Author Archives: Lee Stewart
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73% of AP, NWP Teachers Say Their Students Use Mobile Phones for Learning
Posted on March 8, 2013 by Lee Stewart in Digital Classroom, Mobile Devices, TechnologyMobile devices have been accepted overwhelmingly by Advanced Placement teachers and teachers who participate in the National Writing Project. Nearly three-quarters of those teachers surveyed reported that cell phones are in use in assignments in class and outside of class, and almost half reported their students are using tablets and e-readers in and out of [...]
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Open education summit focus is online resources
Posted on February 28, 2013 by Lee Stewart in Digital Classroom, Digital Textbooks, OER, Professional DevelopmentWayne State College was the host site for the Nebraska State College System (NSCS) open education summit sponsored by the NSCS. The summit was held on Feb. 10-12 and brought nearly 130 faculty and staff from Chadron, Peru and Wayne State Colleges together with internationally known experts in the field of open education and open [...]
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A Systemic Approach to Digital Learning Initiatives
Posted on December 3, 2012 by Lee Stewart in Common-Core, Digital Classroom, Digital Textbooks, OER, TechnologyTHE Journal By Leila Meyer 11/28/12 As school districts prepare for the implementation of Common Core State Standards or Career and College Readiness standards, as well as online assessments, the Alliance for Excellent Education has released a report, “The Nation’s Schools Are Stepping Up to Higher Standards,” that identifies four interrelated challenges facing school districts [...]
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Ministry of Education Palau implements the 3W iClassroom
Posted on October 20, 2012 by Lee Stewart in Digital Classroom, Mobile Devices, OER, Professional Development, TechnologyiClassroom / Beyond Textbooks Project Pilot Program Overview In the spring of 2011, under the innovative leadership of the Minister of Palau, Palau High School implemented a 21st century digital learning pilot program titled the iClassroom. The iClassroom is a digital-technology teaching and learning environment that utilizes wireless computing tools (laptop, iPad, iPod Touch, Smartphone, [...]
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Linking digital content to curriculum standards greatly accelerates the use and integration of technology in the classroom
Posted on July 27, 2012 by Lee Stewart in Digital Classroom, Professional DevelopmentThe past two years, I’ve been assisting a rural/urban school district with the process of transitioning to a 21st century teaching and learning environment. A goal of the district is to reduce capital instructional costs by using Open Education Resources (OER) to provide knowledge transfer to students. Essentially, replacing traditional textbooks and workbooks with “license [...]
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You can’t be my teacher, new video added.
Posted on July 6, 2012 by Lee Stewart in Professional Development, VideoNominated as Best Educational Use of Video / Visual 2010 in the edublog awards. A young student speaks out to teachers, “If you don’t know the internet you can’t be my teacher, I need someone who knows what I know. Meet me on the web, at least half way. Teachers today need to be literate [...]
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US Ignite is an initiative to promote ultra-fast broadband and software-defined networks
Posted on June 15, 2012 by Lee Stewart in Digital NewsThe US Federal Government is teaming with almost 100 partners to improve America’s broadband Internet with “US Ignite,” a new program that seeks to make it cheaper and easier for broadband construction in the USA – as well as the creation of apps and services to take advantage of that new Internet. The future of [...]
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Professional Development… is the correct answer.
Posted on April 24, 2012 by Lee Stewart in Professional DevelopmentThe last week, an educator asked the question…. what digital learning technology can my school district invest in that will not become obsolete? The answer… teacher training technology! More specifically, professional development (PD) sessions that essentially deliver the knowledge, skills and competencies required for a successful transition from a 20th century schooling style to 21st [...]
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Using Mobile Devices to Teach Critical Thinking Skills.
Posted on March 10, 2012 by Lee Stewart in Mobile DevicesA friend, who is a former educator, emailed a link to a letter published in the San Jose Mercury News from a teacher expressing an opinion about using digital devices in classrooms. This letter to the editor read like a typical frustrated 20th century teacher trying to cope with a digital generation of high school [...]
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Innovative Teaching Strategies Using Digital Learning Devices
Posted on February 23, 2012 by Lee Stewart in Digital ClassroomDoes technology have a role in classroom instruction? I believe so. Let’s look at some “trainable teaching” digital learning strategies that are being implemented in K-12 classrooms today. Decades ago, when I attended high school math class, the teacher stood at the front of the class and presented the day’s topic and quickly got into [...]
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