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But not Least...

Rethinking the assumptions we bring to teaching with technology

"Assume nothing." (Bruce Dixon - Learners, Laptops and Powerful Ideas, 8/15/2002)

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August 8, 2004 - PBPD - Project-Based Professional Development - It's time to change for good the model for technology professional development.  We take the pledge and begin the move with a Sample Lesson using the Big6 model, then continue by examining three other models.

June 7, 2004 - The Teacher in Oz - A framework and tools for understanding the Reluctant Teacher and Changes that technology implementation brings to School Culture and role of Leadership.

March, 2004 - How is a Laptop Like a Pizzabox?  - A little humor, a little Lewis Carroll, and a lot of sensical nonsense provide a professional development model for "newbie" laptop teachers.

March, 2004 - e-Paper or Plastic? - A review and comparison of free and lowcost tools available for teachers and schools wishing to post assignments and other class content online

February, 2004 - The Flickering Teacher - Professional Development for the 21st Century - The Teacher as Candle

February, 2004 - Beyond the Classroom - Exploring the value of a never-ending story

February, 2004 - The Software Web - Does your software web support and extend teacher learning? 

November/December, 2003- Learning and Lobstering - What is the Essential Skill for Technology Use in the 21st Century?  We call it Filtering. Explore our learning model:

Contents - Learning and Lobstering Least Tern Learning Model Overview - The Problem & The Trap What is Filtering? Feedback Assessment Questioning Answering Attending The Teacher Tasks The Permissions Collaboration - Who's On First? The Process: Learning Tasks map Examples: Learning About Lobsters Software to Develop the Filtering Task Resources for Further Study Modules & Models for Active Learning Lobster Resources Technology in the Learning Process

October, 2003 - It Fingers - The Keyboarding Stew - Pedagogy, learning theory, curriculum connections, recommendations - a review of the literature

August, 2003 - Virtually There - What Neopets Can Teach Us About Content Development

May, 2003 - Longitude and Latitude 2 - The Classroom - How Top-Down Teaching can Become Latitudinal Learning

April, 2003 - The Mindset for Adventure -  Is 90 % of Technology Integration about Learning Skills?

March, 2003 - Longitude and Latitude - How a Laptop Program Can be Delivered from the Top Down

March, 2003 - Change Happens - What a Laptop Program Can Learn From Trish Calvert

January, 2003 - The Fear Factor  - Dealing With the Hardware Nightmare: The Sevens and the ECT

December, 2002 - Who is Talking to Whom About What?  -  Will dialogue and discussion disappear from the classroom?

September, 2002 - Sacrifice -  Will something in the curriculum have to be sacrificed when technology appears?

September, 2002 - DisWhat? -  The key is not making teachers contented users of technology, but making them discontented with what is happening in the traditional classroom.

September, 2002 - A School Tool -  Will the kids will do it all?

Elizabeth Sky-McIlvain 8/18/04