Category Archives: Technology

Assignments On Phones

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Mr. Heyer

I keep warning my middle school eighth grades students that one day they’ll groan at the teacher about assignments given on their phones. I predicted it would happen to them in high school, but they had their doubts. Seems this … Continue reading →

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Teachers and Social Networking with Dual Personas

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Mr. Heyer

(edit: six months later, here’s a related article: Facebook’s Gone Rogue; It’s Time for an Open Alternative | Epicenter | Wired.com) “He accidentally hit ‘accept as friend’ and realized what he had done and quickly undid it,” one teacher told us … Continue reading →

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Cables Aren’t Cheap

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Mr. Heyer

… but they should be. I have often been asked where I get good deals on tech, so here’s my tip for cables: I have no affiliation with MonoPrice.com, but I do shop there whenever I need a cable. Most … Continue reading →

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How to Bookmark to Delicious.com on the iPhone

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Mr. Heyer

If you’re a Delicious user, you probably use a Delicious Bookmarklet in your browser of choice to bookmark a page you are currently viewing. On the iPhone you can’t (yet) easily do this, because you can’t bookmark the JavaScript needed … Continue reading →

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Educational Origami

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Mr. Heyer

A bunch of info here: “Educational Origami is a blog, and a wiki, about the integration of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) into the classroom, this is one of the largest challenges that [Andrew Churches] feel[s] we as teachers face. … Continue reading →

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