Tag: David Warlick

Beyond the Textbook?

Textbooks

Students, teachers, and schools can have access to cell phones, smart phones, iPods, tablets, netbooks, or even laptops to learn. Any of the aforementioned devices allow for learning on the move, which means anytime, anywhere learning. The technologies have the power to expand the classroom and transform learning and education to something it has never …

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Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2012/04/04/beyond-the-textbook/

iPad’s Promise and How to Use it Now

This is another cross post I wrote on the IEAR website. Zemanta’s August 13 post regarding, “What do teachers really want in an ‘Educational App?’” has hit the nail on the head. Ever since I bought my first iPhone back in 2008 and since then seeing kids use their iPod Touch I wanted more than …

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Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2010/08/18/ipads-promise-and-how-to-use-it-now/

Blogs as Electronic Portfolios

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I’ve been having my students blog in my Science classes for years using David Warlick’s ClassBlogmeister. It was only this summer that I thought, “why not use those blogs as electronic portfolios?” Our school has been part of WA state’s Navigation 101 program and we are beginning to delve into electronic portfolios. Once a student …

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Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2010/08/10/blogs-as-electronic-portfolios/