Avenue4Learning

What’s on your Top 5 wish list for new technologies you want to bring into your school/district? Even if your wish isn’t really a “technology,” please leave your list in the comments. I’ll post results soon.
My Top 5 (in no particular order):
1. Skype
2. An unfiltered internet connection for all– or a less restrictive filtering policy.
3. [...]

For quite some time, the Digital Divide has been a term describing the existing gap between the “Haves” and “Have-Nots” — pertaining to access to technology. Essentially, the Digital Divide classifies people all over the world into two classes: those who have access to and know how to use digital technologies, and those who don’t [...]

As we continue our attempts in helping adults understand how children are learning– and how they need to learn in school– we tend to forget about one very important group of adults: PARENTS.
At one point, I assumed parents would advocate for finding new ways to engage students in their own learning. Who wouldn’t want their [...]

My friend, Tony Vincent, sent me this link today- http://notonthetest.com
As an educator- and a former music educator- this really hit home with me. While I agree that schools should be accountable for ensuring that every child learns the skills necessary to be successful, I don’t agree that testing them ad nauseum is the way to [...]

I know I’m a little late in posting this, as it was published on April 30, but I think the findings are promising.
Blogging helps encourage teen writing from eSchool News:
“Bradley A. Hammer, who teaches in Duke University’s writing program, says the kind of writing students do on blogs and other digital formats actually can [...]

I sat through a meeting the other day, listening to educators discuss the merits of not accepting zeros on missing or late assignments vs. “it’s too much work to follow up with kids, so I’m giving zeros anyway. Plus, I have to teach them to be accountable.”
Regardless of how you feel about this “hot topic” [...]