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I have to say thank you to a few people. First, thank you to Kelly Tenkely and Dave Andrade for nominating me for an Edublog Award. I was nominated in the best educational tech support category (although the site spelled my name “Jason T. Bell”). All of the blogs . . . → Read More: Thank You  I am a smartphone enthusiast. I may even be a touch obsessive about them. I follow several mainstream technology blogs, partly out of interest and partly to stay on the cutting edge as technological innovation trickles down to education. Through some research and recommendations from my always helpful PLN, I have put . . . → Read More: Android Apps
Montclair Kimberley Academy is a co-educational, independent day school in Montclair Kimberley Academy. Yesterday, William Stites, their Directory of Technology, posted a link to a new posting for a Director of Educational Technology. No less than 3 people, a technology director, a teacher, and a technology consultant, sent me direct messages telling me . . . → Read More: Montclair Kimberley Academy
I have been doing a lot of thinking lately about how to stimulate change and progress in schools. I caught only snippets of a conversation between Ira Socol, Mike Ritzius, Pam Moran, and M. E. Steele-Pierce as I was beginning work yesterday. While I did not catch most of the conversation, . . . → Read More: Detoxing Education I just finished attending the Learning and the Brain Conference with Dr. Kevin and Julia Washburn. It was quite the interesting experience. Most of the presenters were college education professors, neuroscientists, cognitive psychologists, and others of that type. Unsurprisingly, the conference took on a more serious tenor than many that I . . . → Read More: Reflections on Learning and the Brain My friend, Dr. Kevin Washburn, is presenting at the Learning and the Brain Conference this morning. Here are the materials for his presentation.
LearningBrain2010 – This is the PDF materials for the session. Here is the slideshow that will be accompanying the session. learning brain See more presentations by jasontbedell | Upload your . . . → Read More: The Learning Brain One of the things that I really love of New Jersey is the density of passionate educators in a relatively small area. I had no expectation that planning TeachMeet NJ would be so easy in terms of getting participants. We have presenters and participants coming from CT., D.C., NH., NJ., NY., PA., . . . → Read More: TeachMeet NJ Update
I have not been able to write in some time. For those of you following the progress of the Techniques for Effective Technology Integration book, please know that I am still working on it and intend to get back to it relatively soon. It has been difficult balancing the needs of full . . . → Read More: My Awesome Flash Drive
Andrew Barras, also know as @crudbasheron Twitter, recently wrote an article about Apple’s Back to Mac event yesterday. You can read his thoughts here. The most relevant part of his post is below:
“The biggest announcement is not really surprising when you think about it. They will have a program . . . → Read More: The Dark Side of the Apple’s Integrated Experience Chapter 6: Digital Storytelling Introduction Teaching is an art that includes storytelling at its core. Stories are an essential part of our nature as humans. Stories are how we pass on our history, our culture, and our heritage. The brain does not remember isolated facts, . . . → Read More: Chapter 6, Part 1 |
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