I recently happened upon the article Don’t Buy That Textbook, Download It Free by Noam Cohen on the New York Times website. While I realize that this is more of an issue that pertains to college students, I thought that this was something that could eventually have some impact on secondary education as well.
It has often been my [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Free Online Textbooks
Posted in Uncategorized on September 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The positives and the negatives of using computers in education
Posted in Uncategorized on September 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Whether or not laptops and desktop computers are being used effectively in the classroom is something that many people have been debating. Some believe that the use of computers helps to get students more interested in things like writing. Others see computers as something that can easily be misused by students. The article Pencils, schmencils, I need a [...]
Let me introduce my topic…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged topic on September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have decided that my topic for this blog will be writing and technology, with a focus on how computers can be used within the classroom. I chose this topic because I am not much of a technology whiz. I think my technology phobia is probably something that I inherited from my father’s side of the [...]
