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Highlander Institute Hosts Day Long Conerence on Integrating Online Learning in the Classroom

Highlander Institute Hosts Day Long Conerence on Integrating Online Learning in the Classroom

[ 0 ] 5.11.2012 |

I am passionate about this topic. Integrating digital media into the classroom requires thoughtful consideration and training to make it an effective, inspiring, and beneficial learning opportunity for our students. I applaud Highlander Institute for taking the lead in hosting this event – open to anyone interested in learning more about the concept including teachers, administrators, parents, etc. (7 credit hours are available for the day conference.)

Highlander Institute, a regional provider of high quality professional development in education, presents the Blended Learning & Technology Conference on Saturday, May 19, 2012 from 8:30 am – 4:00 pm.

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Family Matters: 20 Ideas for Screen-Free Week

Family Matters: 20 Ideas for Screen-Free Week

[ 0 ] 4.27.2012 |

It’s time for Screen-Free Week (April 30-May 6, 2012), the national celebration where children, families, schools, and communities spend seven days turning off entertainment screen media and turning on life. It’s a time, as the organizers say, “to unplug and play, read, daydream, create, explore, and spend more time with family and friends.”

Are you up for the challenge. Here’s how it works in our family…

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Plugged In – on technology integration

Plugged In – on technology integration

[ 0 ] 3.27.2012 |

Jill Davidson shares her thoughts on a subject that has been very much on my mind these days. We are a plugged-in family at home (with boundaries) and my sons attend a Providence Public Elementary School where funding is limited, curriculum is rigid, and creative solutions are needed. Because of the amazing teachers, helpful staff, dedicated parents, and community partnerships, my boys have had for the most part a wonderful school experience. Since teachers need adequate working technology for teaching and to facilitate communication between teachers and with parents and since not all kids attending public school have the same technology advantages at home (and that I believe integrating technology thoughtfully into our children’s lives is an essential part of their education), I have recently attended meetings to discuss how we can improve / bring technology into their elementary school. Thank you, Jill for starting this conversation online, explaining the complexities of this issue and sharing what is happening in Rhode Island. Jill’s article appears in her April 2012′s East Side Monthly column. Read the well-edited online version here and in the print publication.- Anisa

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Family Matters: Keeping Your Kids’ Tech in Check

Family Matters: Keeping Your Kids’ Tech in Check

[ 2 ] 1.6.2012 |

Digital media is all around us these days and my kids (age 10) are becoming more a part of it every day. I hosted a Kidoinfo conversation in 2010 Raising Kids in a DIgital World (RKIDW) to discuss the role of technology in our children’s lives.

Kids these days have greater access to technology – at home, in school, at the library and even the grocery store. So what are kids doing with these computers, smart phones and mp3 players? Some have their own email accounts, log onto educational sites like PBSkids, participate in social networking sites like Farmville or Club Penguin, download music onto their iPod, make videos or write their own blog. The digital world provides our children new ways to play, learn, and communicate, but what does this mean in terms of play, education, and safety?

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Steve Jobs: 1955-2011

Steve Jobs: 1955-2011

[ 0 ] 10.6.2011 |

Today I remember Steve Jobs and his immense influence on my life, my work and my family. I went to college with a typewriter and left using a Mac Classic. Apple has been part of my world ever since; as an artist, designer and a business owner. Every part of Kidoinfo is created on a [...]

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