Archive for the ‘ School Technology ’ Category

Is Online Learning on Your Radar?

Most of us recognize how important it is for a modern aircraft, particularly a commercial aircraft, to be equipped with the latest technology in order to provide the best possible chance for mission success. If any of us walked onto a flight and was informed the trip was being made without radar, we might think [ READ MORE ]

How and Why to Create a Word Cloud to Get Your Message Across

I may be way behind but I just recently discovered that I could create a word cloud to present a visual representation of written material.  Having just written an important memo to my staff on our new distance learning initiative, I decided to create a word cloud using the text of my memo.  Below is [ READ MORE ]

Goodbye to Discs and Pages?

This article, although related specifically to Apple and Amazon, the larger story is the fast movement to digital content for books/textbooks.  Amazon vs. Apple: Battle of the books With its new iPad, Apple is taking aim at Amazon’s core business and its Kindle book reader. Can the ‘e-tail’ pioneer keep up as books, music and movies [ READ MORE ]

Asking Important Questions About Technology

By: Mitchell Salerno, High School Principal and Arlene Outerbridge, Director of Guidance (The Master’s Academy) A recent editorial in The Philadelphia Inquirer (Click here to view article) raised questions about “one-to-one computing” initiatives sprouting up in schools around the country. Zimmerman (2010) argues that this technology has the potential to drive students further away from human [ READ MORE ]

I Hate to Say It, But Told You So! :-)

The title is a bit tongue in cheek but I want to update you on a major trend that I believe will have a significant impact on our schools—the rapid development, growth, and acceptance of e-publishing and e-book readers.  The textbook and library as we know them may disappear or at minimum be radically transformed.  [ READ MORE ]

The Web Equivalent of Nudists and Should You Commit Web 2.0 Suicide?; Is There a Biblical Framework on Privacy?

Facebook recently irked me.  I am a Facebook user but I am not a heavy user.  I keep up with a few colleagues and friends but mostly I post articles on Facebook that I believe others may find interesting.  I mostly use Facebook so that I can work through the biblical, educational, and social [ READ MORE ]

Fast Facts About Online Learning: “I Do The Research So You Don’t Have To.”

I have been reviewing a substantial body of research and attending national conferences as I formulate the theological, technological, financial, and marketing framework for a distance learning program at Briarwood Christian School.  I like to share the fruits of my labor with my readers.  Here is a summary of some of the research on distance [ READ MORE ]

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