by pja329 | Jun 17, 2010 | Educational Technology
Teachers passing tests The Colorado State Board of Education in what appears to be an effort to achieve its place in the “Race for the Top” has decided to reform its tenure process and to institute a review process for teachers with tenure....
by pja329 | May 31, 2010 | Educational Technology, Interactive Multimedia
Sometimes people are too busy to actually hear what you are saying. Start with a joke Typically they tell you to start a lecture or speech with a joke. Sometimes I carry that a bit too far. Usually my entire lecture is one long extended joke – one with a direct...
by pja329 | May 24, 2010 | Art85, Educational Technology, Uncategorized
If we meet them half-way will we both be nowhere… I have always been accused of stooping down to my students. I prefer to think of it as extending a hand to help them to reach new heights. Everybody needs a hand to get up the ladder. I know some think they should make...
by pja329 | May 20, 2010 | Art85, Educational Technology
Who are they and what do they need to know to succeed? Every generation contributes to the growth spurt of the world and their respective country. We are now in generation-i. Generation – immediate, Internet, itinerant, etc., I could go on forever. We have had...
by pja329 | May 9, 2010 | Educational Technology, IMA 504
Picasso, da Vinci, Frank Lloyd Wright, Spielberg, Michelangelo, Newton, Einstein, Feynman – not a bad group to hang out with at the lunch table. I am a guest lecturer at a great high school in Long Island. This school has been described as the “Fame” high school...
by pja329 | Apr 16, 2010 | Digital Art, Educational Technology, IMA 504, Interactive Multimedia
“Meet George Jetson. His Boy Elroy. Daughter Judy. Jane his wife.” – Jetsons Theme Song – 1970 – The question for today is why are we spending huge sums of money on hardware and software licenses for the classroom – i.e. SmartBoards, BlackBoard, Databases, etc., when...
