Until we have chips in our heads, screens are going to be how we share information and engage with interactive media. Parents would do well to quit obsessing about the perceived evils of the medium and instead learn to take full advantage of it. Continue reading
Dear Colleagues, Friends, and Fellow Teachers: Please do not take arguments like this one too seriously. They remind me of the classical Greek arguments against the dangers of literacy, that teaching people to read and write would impair their ability to memorize things. Forcing students to take notes in a… Continue reading
I think, perhaps, I tend to over-think the purchasing process. I generally research something compulsively (a hat, a messenger bag, a bicycle) until I find something that is sufficiently over-engineered that it not only exceeds my needs but will last me a very long time. I then continue to use it… Continue reading
Like most technology nerds, I have been on a lifelong quest to find the perfect messenger/gadget bag. For me, it needs the following features: large enough for everything I want to carry, but no larger high durability lots of pockets and organizers convenient access to everything I use often no Velcro (it’s loud,… Continue reading
I was an early adopter of the TabletPC platform. I was using a slate made by Motion Computing over seven years ago when I taught undergraduate classes. I used it for my lecture notes, my PowerPoint presentations, and for grading. The digitizer pen meant I could grade and comment on… Continue reading