Posted on November 3, 2011 by kschaefer
Last week we began the iPad phase of the Middle School Digital Device Project. (MSDDP) The week before we started the MacBook project. I am including some thoughts and reflections on the first couple weeks of the project. Background Parents had received a letter written by the team of educators at DA that are helping [...]
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Posted on April 1, 2011 by kschaefer
Durham Academy Middle School implemented Google Apps for Education in November of 2010 so that all students, regardless of age, could access the powerful collaborative tools. With little training and few issues, students and teachers have Gone Google in meaningful and substantial ways to advance the learning of our students with this transformative collection [...]
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Posted on January 25, 2011 by kschaefer
‘Atlas, it’s time for your bath’ http://www.flickr.com/photos/73645804@N00/440672445 I read Sarah Hanawald’s post on why are we teaching this stuff and was intrigued. I am in my second rotation of my new Digital Learning class for 5th graders. I calculated how many minutes of face time I have with them to be 1,806 minutes. [...]
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