Posted by: junea on: April 26, 2006
I’ve been thinking much about how technology does or does not enhance the learning experience for students. My thoughts are triggered by a couple of initiatives we are starting in my school; the first, providing laptops for all faculty and the second, introducing a couple of interactive whiteboards into a few classrooms.
I am all for [...]
Posted by: junea on: April 18, 2006
So the L.A. Times the other day posted this article about teachers at Carson High School, a struggling school, who voted to reject a $1.5 million gant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that would implement a new school design model called Talent Development.
From the article Talent Development focuses on two key designs:
Focus on [...]
Posted by: junea on: April 13, 2006
Still thinking about high schools at the moment. Thanks to RandyZ for sending me some links. After looking through these links, I wonder what are the best ways to help alleviate the high school dropout issue. The resources from the Gates Foundation I looked through sound great, it says some things that [...]
Posted by: junea on: April 10, 2006
While I will always be passionate about computer technology and its use and affects on schooling, I’m increasingly interested in the larger context of public education in the United States. Some of the work I will be doing in my PhD program is researching high school, and the issue of increasing drop out rates is [...]
Posted by: junea on: April 5, 2006
So the buzz this morning was Apple’s announcement that users can install Windows XP on the Intel Macs. They’ve released Boot Camp beta for now, and will work this feature into their next release of OS X. Very cool.
I wonder how, if at all, this will affect schools’ hardware strategies? My school at least is [...]
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