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Do you master the device or master the pedagogy? Are you going to ask ‘what’ or are you going to ask ‘how?’ It’s key to understand that technology is not a magic bullet, but only a tool for learning. It takes time to master before you can unlock its potential.

Sometimes teachers and schools have a hard time developing appropriate rules for this balance. Dr. Kallic discusses the need to think about the rules that we have and the ones we have had in the past. We need to think about making adjustments to these rules.

most dramatic technology-enabled transformations are still ahead of us.

second part is the mobility we now have, so that the resources and connections are in our hands wherever we go

“It’s absolutely unbelievable how slow change occurs in a school system. Even if something is proven to be a great idea or something we should try, it takes a long, long time to change the whole thing—administration, teachers, parents, students. I almost expect things to look not too different in the next 10 to 15 years, unfortunately, and that’s not something that I wish.”

What is the best use of our class time? More precisely, how do we ensure that students do the most cognitively demanding work inside classrooms?

These play to a primitive impulse to respond to immediate opportunities and threats. The stimulation provokes excitement — a dopamine squirt — that researchers say can be addictive. In its absence, people feel bored.

Still, talking to strangers is different from handing over a set of your house keys. We’re learning how to draw the line between those extremes, and it’s a line that each of us will draw in different ways. That we get to make these decisions for ourselves is a step forward; the valley is a much richer and more connected place than the old divide between privacy and celebrity worship was. But it is going to take some time to learn how to live there.

“My God man…where do you find all this stuff?” “I don’t know how you keep up with all this…technology.” “You must spend all day in front of a computer…”

Discover what you need to know, and also what you don’t know – all at the same time

big issue for so many teachers like me is where do you find the time to test out new stuff.

Teaching is a complex, multifaceted activity, often requiring us as instructors to juggle multiple tasks and goals simultaneously and flexibly. The following small but powerful set of principles can make teaching both more effective and more efficient, by helping us create the conditions that support student learning and minimize the need for revising materials, content, and policies. While implementing these principles requires a commitment in time and effort, it often saves time and energy later on.

I asked that they support risk taking by giving their people to opportunity to fail “early and often”

On their corporate web site, Google shares the following “ten things that Google has found to be true”:

“focus on the student and all else will follow” often serves me (and the participants in my workshops) well.

When was the last time you wrote an essay? When was the last time you read one other than for grading?

We need to reframe our conversation about writing from one based on polarities of analog versus digital to one about purpose, passion and relevance.

Social media: The haiku of digital writing

The enhanced version of Khan Academy includes time-syncing between devices--no Internet connection required--an interactive transcript of the lectures for easy searching, and a handy scrubber for moving between parts of the lectures.

The major benefit of the app is offline learning

Simple Guide on The Use of Google Forms in The Classroom

1- Quick review of the basics of Google Forms 2- Hidden features in forms 3-Time saving use examples 4-Troubleshooting and lessons learnt