Chris, Jamie and Michael discuss the articles of the week and share their tech tips. Articles of the week 13 Good Chrome Extensions and Apps for Students and Teachers Teens and Technology 2013 “The nature of teens’ internet use has transformed dramatically — from stationary connections tied to shared desktops in the home to always-on connections that move with them […]

Tech Talk Roundtable 08 | Social Media Palooza
Chris, Jamie and Michael discuss the articles of the week and share their tech tips. Articles of the week How Students Benefit From Using Social Media – Edudemic A lot of criticism has been leveled at social media and the effect it has on the way students process and retain information, as well as how distracting it can be. However, […]

Tech Talk Roundtabe 07 | More Efficient, Effective, Easy- Ding!
Chris, Jamie and Michael discuss the articles of the week and share their tech tips. Articles of the week How Teachers Feel About The 10 Biggest EdTech Trends – Edudemic Figuring out the biggest edtech trends is a great first step. We’ve taken it many times. Figuring out how teachers actually feel or care about those particular trends is […]

Tech Talk Roundtable 05 | Listening To Our Own Echoes
Chris, Jamie and Michael discuss the articles of the week, enjoy an interview with Mick Hewitt and Cory Reid of MasteryConnect.com and share their tech tips. Articles of the Week With $100M From The Gates Foundation & Others, inBloom Wants To Transform Education By Unleashing Its Data | TechCrunch Will schools see big data as something they can use to create change […]

Tech Talk Roundtable 04 | We Want Wifi not French Fries
Chris, Gaylon and Michael discuss the articles of the week, enjoy an interview with Dan Jost of Inkling.com and share their tips of the week. Articles of the week The Web-Deprived Study at McDonald’s “CITRONELLE, Ala.—Joshua Edwards’s eighth-grade paper about the Black Plague came with a McDouble and fries. Joshua sometimes does his homework at a McDonald’s restaurant—not […]

Tech Talk Roundtable 03 | Don’t Be So Disruptive!
Chris, Jamie and Michael discuss the articles of the week, enjoy an interview with James Sanders of ClassBadges.com and share their tech tips of the week. Articles of the week Kinect in the Classroom: Scratching the Surface of Potential Cheryl Arnett, a 19-year veteran teacher at Sunset Elementary School in Craig, Colo brought the Xbox Kinect into her […]

Tech Talk Roundtable 02 | I am not addicted. I am not addicted!
Chris, Jamie and Michael discuss the articles of the week, enjoy an interview with Mike Lee of EdShelf.com and share their tech tips of the week. Articles of the week Susan Cain: The power of introverts | Video on TED.com In a culture where being social and outgoing are prized above all else, it can be difficult, […]

Tech Talk Roundtable 01 | Will Robots Replace Waiters?
Chris, Jamie and Michael discuss the articles of the week, enjoy an interview with Emily Grover of EasyBib.com and share their tech tips of the week. Articles of the week I, robot-waiter: inside the Robot Restaurant – in pictures | Technology | guardian.co.uk Deeper Learning: Highlighting Student Work | Edutopia Lydia Dobyns: A ’21st Century’ […]