Hello, Everyone. My name is Marlene Nesary, and I’m ISTE’s Communications Manager. I’ve been so proud to watch the growth of this community. I’m also proud of and thankful for the expert guidance of ISTE Connects Community Manager, Kaya Hardin, … Continue reading
Differentiating Instruction with Technology in K–5 Classrooms authors Grace E. Smith and Stephanie Throne have just published their second book, Differentiating Instruction with Technology in Middle School Classrooms. No matter what age group you’re working with, Smith and Throne have great … Continue reading
Professor Gene Glass, one of the most recognized and respected educational researchers in the US (or world) has written a policy analysis on online education titled: ” The Realities of K-12 Virtual Education.” In it, Professor Glass both praises online … Continue reading
Working with books, I’m very curious about people’s interest in e-books. I like to take informal polls whenever the subject comes up, and I usually ask the simple question, “Do you want a Kindle?” It’s enough to spark quite a … Continue reading
This past week, ISTE and the ISTE Connects community lost a dear friend and invaluable member of our team. Kaya Hardin passed away last Monday, which came as a tremendous shock to us all. She was a young, vibrant Social … Continue reading
In his book, RSS for Educators: Blogs, Newsfeeds, Podcasts, and Wikis in the Classroom, John G. Hendron discusses the importance of using the Read/Write Web, or Web 2.0, in education. He says: What if a school’s success hinged on its … Continue reading
Our past conference Nings have been very popular and a great way for educators to build their networks, learn about sessions, and get started discussing conference-related topics before the event. We’ve just migrated last year’s conference Ning over to the new … Continue reading
As teachers at the so called ‘chalk face’ or these days the ‘smart board’ we continually strive to prepare our students with the knowledge, skills, attributes and life experiences that will make them effective life-long learners in the 21st century. … Continue reading
“If students need new skills, then teachers need new capacities as well,” said ISTE CEO Don Knezek in his opening keynote to a 21st Century Learning conference being held October 31–November 4 near Shanghai, China. Knezek detailed ISTE’s vision for transformed learning … Continue reading
Applause to my friends at ISTE for having the gumption to create a massive experiment in crowdsourcing with their ISTE 2010 keynote crowdsourcing forum. As I’ve put in my own suggestions and thoughts and sat back to watch the forum … Continue reading