The Electric Educator

MARCH 31, 2009

'The Minneapolis/St. Paul Star Tribune published an article this morning about a hybrid education model that blends traditional and online learning. Students at Bloomington Jefferson high school attend class twice a week and finish online assignments during the three days the don''t attend class. Teacher like the arrangement because they are able to work with smaller groups of students and students like it because it gives them greater flexibility.

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The Electric Educator

MARCH 25, 2009

'After presenting on the Wiiboard at the MACUL conference, several people have spoken with me and e-mailed questions related to implementing the Wiiboard technology in their schools. In replying to them individually, I thought I would also share my thoughts here for others to read. 1. Can/will the Wiiboard replace our commercial interactive white boards?

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The Electric Educator

MARCH 27, 2009

'Please visit my updated review of IR Pens featuring Penteractive , IRPensOnline , Whalebone , and Infrawow. The infrared (IR) light pen is one of the essential pieces of hardware for the Wiiboard. The evolution of the IR Pen has progressed rapidly as the Wiiboard technology has taken off. Throughout the school year I have used my Wiiboard regularly and have been able to experiment with several different light pens.

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The Electric Educator

MARCH 20, 2009

'I appreciate the large turnout to my presentation on using the Wiimote as an interactive whiteboard. You surpassed my expectations! I hope you found my session informative and inspirational! As you setup your wiiboard, please feel free to contact me with questions or success stories. I encourage you to add comments to this post if you have resources related to the wiiboard that you think would be helpful for others.

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This white paper examines and proposes revisions to the "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" introduced by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson in 1987 for today's technology-driven world.

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The Electric Educator

MARCH 19, 2009

'It''s been a busy month since I returned from Kosovo and I have not had time to do any blogging. Today and tomorrow I will be at the Michigan Association of Computer Users in Learning ( MACUL ) conference at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan. Conference attendance is expected to top 4,000 this year. The annual MACUL conference is an awesome opportunity to hear how other educators are using technology in the classroom and to browse the latest in ed. tech. hardware and software.

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The Electric Educator

MARCH 19, 2009

'Here are the highlights of what I''ve seen and heard here today at the MACUL conference: Opening Keynote: Alan November Alan spoke about collaboration and student centered learning. Here are three things that I took away from his presentation: Create a custom search engine through a new Google application. Use Jing to create screencasts. Assign a student in class to the be official "class researcher" and arm them with a web enabled laptop.

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