Students Use Laptops for Porn Instead of Schoolwork

Well you know, the guy has a point...
It's a sad commentary on our world. The key element in this post is thhis quote:

"Bottom line, laptops don’t improve education by their mere presence alone." Good teachers know that proper and appropriate use of technology involves direction and some amount of involvement by the teacher.

Students Use Laptops for Porn Instead of Schoolwork

Are you tech-savvy?

How technology oriented are you? Take the quiz. I'm an omnivore - Mason

http://www.pewinternet.org/quiz/

I wonder what type of “user” our students would be?

What is the web.20?

Here are two YouTube videos that explain the web.20 in pretty good detail.
Web.20 explained - Compares "web1.0" to "web2.0"

Web2.0 trendy explanation - Dizzying examples of web2.0

Here's a third video that will get you excited about how web2.0 tools are transforming how we use the internet today and into the future. Are we the "machine"?

Teachers: please post a comment below!!!

RSS in Plain English - Interesting Video: Technology Evangelist

RSS in Plain English - Interesting Video: Technology Evangelist

Explains why RSS makes the web so easy. If you aren't using RSS you should check this short video out to learn how and why RSS is so great!

Lessons of Chaos

You may remember the "thought provoking" presentation that I talked about after the Library Days 2007 Seminar that I attended earlier this year.

Here's the link to Stevan Kalmon's Lessons of Chaos that he presented at that seminar.





Carol

Pay Attention

Teachers and staff. Please watch this video then come back here and post a comment below if you like. Just click on "Post a comment". We'd like to hear your comments and learn how we can help you with technology at Euclid. Enjoy the video!

Regards,
Lisa, Carol, Carolyn, and Mason

Thinking skills report

Report shows schools strong in content, weak on thinking skills.