I came across Teacher Tap when I was looking for more articles on creativity.  If you want to review Bloom’s Taxonomy without digging out your old textbook, this is the place for you.  I like the easy-to-use list of verbs that go with the six levels of the cognitive domain.  The Teacher Tap is an excellent [...]

I just found what I’ve been wanting for a long time – a program that lets me easily create computer activities using my own material, one with all the bells and whistles.  Unfortunately I also found that it’s designed for the corporate world and priced accordingly.  Take a look at Raptivity and you’ll see what I [...]

Visiting kids and friends have distracted me from writing.  When I finally started reading all my saved emails, I came upon this article about the Net Generation.  How many times have you heard someone bemoan the fact that students are hooked on cell phones, Facebook, email, Twitter, iTunes, Skype, video games and other digital technology? [...]

Some experts believe that within five years one in five classrooms will have an interactive whiteboard.  If you want to learn more using them, try the free webinar offered by eSchool News at 2:00 pm EDT on March 16.  One of the speakers is Dr. Jennifer Brown King who developed the SMART Integration Project, a [...]

Alan November is an education technology consultant who advocates the use of online social tools in the classroom.  In his presentation at the Florida Education Technology Conference, he argues that if students are truly engaged in learning, information is flowing in and out of the classroom.  The problem is that most schools block the social [...]

Is the bombardment of information technology good or bad?  Are we being constantly distracted or enriched?  Is it possible to learn anything if you are constantly switching between email, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter?  I have had numerous debates trying to answer these questions.  My instinct has always been in favor of technology and now my [...]

I had heard about this super easy-to-use program called Photo Story 3 from a number of different people, but didn’t get a chance to check it out until today.  Wow, it’s awesome!  It’s free software you download from Microsoft that allows you to create a simple photo story with audio narration and music.  I was [...]

While I don’t have the experience of my mom and can only dream of one day owning a basement of my own filled to the brim with cool teaching supplies like her, I have some teaching experience and am currently in grad school for library science and really excited about teaching and learning.  A little [...]

Do you have your students make videos?  If you’ve never done it, this might be the time to try.  You can post student videos on the eSchool Student Video Network (SVN).  They even have resources to help you with video production.  Not all videos are chosen to go live, but at least they let you know within [...]

That’s what I used to say about my son Michael.  Compared to my oldest daughter who was always immersed in a book,  when my son was little he loved anything on a screen – videos, computer games, video games, the internet.  I worried a little in the earlier years, but at the same time I [...]