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Monthly Archives February 2009

Backup – Now

Backing up is a serious matter. It is very possible you have more money invested in what is on your computer than in the computer itself. My music collection far exceeds the value of the computer on which it is stored. There is also the reality that some things we now store can simply not [...]

Posted 27 February 2009 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) °

New Data In From Math & Reading Software Evaluation

A major study supported by NCLB has been evaluating the impact of math software in classrooms. I appear to be on a mailing list resulting in my receipt of project summaries (I specifically asked about this research last year). The data from the first year basically showed little benefit. Data from the second year of [...]

Posted 26 February 2009 † grabe § General § Research ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

We all are part of history

Questions: Approximately when was this picture taken? What are the men doing? Where is the activity taking place? Several years ago Cindy was awarded a Teaching American History grant.  I sometimes get to tag along on her projects. One of the things I remember as an emphasis was providing students the opportunity to practice the [...]

Posted 19 February 2009 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

So, this won’t make me rich?

The Learning Aloud site has been in operation for one year. I thought that some who follow this site may be interested in site activity. Learningaloud includes a blog, a microblog, a social bookmarking service, and a collection of content focused on educational uses of the participatory web (something like an ebook). Some of these [...]

Posted 17 February 2009 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Interpreting “Outliers”

Cindy and I have taken a couple of long trips in the car lately and I have used the time to listen to Malcom Gladwell’s book Outliers. It is the kind of book that is interesting and invites interpretation and speculation. The book consists of a series of stories that demonstrate that the reason individuals [...]

Posted 17 February 2009 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Typicality

I picked this topic up from a post by Will Richardson. He passes on a request from an Edutopia writer asking for student input on how teachers should use technology in classrooms. The post then goes on to outline some examples that are very much in keeping with a view promoting student multimedia authoring. I [...]

Posted 12 February 2009 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Are There Too Many Portals?

I have been working to create an educators portal for about a year now (Learning Aloud). It is a combination of my blog posts, a social bookmarking site focused on topics in educational technology, and most recently something I think of as an online book entitled Meaningful Learning and the Participatory Web. I originally developed [...]

Posted 07 February 2009 † grabe § Policy ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,