Posts Tagged ‘Technology’
Active, engaged learning . . . always
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: November 8, 2009
A photo of middle school age students wearing headphones, viewing action on a small screen and looking like they are having fun was haunting me. I had to find it. I did! I also found a photo of four students sitting at a media center table working with books and notebooks; in the background are [...]
Being a guru in the “old days” was easier than today. . . .
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: November 1, 2009
A tech savvy, energetic student in the Innovations and Opportunities for Media Specialists class is frustrated with the pace of implementing web 2.0 tools in the curriculum. It looks like she is doing quite a lot already. I’ve been thinking about this myself, too. Why are so few teachers are adapting 2.0 tools or rushing [...]
Your media center’s web site. An essential tool for advocacy and visbility
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: August 23, 2009
How’s “your’ media center web site doing these days? Is it a “Let’s stop here first” shopping center for information? Is it current? Or, has it been left behind as you move forward with nings, Twitter, blogs, wikis or other web 2.0 tools are there for us to use? Or, [...]
Continuing lifelong interests
Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: January 21, 2008
As I begin another exciting adventure in online teaching I’ve been reflecting on how my childhood and teenage interests have reemerged in new ways. I had many snail mail pen pals as a teenager and remained in contact with two of them well into adulthood. I loved communicating with friends from “far away” and [...]
