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Crompton, Helen; LaFrance, Jason; van 't Hooft, Mark – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2012
A QR (quick-response) code is a two-dimensional scannable code, similar in function to a traditional bar code that one might find on a product at the supermarket. The main difference between the two is that, while a traditional bar code can hold a maximum of only 20 digits, a QR code can hold up to 7,089 characters, so it can contain much more…
Descriptors: Hypermedia, Handheld Devices, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology
Fasimpaur, Karen – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2013
MOOCs--massive open online courses--are all the rage these days, with hundreds of thousands of participants signing up and investors plunking down millions to get a piece of the pie. Why is there so much excitement about this new disruptive form of online learning, and how does this model apply to professional learning for teachers? Traditional…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Open Source Technology, Distance Education, Lifelong Learning
Long, Christian – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2012
Design thinking is about using design to improve the human experience. It combines collaboration, systems thinking, and a balance of creative and analytical habits. It also fuels what the students want for themselves: making an impact on the real world in real time and having adults take their passions seriously. The process essentially comes down…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Systems Approach, Design, High School Students
Light, Daniel – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2012
Many educators know that web 2.0 tools can transform learning and teaching, but teachers need support to make this happen. This article discusses how principals can encourage teachers to learn how to use these powerful tools. Over the past decade, Intel has provided the Center for Children & Technology with funding to conduct numerous studies…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Principals, Web 2.0 Technologies, Social Networks
Bull, Glen; Alexander, Curby; Ferster, Bill – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2010
Student-created media offer significant opportunities for engagement and learning. For the past five years, the authors have explored ways to incorporate Web-based authoring tools into the curriculum. In this article, they discuss PrimaryAccess, a suite of online tools that provides students with access to primary source documents on websites such…
Descriptors: Primary Sources, Internet, Student Developed Materials, Nonprint Media
Lim, Janine – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2010
In this article, the author describes the Jazz Workshop, a unique blend of collaboration and constructivist learning using videoconferencing and Web 2.0 tools. Each summer it draws about 400 participants--mostly teachers, technology facilitators, teacher librarians, and videoconferencing coordinators--who convene in 20 locations across three…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Music, Workshops, Computer Uses in Education
Light, Daniel – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2011
The author and his colleague, Deborah Polin, traveled around the United States to get a first-hand look at how teachers are developing successful Web 2.0 activities for their classrooms. With funding from Intel, they interviewed 39 educators in 22 schools throughout the country about how they employed these tools in their classrooms in innovative…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Internet, Web Sites, Web Based Instruction
Bigenho, Chris – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2009
In this article, the author introduces the world of RSS (Real Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary), one of the least used and understood of all the Web 2.0 tools. RSS technology has two parts: (1) feeds; and (2) aggregators. RSS feeds use a special type of HTML known as XML. Each feed is defined with channel tags, which contain specific…
Descriptors: Internet, Computer Uses in Education, Selective Dissemination of Information, Electronic Publishing
Baker, Elizabeth A. – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2008
Even those teachers with the best intentions of taking advantage of the Internet to support learning may have obstacles before them. In researching the problem, the author has heard their complaints and understands some of the difficulties. However, creating a classroom Web site is not as difficult as one might think. In this article, the author…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Internet, Computer Uses in Education
Groff, Jennifer; Haas, Jason – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2008
When it comes to technologies like digital games, simulations, and social networking, teachers and students may find themselves at cross purposes. Often, students find that these technologies, so prevalent in their lives outside of school, are unwelcome in their classrooms. Many teachers can tell stories about the disruptive influence of video…
Descriptors: Video Games, Social Networks, Internet, Computer Uses in Education
Zucker, Andrew A. – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2009
By all accounts, the Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) is a special school. It was the first public charter high school in Denver to become a one-to-one laptop school, thanks to a $1 million gift from Hewlett-Packard. Even though the school accepts applicants via a lottery system and its charter requires that 40% of its students come…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Educational Technology, Low Income Groups, High Schools
Weller, Aliece M.; Bickar, John C.; McGuinness, Paul – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2008
The convenient format, delivery, and accessibility of information offered by podcasting has made it a hot new trend. One of its limitations in educational applications, however, is its implementation primarily as a push technology--one that simply feeds users information. Podcasts tend to focus listeners inward and rarely encourage human…
Descriptors: Field Trips, Cooperation, Interaction, Educational Technology
Van 'T Hooft, Mark – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2008
Learning is becoming more personal, yet collaborative and networked, portable and situated, ubiquitous and durable--and increasingly at odds with formal education, as more and different types of learning are happening outside of the classroom. In this article, the author provides a glimpse of what the not-so-distant future of education might…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Internet, Computer Mediated Communication
Bull, Glen; Ferster, Bill – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2006
In the third wave of computing, people will interact with multiple computers in multiple ways in every setting. The value of ubiquitous computing is enhanced and reinforced by another trend: the transition to a Web 2.0 world. In a Web 2.0 world, applications and data reside on the Web itself. Schools are not yet approaching a ratio of one…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Internet, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Davis, Niki; Niederhauser, Dale S. – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2007
Virtual schooling, in which K-12 courses and activities are offered mostly or completely through digital communication technologies, has become firmly established in K-12 education across the United States. The VS movement continues to expand at a rapid rate, especially at the high school level. The continuing success of VS efforts will require…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Teacher Attitudes, Online Courses, Web Based Instruction