technology integration collaboration
As we are dealing with historical flooding here in New York State, I continue to be amazed at the power of social media. The rivers have risen fast and by last Wednesday afternoon major flooding was occurring. All schools in our county were closed Thursday and Friday, and we are still unsure of when the…
Many schools, both K-12 and beyond offer teachers and students a Course Management System, Learning Management System or Virtual Learning Environment. No matter what you call it, it is a platform by which you can put course materials all in one place. These systems also offer many different features including blogs, wikis, discussion boards, gradebook,…
There has been a lot of press lately about educators and their inappropriate use of social networking sites like facebook. The latest was an educator in Massachusetts who was asked to resign after posting negative comments about the school district she worked for. (She thought she was only sharing with ‘her friends’.) Also in Lee…