Review of Connecting instructional technology professional development to teacher and student outcomes

By Ron Houtman, on October 16th, 2010%

This is a review of a report from the ISTE Journal of Research on Technology in Education (JRTE) on Connecting instructional technology professional development to teacher and student outcomes.

The research found that if instructional technology professional development focuses on aligning instructional problems and key concepts with applicable technology tools, then both student achievement outcomes . . . → Read More: Review of Connecting instructional technology professional development to teacher and student outcomes

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Creating things versus following the recipe book

By Ron Houtman, on October 8th, 2010%

Mr. Negroponte says this better than I do – and after what I’ve seen this week it needs to be said again. I think we can take out the ‘in the developing world’ part too:

“In fact, one of the saddest but most common conditions in elementary school computer labs (when they exist in the . . . → Read More: Creating things versus following the recipe book

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Great SD memory card holder idea

By Ron Houtman, on October 3rd, 2010%

This looks like a great idea to keep all of ones SD cards wrangled into one place.  Only $7.00 from http://sdcardholder.com/.  They seem like good stocking stuffer gifts for your photographer friends, or people you know that have an over-abundance of micro-SD cards.

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