This guy looks cool.

OK, so I'm floating around in the Twitterverse .... (is that me writing like that?) and I get a tweet about this dude:

The Radical Tactical Shift.

Seems he's ... well, a lot like what I am looking at as "good" in teaching.

Check it out. And go for it.

and this looks like good advice, too.

Have an iPhone ... try these apps

I've got an iPhone ... an iPhone 3G ... so it can't do some of the cool stuff:



but I can do a lot of stuff with it. I like Comic Life for doing this stuff:

In any case, there are a lot more things you can do with an iPhone and an iPad than I can really put here. I know that there are people out there putting blog posts together for us to read. Here's one more.

I already know you know

I already know you know that left unsupervised, the average high school student will goof off and do nothing for you in a classroom.

Want "proof"? Here ya go.

That being said, I try really hard not to let my students loose on a computer lab without any guidance. I'm not an optimist at heart when it comes to letting people "just work on stuff on their own" ... I know better. Direct supervision is so necessary it's almost scary. Some call me Big Brother when I get into the Computer Lab ... but it's either that or I have to listen to that Arnold sound board ... again.

Direction with a requirement to have something produced in a set period of time is what needs be done. Vague and overly happy sounding instructions are not what I see working in my classroom. Heck, there are days when I have to get my "Kindergarden teacher" voice going just to get them off of Facebook.

Finally, I'm trying to think of something positive to end with here. I think that there is something positive we have to do ... like hook up with this guy...

Finally here is another link about iTunes.

Are you Pre-Digital?

I read this blog post this morning after coffee and a run. I do wonder sometimes if I am merely replacing one older technology with another, or am I doing something truly different in my teaching.

Makes one wonder, makes one wonder...

Of course, you can always ask ... can Twitter be used to in a classroom?

And you could read what the Ontario College of Teachers has to think about the matter, too... and also here...

and then there is this link all about helping schools understand social media better.

Some really good apps

I did not get a chance to look at these apps yet, but perhaps I thought we could discuss them later:

here is the link.

here is a funny picture: