Leaves are Gone...Where is the Snow?...

The fall semester is moving alone quickly and by all accounts this term is proving to the busiest of my time as a technology mentor. There is so much going on with technology integration and that integration is taking on many different faces. Here are a few examples:

-geocaching in various subjects
-a new on-line report card for teachers
-wikispaces as a communication tool
-google documents as collaboration tools
-1:1 laptop integration (year 3)
-digital storytelling
-interactive white boards(SMART Boards)

This is just in the last 6 weeks. I am working on a module on how to geocache in the classroom and I will upload it soon. There is so much going on!

Continuing on my last rant about 19th century practice I have added this video compiled by Apple distinguished educators in 2001.

Creativity and Education

OK, so this video from TED is not exactly new, but it does tell us something about creativity in education. If you haven't been to the TED site, you must go. It is full of inspiring and thought-provoking videos that challenge the mainstream ideas of many of today's toughest challenges. Sir Ken, does just that.
In this video he says that we are "educating kids out of creativity". Students today want to be engaged in activities that teach. I think every educator needs to listen to Sir Ken and then think of one way they can change their practice this year.
Our students need us to.