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Erik Johnsen commented on the post, Digital Creativity and Teaching!, on the site Johnsen's Tech Exploration 4 weeks ago
By BYOD I mean bring your your own device. We shouldn’t teach the tech or tool we should teach the material. As you said, each child should learn from the same source a text book or e-book for instance. But […]
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Erik Johnsen commented on the post, Live Broadcast of EARCOS Cohort Final Presentation, on the site COETAIL Media 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Sitting here watching the EARCOS cohort final presentations between (and a glimpse during
) classes. Great presenations, “Mathcasting” and more. Great effort by all that I viewed. Thanks for giving me some […] -
Erik Johnsen commented on the post, It Is Finished, on the site I'm Writing Too 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Kristi, virtual science, very cool! Just another presentation style, but I think this is more relevant to today’s modern world. Knowing that other people will view or at least could possibly view your project is […]
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Erik Johnsen commented on the post, Digital Footprints, on the site Janette's Blog 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Janette, you are right that teachers must educate their students about the importance of safe and “moral” internet use. The ole, “Skeletons in the closet,” phrase comes to mind, but now its, “Skeletons in your […]
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Erik Johnsen commented on the post, Still An Alien, on the site I'm Still Jenny on the Blog 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Jenny, all of us over 30, heck I’m 40, are defintely in that “alien” group you label yourself as. I hope you don’t feel alone, as you most certainly are not! The internet? Wasn’t even around until my college […]
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Erik Johnsen commented on the post, The Zen of Presentations, on the site Riding on Geoff's Coetail 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Geoff, like wasabi, you are on FIRE! I enjoyed one of your blogs, “A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words”, I had to reach for another to devour. Like you I have heard these suggestions from various sources […]
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Erik Johnsen commented on the post, A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words, on the site Riding on Geoff's Coetail 3 months, 1 week ago
Geoff, “The times, they are a changin’,” so true. Your blatant statement that “good teaching” has always entailed a mixture of audio, visual, reading, etc is what makes your COETAIL and integrating technology all […]
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Erik Johnsen commented on the post, Balancing Act, on the site Fighting Digital Illiteracy 3 months, 1 week ago
Sarah, your questions and concerns are valid. I am glad you are brave enough to voice them. These questions are what drive us to join a COETAIL group, and hopefully, hopefully find answers. I too am a middle […]
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Erik Johnsen wrote a new blog post: So many sites, so many places to log on, so many… 7 months, 3 weeks ago
I absolutely love how technology has changed and improved my teaching. The 1 to 1 classroom is fantastic and I can’t imagine teaching in any other arena. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t difficulties. My school is in its fourth year of 1 to 1, and is very supportive of the technology initiative, they have provided [...] -
Erik Johnsen wrote a new blog post: Tech-Fast “Middle School Camp” 7 months, 4 weeks ago
Our entire middle school experiences a week away from school every September. But more importantly for our students they are an entire week away from their laptops. Our school has been 1 to 1 for four years now, and our students have become use to technology and their laptops to the point that carrying laptops is normal/natural. [...]
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Erik Johnsen wrote a new blog post: The Flip Classroom…Do I Use this Instructional Model? 8 months ago
Flip my classroom? Sounds radical, but is it? My current school prefers teachers to lead instruction and in fact lecture at the higher level courses. But when we look at the Flip Classroom we actually see that these teachers are conducting Flip classrooms, if in some moderation, they just don’t know it. Am I running a Flip [...] -
Erik Johnsen wrote a new blog post: What is the Purpose of a Research Paper in a Digital World? (Research Paper continued…) 8 months, 1 week ago
The classic research paper…mainstream education…backbone…essential? Hmm? My previous blog already discussed the validity of the research paper in the new technology age, but my blog only seemed to blur my own opinions as it raised good points on each side. So just as my previous blog suggested, I went to technology and searched the internet…[Read more] -
Erik Johnsen wrote a new blog post: Research Papers and our IT world do they work together? 8 months, 2 weeks ago
The school I teach at is dedicated to rigor and the pursuit of elite higher education. So the question has risen in our middle school, “Should we teach the research paper?” It is a good question, especially since our school is also dedicated to technology as we are a fully integrated 1 to 1 school. In [...] -
Erik Johnsen commented on the blog post Visual Literacy’s Dark Side 1 year, 1 month ago
In regards to your blog posting, Visual Literacy’s Dark Side Posted on March 29, 2011 by Dan Long, you are so correct. The dangers of visual media and more precisely the media advertising world is scary. I am so glad to hear that our school is addressing these issues and education our students about the [...]
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Erik Johnsen wrote a new blog post: Teaching the 3 Branches of Government through Visuals 1 year, 1 month ago
The United States Constitution can be a daunting and boring study for eighth graders, heck for anyone. Reading and plodding through the primary text will overwhelm the most attentive of students. We knew that in order for our students to acquire the essential understandings regarding the three branches of the US government other teaching…[Read more] -
Erik Johnsen wrote a new blog post: “Did I tell you how much I love technology?” 1 year, 1 month ago
Here I sit on my couch on Sunday, April 10, 2011, and I start writing a blog for my technology course, but all I can think about is how lucky we all are, and that we live in a fantastic time. Those of you that follow golf at all will know that it is Masters week [...] -
Erik Johnsen wrote a new blog post: 2 & 1 Vocabulary, with Illustrations 1 year, 2 months ago
Our school just had a visit from Gina Rojas. She is an expert in the area of ESL. We spent a day with her learning and hearing about the best ways to reach our students who are not native English speakers. She gave us 400 or so strategies and lessons to try with our students. One [...] -
Erik Johnsen commented on the blog post Visual Chemistry 1 year, 2 months ago
Fantastic pictures. I wish I had a teacher like you when I was in chemistry class. I remember taking Advanced Chemistry and a month later thinking, “CRAZY!” Very cool idea to visualize these concepts in tangible images. The connection is easy. Good ole metaphors (English teacher coming out). Much better than all those boring, wordy, [...]
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Erik Johnsen commented on the blog post “Screenagers” 1 year, 2 months ago
Yep, screenagers to screenolders. I remember this morning as well and I couldn’t look at enough different screens, tv, i-phone, laptop, and then how many different applications did I have open: flipping from CNN to local news (tv), NCAA March Madness on Demand, ESPN Streak, messages (i-phone), to the laptop’s normal youtube, cnn, netvibes, etc. [...]
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Erik Johnsen commented on the blog post Selecting a New Textbook 1 year, 2 months ago
Are you finding that there are a lot of online/software textbooks out there? The big companies seem to have some, but even those don’t seem to be that great. This is just the beginning and as more schools go 1 to 1 the demand should grow, so hopefully the resources will as well. The costs [...]
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