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Blair Peterson

Not enough tech support = no technology use - 0 views

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  • Blair Peterson on 22 Oct 10
     
    Information on levels of tech support. From Gen Yes so there are ideas on how to get students involved in tech support.
Blair Peterson

SecEd | Features | The efficient classroom - 0 views

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  • must engage in ongoing capacity-building; ideally including a combination of coaching, mentoring, support and training.
  • Not surprisingly, technology investments seldom produce maximal educational returns. To strengthen this weak link, any consideration of purpose-built technologies must benefit from including strong training, professional development, and ongoing professional learning components.
  • Similarly, waiting for equipment set-up (e.g. calibrating an interactive whiteboard), handling network glitches (e.g. security problems), and resolving equipment issues (e.g. burnt-out bulbs and stuck keyboard keys) too often sidetrack teaching, disrupt classroom activities, frustrate users, and ultimately diminish student learning.
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  • These include preventative maintenance, equipment loaner pools, remote helpdesks, and school-site repairs.
  • Teachers benefit because they receive training, professional development and ongoing support that aligns with technology they receive and the work they do in their classrooms. Moreover, they have reliable tech support when they need it.
  • The first involves shifting computers from school tech labs to classrooms and from classrooms to pupils’ backpacks. The second replaces books and print-based analogues with online curricula and digital content. The third removes one-size-fits all, teacher-at-front-of-the room instructional approaches in favour of personalised lessons, assessments, and instructional modalities.
  • Blair Peterson on 11 Oct 10
     
    Mark Weston Article on 3 trends in technology for education. No surprises on the three. Shifting computers from classroom to backpacks; replacing print based books with online curricula and digital content and changing from teacher at front of the room to personalized lessons, assessments and instructional modalities. The key information comes on building the capacity of teachers and making sure that tech issues don't hold back teaching and learning.
Blair Peterson

Do you Empower or Entitle? | Paradigm Shift - 0 views

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shared by Blair Peterson on 07 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • Blair Peterson on 07 Dec 10
     
    Good blog post on innovation and creating the environment where teachers can work through the discomfort that can occur. Post by Shabbi Luthra from ASB.
Blair Peterson

FoxNews.com - The Death of the Hard Drive - 0 views

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shared by Blair Peterson on 10 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • Blair Peterson on 10 Dec 10
     
    Article on the new Google Chrome operating system that will be on machines that won't have hard drives. 
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Implementing a 1:1 Laptop Scheme | Innovative Scholar - 0 views

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shared by Blair Peterson on 30 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Blair Peterson on 30 Jan 11
     
    A decent list of areas to consider when implementing a 1 to 1 laptop program. Steven is at a 1 to 1 school in Malaysia.
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Taking the P out of PC? - 0 views

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shared by Blair Peterson on 09 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • Blair Peterson on 09 Apr 11
     
    Article on an experimental computer that has been developed by Google. It's a thin client on android operating system. No storage on the hard drive. 
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How Are Mac & PC People Different? [INFOGRAPHIC] - 0 views

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shared by Blair Peterson on 23 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • Blair Peterson on 23 Apr 11
     
    Cool infographic on MAC v. PC Users.
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