Teaching With Technology in APS

Here is a video that I know you’ll enjoy. Ran across this on the TED site. The link to the site is here. I always enjoy listening to experts, like Sir Ken Robinson, who know what they’re talking about when it comes to education and how we can reform it to more effectively serve every single one of our students. I hope you appreciate his words and reflections as much as I do…

I’m at one of the largest forward-thinking conferences on the planet. There are so many great leaders here describing and inspiring teachers, administrators, etc. to change the world of the classroom as we know it today. It’s awesome and inspiring. People are using Twitter, Ning, Google Earth, blogging, taking virtual notes all over the place, and anything and everything inbetween. Our department has also spent an pretty big chunk of change to buy everyone in Instructional Technology a Microsoft product called One Note. It would be so perfect for a conference that gives out so much relevant information like this one.

And what am I doing? I’m taking notes with a stinking pen on some scratch paper. Very 21st Century. My laptop will hold a charge for about 20 minutes and trying to take notes on my phone just isn’t efficient anymore. My pen and paper method still works just fine, but I’m feeling a little out of place. I guess you need to be confident enough to struggle at times, at least that’s what I always tried to teach my kids when I was in the classroom.

It’s still fun, but typing it over again later isn’t so great. At least I’ll be able to go over my notes again.  I’ll need to because there are plenty of them. More to come soon!