas?Andrew Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734046902704053766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11043856.post-75582106105550916282008-07-29T13:09:00.004-04:002008-07-29T13:30:17.045-04:00Orb TestThis is a test of another new system that hopefully will allow me to stream my own video from my personal machine.<br /><br />Let's give it a try!<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="439" height="350" id="videoplayer" align="middle" quality="best"><param name="movie" value="http://mycast.orb.com/orb/resources/common/videoplayer.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="file=http%3A%2F%2Fmycast.orb.com%2Forb%2Fxml%2Fstream%3FstreamFormat%3Dswf%26mediumId%3DONDD7MC4%26l%3Dm00r3t3ch&showdigits=true&autostart=true&shuffle=false&showeq=true&showfsbutton=true"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><embed src="http://mycast.orb.com/orb/resources/common/videoplayer.swf" quality="best" scale="noborder" width="439" height="350" name="videoplayer" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="file=http%3A%2F%2Fmycast.orb.com%2Forb%2Fxml%2Fstream%3FstreamFormat%3Dswf%26mediumId%3DONDD7MC4%26l%3Dm00r3t3ch&showdigits=true&autostart=true&shuffle=false&showeq=true&showfsbutton=true" allowFullScreen="true" pluginspage="https://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"> </embed> </object>Andrew Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734046902704053766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11043856.post-30843745538450606522008-06-10T15:03:00.000-04:002008-06-10T15:04:29.512-04:00Classroom blogsfa;posdjf;lkj<br />asdflakdf<br />asdflkjasldfAndrew Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734046902704053766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11043856.post-70880428701968329742008-04-09T22:40:00.002-04:002008-04-09T22:55:39.136-04:00To teach typing or not to teach typingI was recently reading/responding to an comment I read on Edutopia's website. Here's the comment:<br /><a href="http://www.edutopia.org/teaching-module-technology-integration#comment-25680">http://www.edutopia.org/teaching-module-technology-integration#comment-25680</a><br /><br />The article is <a href="http://www.edutopia.org/tech-integration">here</a><br />My comment is not yet showing up. I am not sure what their posting policy is. Hopefully it will show soon.<br /><br />I also wanted to add some thoughts that I shared with many parents in the district I work in about our philosophy when it comes to taking valuable teaching time to teach typing. I have just copied the text below. Some if it may not make sense without the context of our district, but you should get the point. Here it is:<br /><br /> <p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal">To Teach Typing or Not?</p> <p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal">The question is a great one!<span style=""> </span>So good in fact, that I have yet to hear a good answer in over 10 years of dealing with educational technology.</p> <p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal">Here is what I know:</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">1)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Typing speed and accuracy:</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">a.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->The ability to keystroke quickly, without errors, and without looking is a definite skill that helps students/adults become more productive in their work. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">b.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Is it a “necessary” skill?<span style=""> </span>I have seen many people type using the hunt and peck method just as quickly as those that use conventional methods.<span style=""> </span>The key to students developing their own method comes when they feel the “need” to get faster and more accurate.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">2)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->What age is the correct time?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">a.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->This is another question that has been hotly debated.<span style=""> </span>No real agreement has been reached.<span style=""> </span>Just because their hands are large enough to reach all the keys in conventional fashion doesn’t mean their brains are developed enough to begin put the information into functional memory.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">b.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->This also brings up the debate about whether or not to allow students to keyboard at all without using conventional methods.<span style=""> </span>If they don’t do it “properly” should we stop them from doing it all together?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">3)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Technology as a tool for learning:</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">a.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->For many years now, districts have had to choose whether or not “technology” was a tool, or as a class in itself.<span style=""> </span>Should we have classes that teach only technology, or classes that teach subjects (i.e.: science) using technology?</p> <p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal">Here are the district technology team’s thoughts so far on these topics:</p> <p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal">We all agree that we are more productive because of our ability to keystroke with speed and accuracy.<span style=""> </span>But, we are also aware that some members of our team don’t use conventional typing methods and are still very productive. They tend to be as fast as they need to be.</p> <p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal">That takes us to the next question.<span style=""> </span>We would love to offer courses/workshops on conventional typing, but when would we do it?<span style=""> </span></p> <p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal">If we handled it at the Middle School, we run into a couple of issues.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">1)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->A course like that, to be effective would need to be handled on a daily or at least A/B schedule.<span style=""> </span>This course would need to be held in one of the computer labs which would essentially tie up one lab for just these courses.<span style=""> </span>We have about 75% computer lab utilization with just teachers/classes using the labs for curriculum work.<span style=""> </span>Would it be worth it to shut down ¼ of the computer access in the MS to teach typing?<span style=""> </span>We have decided no, just as we decided years ago to no longer offer computer applications classes.<span style=""> </span>Everything we do is predicated on the fact that technology is a tool to help us learn, not something that we need to learn in isolation.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">2)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Doing the course in the MS might be too late.<span style=""> </span>Bad habits are hard to break!<span style=""> </span>This goes for offering the course at the HS as well!</p> <p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal">We have chosen to handle it in the 2-5 <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Elementary</st1:PlaceName> <st1:placetype st="on">Building</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.<span style=""> </span>This decision still has many drawbacks.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">1)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Students are only in their technology specials for about 24 hours throughout the course of the year.<span style=""> </span>Even if they spent every day in the labs in 3<sup>rd</sup> grade doing nothing but keyboarding, it probably still isn’t enough time to become proficient.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">2)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->As in the MS, the instructors in those specials focus more on using the technology as a tool to help them learn.<span style=""> </span>They learn Powerpoint as a way to help show/share their knowledge.<span style=""> </span>They learn how to use Word to create reports, stories, and essays.<span style=""> </span>They learn how to properly search for information on topics they are covering in the science class.<span style=""> </span>We feel each of these examples is at least as important and necessary to ensure their success later in school.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">3)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->So…they do complete some work with a guided program in the 2-5 technology curriculum, but it is probably not enough to become an 80 word per minute typist.</p> <p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>What do we suggest to parents such as you who are concerned with their student’s performance?<span style=""> </span>We typically send them to specific software programs that can be purchased for home use such as <a href="http://www.broderbund.com/jump.jsp?itemID=1044&mainPID=1044&itemType=PRODUCT">Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing</a>.<span style=""> </span>Or, there are many free programs that are engaging to students that are free online.<span style=""> </span>A search on Google will provide many links to these sites. (<a href="http://www.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Educational/Typing/">http://www.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Educational/Typing/</a> )<o:p> </o:p><br /><br />I hope that it is clear that we have struggled with these questions for many years and have developed a solution that we feel is best for the overall district.<span style=""> </span>We continue to stress technology as a tool to help us learn.<span style=""> </span>As with many tools, the more you practice with them, the more productive they will help you become. </p> <p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""></span><br /></p>Andrew Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734046902704053766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11043856.post-37898087334069838912007-02-22T20:41:00.001-05:002007-02-22T20:47:20.724-05:00testZohoThis is a test for zoho. It was created and "published" to the blog using <a href="http://www.zoho.com/">Zoho</a>. Why would we continue to pay for Microsoft Office? I know that Office has more functionality, but those are mainly bells and whistles. How many of us actually use those features in our every day work environment. I think that we are almost to the point of "less is more" in word processing.<br /><br />Zoho does provide some MORE. How about the ability to publish directly to your blog? What about collaboration with others. Need someone to review your document, just invite them.<br /><br />Another great example of technology that changes the fundamental ways in which we write through direct publishing, easy editing through collaboration, and a virtually unlimited audience.Andrew Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734046902704053766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11043856.post-259734260825715102007-02-17T17:38:00.001-05:002008-07-29T13:08:45.151-04:00YouTubeYouTube is another one of those new technologies that will drastically change teaching...BECAUSE of the way it changes learning. I truly believe that all people love to learn. I am reminded of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Papert">Seymour Papert</a> in the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Childrens-Machine-Rethinking-School-Computer/dp/0465010636">Children's Machine</a>.<br /><br />He talks about a preshool girl that wants to know how a giraffe sleeps. He is able to look up the information in books, etc. but she is left to rely on him bringing the information back to her. In the book, he refers to hypermedia as a possible solution. Interactive, multimedia encyclopedias will allow her to look up the information without the ability to read.<br /><br />YouTube is providing these truly multimedia experiences. In it's infancy still now, I am confident that the use of YouTube for true learning opportuities will expand. As for now...much of the stuff is just plain fun!<br /><br />Check out this video...(part of the reason I am posting these is to practice embeding video into my blog)<br /><br />Great movie about the trials of an individual working the "HelpDesk"<br /><br /><br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eRjVeRbhtRU"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eRjVeRbhtRU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />I will hopefully add more to this thought later...<br /><br />Later thoughts (2-26-07)<br /><br />Here is another video that has been pretty popular around the world. It shows the evolution of text and Web 2.0. Pretty powerful video.<br /><br />It is called Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us<br /><br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6gmP4nk0EOE"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6gmP4nk0EOE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />Side note: How many times was YouTube mentioned on the Academy Awards last night? Seems like professional video people also see the power of being your own producer.Andrew Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734046902704053766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11043856.post-1162407461980104222006-11-01T10:42:00.000-05:002006-11-02T07:31:07.460-05:00Can you create a "TripTik" to success?As I continue to observe organizations grow and expand, I constantly think about what path each of these organizations is taking toward their ultimate goal. We will call this goal, success.<br /><br />Is their one path to success? Of course not. But I would argue that most people when asked why, would discuss how every organization is different with different leadership, market, audience, etc.<br /><br />I am growing more interested not in the differences between these organizations as a whole, but the path that these organizations take toward success. <br /><br />Let's look at a scenario:<br /><br />Two school districts are looking to become more successful. Each district exists in areas of equal socio-economic status. Each has new facilities, a growing staff with a mix of quality veterans and excellent "rookies." More similarities exist than differences, so let's jut say that these two districts are equal. Let's also say, that because of state standards, each district's benchmarks for success are also equal. <br /><br />Are we then able to prescribe a path for success that would work for both districts? Probably not. Many people could give many reasons why not...all of them valid.<br /><br />I would argue that probably not is too easy. Definetely not would be my answer. Why am I so sure?<br /><br />Because any path to true success cannot be mapped, even after it has been completed. Truly successful organizations tend to take the Google approach, even without knowing it. Google requires their employees to spend at least 20% of their time coming up with new ideas that have nothing to do with their current job. In successfull organizations, this happens, but most of the time it happens after the common workplace hours.<br /><br />A "TripTik" after the success would might look like this:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7776/879/1600/TripTik.2.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7776/879/320/TripTik.2.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />If we take a closer look, you would see (especially if my drawing were better!) how sucess usually starts out with a targeted goal, but very quickly new paths begin to emerge.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7776/879/1600/TripTik2.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7776/879/320/TripTik2.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The choice organizations must make is whether they attempt to keep their people close to the targeted path, or allow and encourage the multiple pathways toward sucess. As mentioned earlier, Google almost forces the multiple pathways while companies like Ford are beginning to change in that direction.<br /><br />Whichever direction is taken, it should also be noted that sucess is also not a direct end point, but a whole metropolitan area. You can necessarily point directly to it on a map, but you know when you are there.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7776/879/1600/triptik3.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7776/879/320/triptik3.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />So, can you get a "TripTik" to success? I would say NO!Andrew Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734046902704053766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11043856.post-1147523994616965162006-05-13T08:38:00.000-04:002006-05-21T00:50:20.356-04:00Just some thoughts about Kindergarten!<p><span style="font-size:+1;"><b>Not everybody learned kindergarten lessons</b></span> </p><p>Robert Fulghum, in his book "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten," discusses his thoughts on basic rules to live by. </p><p>On the way to the New Albany Primary School last Wednesday evening, I was reviewing some of the points he makes with my young son. We were visiting that evening to see a show devoted to rainforest ecology and conservation. As my son's teacher was one of the people responsible for arranging the event, it is needless to say that he was very excited. </p><p>Before entering the building, we discussed some of the thoughts of Fulghum, especially the "Golden Rule" In order to make it more clear to a 6-year-old boy, I typically expand on his thoughts with the following statements. </p><p>If you are going to watch a show in public, you need to: </p><span class="body"><li> Go to the bathroom before the show begins. </li><li> Don't walk around too much because you will disturb the people around you. </li><li> Don't talk loud enough for the person in front of you to hear. </li><li> Don't play with toys (like cell phones!) </li><li> Help watch out for the rest of your family. <p>And most especially, "Do unto others." </p><p>The performance was great. </p><p>It was too bad that I had to spend the ride home attempting to explain why so many adults don't follow the simple rules that my son is learning in kindergarten. Really all I could say to him was that he will be better in the end for following these rules. I will continue to be a model for him, because as Fulghum says: "Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate-school mountain, but there in the sandpile."</p></li></span>-<span style="font-style: italic;">I actually submitted this to our local newspapers as a letter to the editor. You can find it @ http://www.thisweeknews.com/?edition=NewAlbany&story=thisweeknews/051106/NewAlbany/News/051106-News-149288.html<br /><br /></span>Andrew Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734046902704053766noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11043856.post-1147145844024816402006-05-08T23:13:00.000-04:002006-05-08T23:37:24.036-04:00School Funding in Walnut GroveI just read a bunch of articles on school funding and especially the lack of funding from the federal and state government. Will more money from government agencies answer all of our technology woes? <br /><br />Let's look at the funding cycle (it's much like the water cycle!):<br /><br />1. School's need money<br />2. States/Feds give them some money...it's not enough<br />3. School asks local taxpayers (at least in Ohio) for more money<br />4. Local taxpayers get upset..."Didn't you just ask from more money 3 years ago?"<br />5. School personnel get upset..."How can we manage on the same amount of money that was approved 3 years ago?"<br /><br />Everyone is unhappy with the situation.<br /><br />Now what if we changed #2...States/Feds give more money. There is a good chance that even with a substantial increase in funding from the government, schools would still not have enough to adequately provide all of the technology needed to get our students ahead of the curve. That would take us back to #3.<br /><br />If government did provide enough to sustain technology, what effect would that have? There again is a good chance that not everyone would be happy. Where would that money come from? Would they cut other programs, increase sales tax, begin using lottery funds (just a joke!), or find some other means of increasing revenue? Most of the ways I can think of to increase revenue at the government level still bring the cost of education to the local taxpayer level.<br /><br />So what can we do? We know that it costs about $9,000 per year to educate a student properly. Would a family of 3 be required to pay $27,000 per year? That would be insane. But Thomas Jefferson and his other forefathers wanted to ensure proper education for all Americans. Is it possible still in today's economy?<br /><br />What would Charles Ingalls have proposed if facing this problem on "Little House on the Prairie?"<br /><br />Let's say Walnut Grove needed a new school. The old one was burnt down. I don't recall an episode like this but it might have worked out something like this:<br /><br />Charles and Mr. Edwards would form a collaboration with the guy that owned the mill. Charles and Mr. E would cut down lots of trees from their property and take them to the mill. The mill owner would allow them to use the equipment when all of the other jobs were complete.<br /><br />Charles would then gather all the townsfolk together for a <span style="font-style: italic;">School Raisin'. </span>It would be an all day affair. Mrs. Ingalls would organize all of the food, the kids would all go fishin', and little Nellie would do something mean and obnoxious.<br /><br />Once the building was complete, discussion would begin about where they could get materials such as books and slates. Mr. Oleson would gladly donate many items, but Mrs. Oleson wouldn't let him. He would have to work out another plan.<br /><br />People would cry...Charles would almost die in an accident...Mrs. Ingalls would worry...Laura would do something silly...little Carrie would pop her head in the discussion to ask for a glass of milk...and everything would end up OK in the end. I bet they would even get someone highly qualified to run the school.<br /><br />How does this all relate to school funding today? I don't really know for sure. I do know that the people of Walnut Grove wouldn't have relied on their local governmental leader to provide funding...he only showed up on the train in a few episodes.Andrew Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734046902704053766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11043856.post-1146056110684508272006-04-26T08:53:00.000-04:002006-04-26T08:55:10.690-04:00Picture this - Picasa<A HREF='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7776/879/640/P1010090.jpg'><IMG SRC='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7776/879/320/P1010090.jpg' border=0 alt='' style='display:block;margin 0px auto 10px; cursor:hand; text-align:center'></A> <br /><br />This is my first attempt at publishing a picture via Picasa, the free picture editing tool from Google.<br /><br />Great program! <a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a> Andrew Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734046902704053766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11043856.post-1144111074057803702006-04-03T20:17:00.000-04:002006-06-06T08:56:10.036-04:00Back to the Beginning..From Somewhere in the MiddlePeriodically, I feel it is important to recall why I am even writing in this blog!<br /><br />The title of the blog doesn't really explain my point. I truly believe that technology is changing the way people learn at such a dramatic rate that the entrenched educational system will have no choice but to finally change. I wrote a paper in grad school that talked about the changing nature of learning. I will link it up to this blog later, but basically it outlined 4-5 changes in how people learn.<br /><br />One point that I didn't add at that time was how important immediate feedback is to people! Technology is allowing for faster and more detailed response to work. When you send an email to someone, you expect a response pretty quickly. When you post to a discussion forum, you also expect a quick response.<br /><br />In the online class that I facilitate, we talk about how important it is for every post to have feedback from some member of the online community.<br /><br />Here's my point...past practices in teaching writing are useless! We all remember our typical writing assignments. What was our audience? The teacher! Maybe if we were lucky, our teacher would let us peer review! We would write, revise, rewrite and publish. Writing a piece, whether prose, poetry, narrative, non-fiction, fiction or technical for an audience of one or two is not publishing!!!!<br /><br />Publishing involves more than just making sure your writing is grammatically correct and contains "more detail"! You writing first needs to have an audience. Is there anyone that actually wants to read what you are writing? If a paper is written, printed, or hung up on the fridge but is read by noone, should it be considered published?<br /><br />This blog is a great example! I have periodically shared my thoughts to the world but have received feedback from only one person. Is anyone really reading this? Is this really published on the web?<br /><br />How do our students feel when they hand in their writing and only hear response from their teacher and a couple peers? When you think about the answer, also consider that many of them get responses from hundreds of people when they post a survey to their MySpace blog!Andrew Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734046902704053766noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11043856.post-1141411806735635752006-03-03T13:39:00.000-05:002006-03-03T15:22:35.146-05:00Kindergarten Cell Phone Usage on the Rise...I was leaving our elementary building today, the same building that my son attends Kindergarten, when I was called into the principal's office. It seems that my oldest son had taken one of my old cell phones out of a drawer and took it on the bus with him. As he was showing to his "older" friends, it came up that one of them might be able to fix it for him.<br /><br />Two problems:<br /><br />1. I didn't know he even had the phone.<br />2. It is not broken, just turned off!<br /><br />Long story short...the phone was confiscated and taken to the office for pickup later.<br /><br />As I brought up the story with my son to try to sort out the details, it occurred to me that he didn't see anything wrong with taking a cell phone to school or having it out on the bus, or even giving it to a friend to "fix." The giving it to a friend part we can just chalk up to naivety as I don't believe he is yet to have a friend borrow something without giving it back.<br /><br />The other details are interesting. The cell phone is a huge part of his life. He uses my cell phone almost daily to call mom with the voice recognition and bluetooth earphone, to take pictures and to play golf. It is just a part of his life. No wonder he didn't listen to mom when she told him that she didn't think he was allowed to take it on the bus.<br /><br />How ludicrous! Why couldn't he? His dad takes his everywhere!<br /><br />Do your kids know how to dial your spouse? Do they know how to make a call at all?<br /><br />Why not?<br /><br />How can we begin to tap into the power of the technology that is actually in the young students hands every day? Anybody have any ideas?<br /><br />Why does the educational system still see problems with kids talking on cell phones in between classes? Isn't that when all of the teachers make their personal calls? Why should they be shut off from many of their friends all day long because their schedules don't match.<br /><br />Let's find some answers...Andrew Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734046902704053766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11043856.post-1140795221186536952006-02-24T10:31:00.000-05:002006-05-01T22:41:07.173-04:00Wikis, Blogs, & RSS...OH my!<p>There has been a ton of discussion lately about Wikis and Blog in the world of educational technology lately. While there are many things great obout these two tools, there are many things that also need to be considered before jumping head-first into using them with students.</p><br /><p>I think the first step is to really understand the purpose of each of these devices.</p><br /><p class="style16">NOTE: many of the links below might require a registration. Although I know this is a hastle, the resources from <a href="http://www.techlearning.com" target="_blank"><em>Technology and Learning</em></a> and <a href="http://www.eschoolnews.com" target="_blank"><em>eSchoolNews</em></a> are worth the trouble. </p><br /><p><span class="style15">Wikis</span> - these are web pages that can be edited by anyone viewing the page. The best example of Wikis come from <a href="http://www.wikidpedia.org/" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>, an online encyclopedia that is created by its users. It also provides a <a href="http://www.wikidpedia.org/?title=Wiki" target="_blank">great definition of a Wiki</a>. </p><br /><br /><p>For more information of Wikis, you can visit:</p><br /><p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="http://www.techlearning.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=175802925" target="_blank"> Think Outside the Blog</a></p><br /><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="http://www.techlearning.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=165701093" target="_blank">What is a Wiki?</a></p><br /><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="http://schools.wikicities.com/wiki/Main_Page" target="_blank">High School Online Collaborative Writing</a></p><br /><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=5932" target="_blank">Wikibooks to offer free eTexts for education </a></p><br /><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> <a href="http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=6069" target="_blank">Wikis test students' research skills</a></p><br /><p style="margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=6070" target="_blank"> Study: Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica--at least on science </a></p><br /><p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="style15">Blogs - </span>the term blog is derived from the idea of Web Logs. In their very basic form, blogs are simply online diaries. In their most useful since, they are much more. </p><br /><ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br /> <li>Politicians are using blogs to keep in touch with their constituents. </li><br /> </ul><br /><blockquote style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br /> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="http://www.gop.com/Blog/Default.aspx" target="_blank">The Rebublican Party Blog</a></p><br /> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="http://www.democrats.org/blog.html" target="_blank">The Democratic Party Blog</a></p><br /></blockquote><ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br /> <li>The constituents are blogging to keep up with the politicians - <a href="http://www.watchblog.com/" target="_blank">http://www.watchblog.com/</a></li><br /> <li>Other people are blogging about nothing</li><br /> <li>I blog...but not real frequently</li><br /> </ul><br /><blockquote style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br /> <p style="margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://historyofeducation.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://historyofeducation.blogspot.com</a></p><br /> </blockquote><br /><p style="margin-top: 0pt;">Blogging in education is a relatively recent idea. Teachers are beginning to use blogs as a very effective way to provide authentic feedback to students. Many students are publishing their writings to classroom blogs and receiving feedback from people all over the world. Some of these students actually continue to edit their work over summer vacation. Can you believe that? You can find out more about blogs in education by following the links below.</p><br /><p>Educational Blogging:</p><br /><p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="http://www.techlearning.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=18400984" target="_blank">Introduction to Blogs and Blogging</a></p><br /><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="http://www.techlearning.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=12803462" target="_blank">Education Web Logs</a></p><br /><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="http://www.emerson.u98.k12.me.us/west/blogs" target="_blank">Mr. West's Class</a></p><br /><p style="margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://tech2.nytimes.com/mem/technology/techreview.html?res=9C04E5D7113FF93AA2575BC0A9629C8B63" target="_blank">In the Classroom, Web Logs Are the New Bulletin Boards</a></p><br /><p>As these ideas and tools become more mainstream, their uses will become more widespread. It is imperitive to keep in mind...the more opportunities you provide for worldwide feedback, the more opportunities you provide for this feedback to be positive and unfortunately negative. Close scrutiny of any program that utilizes these technologies is a must. </p>Andrew Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734046902704053766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11043856.post-1138259572589943662006-01-26T01:52:00.000-05:002006-02-16T10:06:21.960-05:00Space Race - Education Race?I have recently been working on an article for <a href="http://www.convergemag.com">Converge magazine.</a> I am finding it very interesting to talk with older collegues and family members about what they recall from teh early 60's and JFK's push to get to the moon before the Russians. In my explorations, I found a new site called White House Tapes (<a href="http://www.whitehousetapes.org/">http://www.whitehousetapes.org/</a>). This is one of the coolest sites I have seen in a while...especially if you are a history buff. At the site, you can read transcripts from many conversations between presidents and high ranking officials as they discuss topics that changed the world. What better way to learn history than to hear it from the creators!<br /><br />Speaking of newly discovered sites and speaking of speaking...check this site out: <a href="http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/#">http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/#</a><br /><br />They call it the Phonetics Flash Animation Project. At the site, they demonstrate through animation, video and audio, all of the sounds of the English language! With a 6 year old at home trying to learn to read and a 4 year old that "kips" the beginning "s" sounds all the time, (S is overrated anyway isn't it?) this site helps educate me and my wife about all the phonetic sounds that we should be working on with our boys. It is amazing that I was trained in early childhood education (1-8) and thought that I knew how to teach kids to read. It is not until I am working with my own children that I realize how difficult it really is.<br /><br />My undergraduate work was done at the hayday of the "whole language" vs. "phonics" debate. Whole language was the prefered method at Miami at the time and it really seemed to make sense to me. Working in a 3rd grade classroom right after school, the whole language approach worked. Someone had already given then kids the basics.<br /><br />This brings me to the title of the blog again...the <a href="http://historyofeducation.blogspot.com/">History of Education</a><br />History of Education...and Why None of it Matters!<br /><br />How much of our undergraduate courses focused on the latest fad? Did we waste our time? Are all of those methods still viable? I am not sure.<br /><br />Back to <a href="http://historyofeducation.blogspot.com/">History of Education - Technology</a>Andrew Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734046902704053766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11043856.post-1135738616556757202005-12-27T21:51:00.000-05:002006-02-16T10:07:32.640-05:00My Blog Got SpammedWow...I guess I am beginning to speak a different language. Tonight, when checking my Hotmail, I received notifcation that someone had actually replied to one of my blogs! I was very excited...my first reader!<br /><br />Much to my chagrin, it was spam! When I told my wife, she just started laughing. HOw could she? Doesn't she now what a problem spam is? If this happened now, I am guessing that it will continue.<br /><br />After a few seconds, I realized what she was really laughing about. Somehow, "My blog got spammed!" made perfect sense to me, but sounded really unusual to her. <br /><br />Have you ever seen the sight http://www.wordspy.com ? Great sight! The author talks about and defines many of the words that have come about over the last few years. I especially like the technology ones.<br /><br />You should check it out.<br /><br /><br /><br />Back to <a href="http://historyofeducation.blogspot.com/">History of Education - Technology</a>Andrew Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734046902704053766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11043856.post-1114867304315577452005-04-30T09:18:00.000-04:002006-02-16T10:07:49.096-05:00Learning with TechnologyTalking with colleagues today, we came across "the real problem" with technology in education!!!<br /><br />Students have learned how to use technology before learning how to use it appropriately. We have to spend time "unlearning" the kids.<br /><br />Other cultures have brought about technology later in the historical timeline and typically, the schools are the ones that bring the technology to the students. Students don't have the technology at home first. <br /><br />In the US and most of Europe, a student's first experience with technology is at home, by themselves. Mom and Dad don't even look over their shoulders. <br /><br />AIMSpeak (aol instant messaging language) was created by kids so that they didn't have to type as much as they were communicating with friends.<br /><br />The guidance of mature learners is the key to creating successful environments in students' use of technology in learning.<br /><br />More to come...<br /><br />I need to look that the history of technology in these areas a little more closely to see if this theory is accurate.<br /><br />Back to <a href="http://historyofeducation.blogspot.com/">History of Education - Technology</a>Andrew Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734046902704053766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11043856.post-1112976490606033102005-04-08T11:44:00.000-04:002006-02-16T10:08:18.110-05:00Programming the VCRAs we have gone through the "digital revolution" we have heard the scenario many times about how the only ones that can program the VCR are our kids. I was reading an excerpt from Seymour Papert's book, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Connected Family,</span> where he describes how his grandsone went to the shelf, grabbed a VCR tape, put it in the VCR and began to watch the video. What he found astonishing at first was that the 3 year old noticed that the tape wasn't rewound and did that before getting himself comfortable.<br /><br />This would have astounded me too up until a few months ago, when my five year old began doing the same thing. Jackson routinely pops in a tape when he wants to watch things and frequently helps Ma and Pa figure out our satellite system.<br /><br />What does astound me is a very recent change in my youngest son's (Parker) actions. At least 2-3 times a day, we now wants to play the "puter". Although his sentences are not yet complete and his pronounciation is still best understood by his older brother ("Jackson, do you know what Parker is talking about?") he is a wiz at playing the "puter".<br /><br />I have noticed many differences in the way Parker interacts with the computer than what his old brother does. mUch of it comes down to personality. Jackson is a very hard-headed, perfectionist. If things don't go his way the first time, he gets very frustrated and quits. Parker is the opposite. Very much the explorer, Parker will keep trying things, not caring much whether it works or not.<br /><br />The last few days have seen a dramatic increase in parker's computer usage. He "plays" for close to an hour each day. His favorite titles have been the Reader Rabbit series. He changes CD's like we do his diapers without regard to properly shutting programs down or damaging the OS. I have seen a lot of blue screens this past week!<br /><br />What is amazing is that Parker will continue to want to play games such as Reader Rabbit Kindergarten which my 5 year old has said is too hard! Parker doesn't care if he is doing it correctly! He just likes clicking and controlling the computer.<br /><br />Clicking and Controlling - this sounds like a title for a new book. The theory behind it continues to tie in to a paper I completed as part of my master's work that was called "The Changing Nature of Learning". In this paper I briefly explained my thoughts on how technology will finally help change education because it is fundamentally changing the way people learn. Over the past 1,000 years, people have learned in much the same style. This is not true now.<br /><br />Why is this? I believe it ties into some of the things Glasser talked about in "Schools without Failure". School is the first place that students learn failure. If they continue to receive less than postive feedback through their actions during the course of the school day...most children will begin to adapt to the style and mannerisms neccesary in school to achieve positive results. Those that don't adapt to this style usually don't succeed.<br /><br />Today's youth live in a world filled with many more opportunities for postive feedback. If they don't receive much reinforcement at school, they can still go home and "Click and Control". This positive feeback from their digital experiences provides the motivation to struggle against forced change. A child that can interact/create/imagine/learn in their own digital world doesn't need as much from the contrived world of schooling.<br /><br />We can't continue to change the innate learning style of discovery and inquiry that every child is born with. In the past, it was possible because the only way people could continue to feed their desire for learning was to succeed in school long enough to get a degree and then do what they want to do. Today's youth can learn about what they want, whenever, however, adn from whomever they choose.<br /><br />So...the changing nature of learning isn't necessarily correct either...we are born learning one way...school forces us to learn another...then we go back to the original after school is out. This difference is that now even when we are in school, we can continue to learn by discovery and inquiry at the same time as we are failing at school!<br /><br />Back to <a href="http://historyofeducation.blogspot.com/">History of Education - Technology</a>Andrew Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734046902704053766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11043856.post-1109444393168539412005-02-26T13:52:00.000-05:002006-02-16T10:08:36.390-05:00Changing ParadigmI was talking with one of our teachers the other day who shared a very valid concern over some ideas I was sharing about "new literacy" and what our students will need to be able to do when they leave school.<br /><br />She agreed that what kids needed to know has changed but has many concerns about how we are assessing students...especially at the state level. How can we teach new literacy skills while still maintaining high testing scores.<br /><br />I think the answer lies in a total transformation of classroom practices. It doesn't have to be one or the other. Typically, when a teacher plans a lesson with higher-order thinking skills in mind, most of the lower-orders skills that others would focus on are still achieved.<br /><br />This theory will work well in many categories where tests tend to required more than just factual recall. Requiring students to think critically in history, may not result in students knowing the answer to questions such as "when did the war of 1812 begin?"<br /><br />This is all dependant on what types of questions are assessed in standardized tests.<br /><br />Oh well, looks like I have some more homework. I think I need to take a closer look at what types of things are required in our state standardized tests.<br /><br />Happy Saturday!<br /><br />Back to <a href="http://historyofeducation.blogspot.com/">History of Education - Technology</a>Andrew Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734046902704053766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11043856.post-1109272147367929622005-02-24T14:09:00.000-05:002005-02-24T14:09:07.366-05:00The History of Education...<a href="http://historyofeducation.blogspot.com/">The History of Education...</a>Andrew Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734046902704053766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11043856.post-1109217541406847342005-02-24T11:09:00.000-05:002006-02-16T10:00:07.796-05:00Just the beginning...starting at the endThis is my first blog!!!<br /><br />The title, The History of Education..., is actually shortened (due to space limitation in the name field). If I had my choice it would read:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">The History of Education, and why NONE of it matters!<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">As a "technology integration specialist" at a middle school in Ohio, I have developed a unique perspective on learners and learning style.<br /><br /><br />The title of the blog is actually the title of a book that I hope to finish at some time. I have the introduction complete, and a few chapter ideas, but nothing is finished. I hope to look at some traditional educational practices that have been about for years (and years and years and years) and speak a little on why these practices will once and for all become obsolete and/or ineffective.<br /><br />I have pasted the introduction to the book below...maybe by getting the information out in the open, I will be a little more motivated to move forward.<br /><br /><br />Funny...my first post after the intro was going to talk about distributed intelligence and how all of our knowledge seems to be more and more at our fingertips at any place and time.<br /><br />I was attempting to access my introduction on this laptop. I didn't have a copy here, so my first thought was to go to my school's ftp site. I keep quite a bit of stuff there that I want to access periodically. That in itself it interesting...<br /><br />The internet as we know it started as a way to transfer files. "Ftp - file transfer protocol" seems to be the forgotten predecessor which has paved the way for html and all of its web friends. An oldie but a goodie, ftp has saved me many times.<br /><br />This time it didn't. I didn't have the file there either. No problem...I have my USB thumb disk in my bag...it has to be there! Again, no luck. Again, no problem...I have my Palm Zire also in my bag. It will actually be the best bet since it is continuously synchronized with my laptop at school. All I will have to do is beam it to my laptop here, ctrl-c, ctrl-v, and I am finished!<br /><br />WRONG! Couldn't get a good connection! I think my beamer might be going bad on my palm pilot.<br /><br />So, instead of looking at my introduction to my book, I have resorted to discussing the topic of distributed cognition/intelligence.<br /><br />First brought to my attention through the works of Roy Pea, I believe this in one of the educational theories that is truly coming to fruition. Technology is allowing us the opportunity and structure for sharing information easier than ever before (unless by infrared!)<br /><br />Email, blogs, web pages, vpn, collaborative environments...<br /><br />All methods for sharing information (read: knowledge) with others and also with ourselves.<br /><br />Sorry, I must be going, my alarm on my cell phone is going off. It is reminding me of a meeting early in the morning. I guess all of my distributed cognition did not fail tonight!<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span><br /></span><br /><br />Back to <a href="http://historyofeducation.blogspot.com/">History of Education</a>Andrew Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734046902704053766noreply@blogger.com0