Category Archives: Columnists

1:1 Computing: More Than Devices

Posted on January 14, 2013 by

Provoking thought and action toward effective digital teaching and learning THOUGHT LEADERSHIP | by Eliot Levinson, et al. This article is the second of three 1:1 computing papers from the BLEgroup Thought Leadership Consortium, which brings together a small number … Continue reading →

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The Shifting Paradigm

Posted on November 23, 2012 by

Issues with the legacy instructional model in K-12 education GUEST COLUMN | by Charles H. Heinle The typical instructional sequence beyond the early grades (K-3) of teacher-led core classes consists of explanation/lecture/discussion > practice > test, with reading and assignments … Continue reading →

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Wireless for the Next Generation

Posted on November 22, 2012 by

GUEST COLUMN | by Sean O’Malley As teaching and learning evolves, university technologists need to evolve their infrastructure to keep pace with those changes. Unlike corporate environments where standards can be tightly controlled, university campuses are, by and large, a … Continue reading →

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Flipped Teaching

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

Making the student the teacher in an Age of Technology LIGHTING A FIRE | by Mark Gura Many of us are witnesses to a steady stream of examples of 21st-century innovation in instruction that show up with regularity via digital … Continue reading →

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Tools That Do Not Make a Teacher’s Life Easier

Posted on October 30, 2012 by

CLASSROOM 21 | by Greg Limperis I’d like to thank all of those who recognize how difficult a teacher’s job is and who want to make it easier—but let me help you realize what I as a teacher do not … Continue reading →

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