Technologies

"Noticing Noticing: How Does Investigation of Video Records Change How Teachers Reflect on their Experiences?" – Annotation

Rosaen, Lundeberg Cooper, Fritzen, Terpstra. “Noticing Noticing: How Does Investigation of Video Records Change How Teachers Reflect on their Experiences?” Journal of Teacher Education. 59 (2008): 347-360. Scholars from Michigan State University found that video reflection results in an in-depth focus on students over teachers as compared to memory reflection which tends to skew toward […]

How much does a video weigh?

Michael Stevens is an educator- but when he answers questions, 3.2 million people tune in to hear the answer. That’s because Stevens is the creator and host of Vsauce, an educational YouTube channel that addresses quirky but intriguing topics like “The Science of the Friend Zone” and “What is Deja Vu?” Stevens has made a […]

Sea change in assessment: How technology is transforming k-12 testing

“The revolution now under way in student assessment will have profound consequences for schools, teachers, and every public school parent in the nation” (ETS, 2012, pg. 5). According this publication by ETS, the most profound changes in the future of effective assessment exist in the realm of technology. “The benefits of using technology in assessments […]

Video Meta Reflection (VMR) Initiative

Video Meta Reflection (VMR). In this initiative, teacher education majors capture and edit video during their practica and student teaching experiences.  VMR was developed with undergraduate students in 2007-08 as a method to capture performance, reflect via edit to thematic structures, and communicate via web exhibits that consist of other media assets from the experience. […]

How to Test an Emergency Alert System

How to Test an Emergency Alert System

By Joseph Hurtgen The worst way to test an emergency alert system is when everything is going perfect. You can’t really get anyone interested in testing an emergency system if the weather is 77 degrees and there’s not a cloud in the sky. People won’t so much as turn their heads to hear about alerts […]

The .doc that Google Built

The .doc that Google Built

By Joseph Hurtgen In a 21st century classroom lag time must be reduced. Computers must have mega gigs worth of memory. Students must be able to see each other’s work. What we’re dealing with here is the need for technology to be more helpful than just merely technological. It can’t slow down the classroom. We’ve […]

Panasonic Boasts More Than Sound

Panasonic Boasts More Than Sound

By Joseph Hurtgen The exhibit hall of the ISTE conference is basically like the old America On-line variety of the internet. It allows for a walking tour of every major technological corporation, which have each brought out their best guns for the affair. Panasonic has developed an audio system for the classroom that doubles as […]

The Cisco Kids

The Cisco Kids

By Joseph Hurtgen Cisco has developed a security system predicated on video surveillance. They install a network of cameras, upwards of one hundred or more units in a given school along with an interface that allows administrators and teachers to access the video to watch in real time or to watch recorded events. At this […]