Educational Voyage

Michelle | February 19, 2013

After hearing Ken Shelton speak I now have a new goal: to create a “goosebump moment” every day in the classroom.

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Michelle | February 19, 2013

Awesome start to the SDPBC Tech Conference. Keynote speaker Kevin Honeycutt is honest and inspiring. Follow this man, listen to what he says, and take his every word to heart. Twitter: Kevin Honeycutt

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Michelle | September 22, 2012

Many classrooms around the world are beginning to use Facebook as a way to teach history.  Creating a chronological timeline of historical events on Facebook is a great way to engage students.  Below is a video of how one school is using Facebook in their classroom.  

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Michelle | July 3, 2009

>Vision for technology in K-12 Education

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Michelle | July 1, 2009

We have all heard that we need to use technology in the classroom to enhance learning, but the newest buzz seems to be about whether teachers and brick and mortar schools are even needed in the 21st century. In “Are Schools Irrelevant?” by Deven Black he poses this very question. This is something that I [...]

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Michelle | June 30, 2009

This video gives us a look into how our digital footprints are formed. It was created by Digital Natives, an interdisciplinary collaboration of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and the Research Center for Information Law at the University of St. Gallen. We are beginning to see more and more news [...]

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Michelle | June 21, 2009

I have been following Seth Godin for a while now and have found him to have many interesting ideas.  His recent one being the idea of tribes and how they are effective in the 21st century. In this video he describes his idea of tribes and how they are being used in society today. Seth [...]

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