by Christopher Paslay
In the Philadelphia School District, teachers are often evaluated on their use of technology in the classroom. Administrators want to know if we’re using laptops and Smartboards—if we’ve completed the latest training to bring us up to speed on Governor Rendell’s Classrooms For The Future—and if we’re taking full advantage of educational resources on [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Technology in the Classroom’
April 25, 2009
Apple and Twitter: Hampering education and ruining work ethic
March 7, 2009
Computers distract from craft of writing
Note: This article originally appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on June 8th, 2006.
by Christopher Paslay
Although technology has brought many advancements in education, computers are beginning to have a negative impact on students’ writing skills.
Years ago, before programs such as WordPerfect and Microsoft Office, teenagers actually needed a pen and paper to [...]
December 15, 2008
YouTube Videos Serve as Tutor for Struggling Students
Today I read an interesting article in the education section of USA Today about teachers posting math and science videos on YouTube to help tutor students.
“Math videos won’t rival the millions of hits garnered by laughing babies,” the article states, “but a YouTube tutorial on calculus integrals has been watched almost 50,000 times in the [...]
