New Technology Blog at the Academy

The newest Academy blog is Technology of the Month. Designed and written by the Technology Committee, the purpose is to introduce classroom teachers to new technologies as well as new ways to use “old” (or rather existing) technologies. The first post is on mobile blogging – ways that students can use the technologies in their pockets (PDA’s, cameras and phones) in their class work. Imagine a science field trip: “Students could snap pictures using their camera phones, use their fantastic text messaging ability to identify and describe the image, and then post it to the field journal in seconds. Back in the classroom or, even better as part of their homework, students could log into the blog and add to or edit the post, slowly building a comprehensive field journal which could also double as a study guide.” As we all know, the pace of technology growth outstrips our ability to keep up with it. The Committee hopes their blog will be informative on current educational technologies.