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As Mobile Phone Use Grows, Opportunities in Education Abound
I got my first cell phone in 2000 when I started college. The were still relatively new at the time, but it made sense to purchase a basic cellular phone to avoid the long distance cost of using...
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Promoting Innovation by Teaching Kids to “Think Different”
“You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new.” Steve Jobs Although a contentious figure in education for his...
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Incorporating Students in Class Planning
Across the country students and educators are making their final back-to-school preparations. Next weekend is Labor Day, the unofficial end of summer, and if they aren’t open already, schools will be...
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Building an Online Community: Know Your Audience, Then Choose the Right Tools
When I’m working with students who are interested in going into professional communication positions, they often express concern regarding the amount of time it takes to keep up with social media. In...
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Internet Research 2012: Intercultural, Interdisciplinary and Interactive
I spent the early part of this week at IR12, the annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) in Seattle. Although I’ve been a member of AoIR for a few years now, this was my...
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Siri and Education: A Personal Assistant for Fact Finding
On the last day of ISTE 2011 I dropped my iPhone 3S on the floor of the convention center. Although it was snugly encased in its plastic protective cover, the phone hit the floor at the improbable...
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Why Bother Blogging: Using Blogs as Learning Tools
The afternoon #edchat topic a few weeks ago was “How does blogging fit into the education system of the 21st Century?” As usual, the discussion was spirited and included a wide variety of views. The...
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Why Should Students Support President Lariviere? Because He Supports Students
This topic is a departure from my usual subject matter, but I need to respond to the recent situation here at the University of Oregon. Like the other members of the UO community, I received a...
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The Myth of the Digital Native: Educating Digital Pioneers
Like Gene Marks, the Forbes.com contribute who wrote the much-maligned blog post If I Was A Poor Black Kid yesterday, I am not a poor black kid and I did not grow up in an underprivileged area. Marks’...
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Back to Blogging
As you likely noticed, Teaching with Tech went on an extended hiatus last fall while I worked on my dissertation. Although a digital diary may have been rather cathartic to produce, ultimately I’m glad...
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Online Teaching and Learning
The time has come to end my blogging hiatus. I took a few months off from the online ed tech community to concentrate on settling in to my new position as an assistant professor at the University of...
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10 Reasons to Ban Pens and Pencils in the Classroom
With New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg finishing his second term in office this year, it looks like one of his more controversial educational decisions may be reversed. In 2006 Bloomberg stepped up...
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