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Monthly Archives June 2009

Wandering the Outside Aisle – 2009

I started a practice in 2004 of writing a post based on my exploration of the NECC trade show. I called this practice “wandering the outside aisle” because the idea was to locate a new product/service advanced by a small company. These companies tend to purchase small floor areas around the outside of the trade [...]

Posted 30 June 2009 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

NAEP Technology Literacy

I attended an information session for the NAEP effort to assess technology literacy. A couple of issues to note – 1) this effort is not intended to offer state by state feedback and 2) the definition of technology is broad encompassing not just computers and the Internet, but also technology systems, maintenance and troubleshooting, technology [...]

Posted 29 June 2009 † grabe § Policy ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Is there still a market for desktop apps?

We spent a good part of the day at a NECC (now just ISTE according to the opening remarks) presession sponsored by the Constructivist Consortium. We received some great software at no cost and had an opportunity to explore what the new products had to offer. Mostly, though, it was a opportunity for like-minded folks [...]

Posted 29 June 2009 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Does a label matter

I have not focused much attention here lately due to preoccupation with another writing project. I am working with a grad student to author a book chapter on cyberbullying in the United States. My interest in this topic originally resulted from the realization that schools may block students from using many of the participatory web [...]

Posted 24 June 2009 † grabe § Research ‡ Comments (0) °

Great Debate (Argument)

So, Cindy and I are driving home from Bismarck listening to podcasts. A podcast from Conference Connections (FETC) on cell-phone applications generated the following discussion. Me: This guy is making assumptions about the potential of cell-phone applications in education that are naive. Kids have cell phones, but how many kids from lower income families have [...]

Posted 12 June 2009 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Tapscott and Jarvis on TWIT

A week or so ago I commented on the “education” chapter in What would Google do (Jarvis). After generating this post, Cindy and were listening to TWIT podcasts (This Week in Tech) while driving to and from Minneapolis and the guests on one of the podcasts (TWIT 197) included Don Tapscott (Growing Up Digital; Grown [...]

Posted 09 June 2009 † grabe § Policy ‡ Comments (0) °