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Cloud Computing: K-12 Schools’ Knight in Shining Armor
Last week I had the wonderful opportunity to present a poster on Edu20.org at the ICE conference in St. Charles, IL. I had some wonderful, spirited conversations with teachers and tech-coordinators...
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Workflow: Less Clicks Always Wins
The World is Flat came out in 2005. I read it in 2009. Sometimes it’s better to wait. Image from KaiChanVong on Flickr I am not a World is Flat groupie, but I think that sometimes waiting can give you...
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Teachers Overflow on #educhat
#educhat – Wow! While I’ve gone to many of the mainstream ed tech podcasts and listened to Liz Kolb, Ed Tech Talk and visited Classroom 2.0 often, tonight I was extremely excited to connect and to...
View ArticleThe Digital Divide: Redefined
The Digital Divide is becoming less and less about access, according to the Pew Internet and American Project. That’s fine, but the disenfranchisement of the poor and poor districts still remains. And...
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Point – Counterpoint: On Effective Teaching
I was recently struck be a conversation I read on Twitter today between two colleagues: Position #1 states: “One cannot be an excellent teacher and not be using current technology.” Position #2 states:...
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What are your 10,000 hours in?
After reading Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, and skimming the themes from yesterday’s keynote at NECC09, the idea that it takes 10,000 hours to become a true expert or master an any skill, I am, of...
View ArticleI want my $500 million dollars!
The National Education Technology Plan calls to cut $500 million in funding for educational technology, by severing the EETT program. This money helps to keep technology in many of our poorest and...
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Creating a Problem Based Unit
This post is a requirement for my TIE program. Read at your own risk! Creating an effective problem-based unit can be like fitting a triangle into a trapezoid hole; it may fit, but it may not look...
View ArticleThis Blogger has moved to EdReach.
Well, not totally. But most of my fresh, new content can be read at a new collaborative online magazine, EdReach.us. I will continue to use drezac.com as a place to host my personal thoughts,...
View ArticleEdTech 2015: What’s Coming Down the Innovation Pipeline
My latest post about the ISTE Conference is on Medium. Please read it there! https://medium.com/@drezac/edtech-2015-what-s-coming-down-the-innovation-pipeline-7ef596386253
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