David Black posted on October 20, 2008 14:54
It's been a while since I've added a post. It was a busy week past in teaching, evaluating, facilitating, parenting, etc. In the meantime I've collected some links which might be of interest to other educators in Lutheran schools. Here are some of these links:
- Xdrive is a free file storage service accessed online. This might be used by educators as a backup for professional and personal documents.
- A national technology literacy test is in the offing. See this article for more information. I'm struggling with the wisdom of testing specific technology-related competencies. A mere competency test does not ensure that these tools are being used effectively in classrooms and schools. In addition, this test would seem to provide disproportionate results for those schools which have a weak technology infrastructure. Will this really tell us something we need to know about students? What are your thoughts?
- Inspiration now has an online version of its student mapping software entitled myWebspiration. Create mind maps and outlines via the web in the familiar Inspiration format. An additional feature is that maps my be shared and edited by multiple users. It looks to me as if the maps and outlines created online are compatible with Inspiration 8 but not with older versions of the program. This would limit its use in our school since we have version 6 and have not found a compelling reason to upgrade at this point. Still, an online version provides greater flexibility for individual students and schools.
- The K-12 Online Conference is underway. Be sure to check out all the presentations and conversations.