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By Katt on Mar 19, 2008 in Rhetorical Red Tape, theapple.com | 2 Comments
This post has been on my mind for quite a while, but I just have not gotten around to writing it. However, with the recent shut down of Al Upton’s minibloggers, I feel that it is time that I express a few opinions on the idea of student privacy, safety and online education. If you’ve [...]
By Katt on Mar 17, 2008 in Hows and Whys, Pedagogy, technology | 1 Comment
The first year I taught, I initiated a concept that I called “Virtual Office Hours.” The concept was relatively simple. I provided my students with information for each of my online messengers, added each of them as friends, and set up regular hours. I kept about 3 hours a day for the first semester and [...]
By Katt on Mar 14, 2008 in Pedagogy, theapple.com | 2 Comments
We’ve all said it. “Technology is the wave of the future.” There’s no denying that. It’s actually the wave of the present. I know that every teacher in academe today has heard that the need to use technology in the classroom is imperative now. If we are going to engage our students in the class [...]
By Katt on Oct 28, 2007 in Blogroll, Recommended Reading | 0 Comments
Labbo, Linda D., David Reinking, and Michael C. McKenna. “Technology and Literacy Education in the Next Century: Exploring the Connection Between Work and Schooling.” Peabody Journal of Education, 73.3-4 (1998): 273-289.
In “Technology and Literacy Education in the Next Century.” the authors argue that technological literacy should be incorporated into the classroom as a standard in [...]
By Katt on Feb 7, 2007 in Coffee Break, Rhetoric | 2 Comments
About a week ago, I was discussing my education with one of those people who is convinced that the only way to survive in the world today is with a business degree and enough capital to get yourself off the ground. I was annoyed at the response and kept thinking that I needed to vent [...]
