"Also, just in case you think of publishing this rant. Here are my details. Helen Crompton, PhD Student at UNC. Chapel Hill, NC 27517.
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Where in the world to observe great technology
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Your views please. Handheld technology or interactive white boards.
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Helen Crompton replied to Andra Brichacek's discussion Can iPads Replace Laptops? in the group L&L
"To answer in short No!. Can the small tabletop ovens replace the larger convention ovens? No. They are for different jobs. I would not write an essay on an iPad as the keypads and/or monitors are so much smaller. I also would not read newspaper…"
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Helen Crompton replied to Kathleen McClaskey's discussion Math and Technology: "Teaching Math to ALL Students" in the group Special Education Technology SIG
"I am not a great fan of the library of virtual manipulatives as it is not as interactive as I would like it to be. Take a look at Interactive Teaching programs http://bit.ly/bBTXlQ they are free to use and great for providing a visual representation…"
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"With all the innovative work you are doing at the school, I have nominated you for Member at Large in ISTE's SIGILT group. You would be a fantastic addition to that team. Keep up the wonderful work that you are doing."
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"I was lucky enough to go to Learning Without Frontiers in London last week and I was in a session which asked people to share apps. I spoke about the three fabulous apps we have. I also saw them on another persons favourite list."
Helen Crompton replied to Andra Brichacek's discussion Is technology killing critical thinking skills? in the group L&L
"Technology is not killing critical thinking skills. Technology is one of the most powerful tools for developing the critical thinking skills in our schools today. Let us stop to think for a minute what critical thinking actually refers to. Critical…"
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"Hi Lee,
I can see great advantage to the iPhone or iTouch in education. I am pretty sure I am already following you on Twitter, but I will check. This is quite strange to be but it is my first year out of the full time educational setting, in other…"
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"Hi Helen,
I recently purchased an iphone and will be looking at how they can be used in education. I am blown away by the number of apps available and how my kids (Liam 6 and Amy 5) just pick up the educational stuff. I'm really interested in…"
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- At 6:05am on January 6, 2010,
Helen Crompton said…
- Hi Lee,
I can see great advantage to the iPhone or iTouch in education. I am pretty sure I am already following you on Twitter, but I will check. This is quite strange to be but it is my first year out of the full time educational setting, in other words for the first time in 16 years I am not a classroom teacher, I am a student at a university. I unfortunately cannot determine what the schools are using, I have to just go in and observe what they are already doing. I just received my IRB permission to do the research on the iPod Touch in Culbreth school in North Carolina. You may find it useful to look up Susan Wells Culbreth School as they are doing exciting things with the iPod Touch with a one-to-one school wide implementation at middle school level. I was thinking of doing a study on how students are choosing to use the iPod Touch, to see if they are choosing to use it for personal games, organizational, or for curriculum purposes, would this be something you are interested in looking at in your school?
On another note, I had a great Christmas and New Year, did you? There was loads of snow, the worst hit was where I used to live near Rochdale and that was the worst they had ever had. We are supposed to get some snow in NC on Friday, but we only get a tiny amount. I have been asked to speak at a conference next week in Ohio and they have 2 foot of snow, so I will be able to get my snow fix there.
Best wishes to you
Helen
- At 9:24pm on January 4, 2010,
Lee Bond said… - Hi Helen,
I recently purchased an iphone and will be looking at how they can be used in education. I am blown away by the number of apps available and how my kids (Liam 6 and Amy 5) just pick up the educational stuff. I'm really interested in learning more and about the successes you're having with the itouch - I'll be working with 16/17 year olds to look at ways in which mobile devices can be incorporated into lessons. There will be some serious filtering of ideas as the pool is huge!!
The HP project will really kick off in a couple of weeks when we return to school for the new year. 2010 looks to be huge for us and I was going to ask, are you using the ISTE NETS framework as this would make cross examination of data easier. If not we could create a combine survey.
I find some great IT stuff comes through on Twitter - leebond1 - and I'm also looking at how this medium can be used in the classroom.
Well I hope you had a great Christmas and a fantastic New Year. I hear they had tons of snow in Manchester!
Speak to you soon
Best wishes
Lee
- At 12:22pm on December 1, 2009, Lee Bond said…
- Hi Helen,
Sounds really interesting. Our study will be measured using a lot of the ISTE NETs framework and surveys. We've just taken staff through an orientation phase and the project really gets underway in 2010 for the students as you will have read.
It seems us Brits gets everywhere! I'm from East Manchester originally - raised in Hyde and Dukinfield - lived in Mossley for a few years after leaving the army. Salford Uni and Manchester Met for teaching. Taught in Oldham for 3 years before heading off to the Middle East for almost 10 years. Now in Australia. What's your story? Which school do you work at currently? Got to dash - will chat some more about the project - Lee
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