Todd Hall 105: Boeing Wireless Classroom of the Future

This is the classroom of the future at Washington STate University, funded in 2003 by Boeing. One article I saw referred to it as a cross between Ikea and the Starship Enterprise. While I'm not sure I hold with that characterization, I think it's an interesting one. I wonder if this is really how kids will learn in the future. I kind of doubt it. Even at Marietta, where we have a 12:1 student: professor ratio, we still have few classrooms of this size as many classes are 15-20 people. A few are even larger. We're experimenting with new types of spaces, but I don't think we should throw the baby out with the bathwater. Granted, we no longer need all classrooms to support the "sage on a stage" mentality, but the key to new learning space is flexiblity. This space doesn't look very flexible to me if you're not willing to have an encounter session on the beanbag chairs.

As teens embrace blogs, schools sound an alarm | CNET News.com

An Interesting article in CNET news about blogs in high schools and colleges. Great resource for Facebook controversy too.

Terra Nova: Delusions of granter

An interesting view from both sides of the grant-writing divide (both writers and reviewers), with particular emphasis to the quant. vs. qual debate. I'd like some time to ruminate before I blog more on this one.

The Pew Charitable Trusts: News Room

Most (57%) teenagers are now creating content online in one form or another, either by blogging or creating web pages, according to a Pew Internet and American Life Project report. While I think this can be a great way to get kids involved, I worry about some of the issues related to the privacy and the information that these kids are sharing. "Don't post it on the Internet unless you would post the same thing in a grocery store bulletin board," is the advice I give them. Share their ideas? Their experiences? Certainly. Be aware of exactly what's out there? Critical.

The Icing on the Cake: Online Tools for Classroom Use

Another one from Kathy Schrock. This is a list of electronic tools for the online classroom, targeted toward K-12 but applicable for other ages. These could also be quite useful in face-to-face classrooms.

And another thing, I just realized that BlogThis! is no longer copying the URL. No big deal, but it is a bit annoying.

EDUCAUSE | ELI Web Seminar, November 8, 2005

A session on emerging technologies that was highly recommended. From last month's EDUCAUSE conference.

Techlearning > > 50 Free Tools to Make Computing Easier > November 1, 2005

50 Free tools to make computing easier from Techlearning.com

Carnegie Mellon Press Release: October 27, 2005

A game that encourages peace, disavowing violence. What a neat idea!

Perfect score on Math!!

Take that, Mrs. Deadrick! I got a perfect score on 8th grade math. Hehehe!!

You Passed 8th Grade Math

Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct!

Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?

New Search Engines Help Users Find Blogs

http://mediachannel.org/blog/book/print/929

NDSU Geology Explorer Learning Environment - Training

NDSU Geology Explorer Learning Environment - Training

Video Games

Videogames for college

mathFROG - Fun Resources & Online Games

Could be useful for elementary school math teachers.
mathFROG - Fun Resources & Online Games

Blackboard vs. Moodle

An interesting view that should be useful for us as we re-examine our CMS choice. Blackboard vs. Moodle

BlackCT Web Conference

Sorry, I missed the beginning of the event.

Carol Vallone talking now...

I certainly hope that this videostream is not symptomatic of what we can expect with the merger! I've barely been able to hear one whole sentence. Methinks this might be a bad omen...

BB and WebCT will continue to compete against one another till the merger takes place.

That was the most disappointing audioconference I've ever seen. Did anyone else have more luck with it?

The Teaching Professor

Marietta now has a subscription to The Teaching Professor. You can log in from this post, but remmeber that you need to be registered first.

Sans computer, it's hard to hack it at UA | The Arizona Daily Star �

Interesting Article about student ownership (more accurately, the lack thereof) on college campuses.

news aggregator | Academic Commons

Looks like a great resource!

Innovate - August/September 2005 Volume 1, Issue 6

A special edition of the Innovate! online interactive journal that focuses on educational uses of games: Innovate - August/September 2005 Volume 1, Issue 6 It's got all the big names in the educational gaming arena. Enjoy!

Wooing the Skeptics-Presented by Sandy Bogus @ University of Houston-Clear Lake

Another great presentation from the WebCT Impact 2005 cnference in San Francisco. Wooing the Skeptics-Presented by Sandy Bogus @ University of Houston-Clear Lake