Category Archives: Columnists

Teachers Use Technology to Evolve Beyond the Traditional Lecture Model

Posted on October 10, 2012 by

GUEST COLUMN | by Julie Smith Each day, we send more than 294 billion emails and we make more than 6 billion cell phone calls. We own more than 63 million tablet computers. Clearly, technology is a huge part of … Continue reading →

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An Oasis of Blended Learning in Dubai

Posted on October 3, 2012 by

GUEST COLUMN | by Richard Lakin Recently, I visited the Dubai Women’s College High School (DWCHS), in the United Arab Emirates, to produce a content management system that will become an “eYearbook” for the students. The high school is on … Continue reading →

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Lighting a Fire!

Posted on October 2, 2012 by

LIGHTING A FIRE | by Mark Gura My favorite education quote? Hands down, it’s “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” This one is often attributed to William Butler Yeats, the famous Irish … Continue reading →

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Cyber Bullying: How Technology Can Be Used to Battle Its Effects

Posted on October 1, 2012 by

GUEST COLUMN | By Paul Langhorst Bullying in schools is hardly a new problem, but in today’s “connected” world, it doesn’t look like it once did.  Face-to-face harassment incidents, once confined to the schoolyard, have moved to the cyber schoolyard. … Continue reading →

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Blended Learning: A Winning Proposition for All

Posted on September 20, 2012 by

GUEST COLUMN | by Jessie Woolley-Wilson When Wendy Funk, a first grade teacher at Penngrove Elementary School in Petaluma, Calif., saw the 28 names on her class roster, she knew she had her work cut out for her. Wendy’s goal … Continue reading →

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