Category Archives: Teaching & Learning

inService to unService and the addition of the Student Voice.

Posted on 01/12/2011 by William Stites

If you have never attended an unconference before I would highly recommend it.  I recently attended EdCampNYC (My day at EdCamp NYC 2010) and loved it. If you are not familiar with what a unconference is or how it is … Continue reading →

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The iPad in Education and the Questions

Posted on 01/10/2011 by William Stites

[New related post – The iPad in Education: The Apps & Deployment – 9/24/2011] Since the release of the iPad,  there have been a lot of questions about its use in the education space.   As someone who spent the last five … Continue reading →

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Evernote at my School

Posted on 12/08/2010 by William Stites

With the launch of my school’s 1:1 Initiative we gave every faculty member and every student in grades four through twelve a Premium Evernote account. Shortly after the start of the school year Evernote came on-site to record how that … Continue reading →

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My day at EdCamp NYC 2010

Posted on 12/05/2010 by William Stites

What do you do on a beautiful Saturday in December in New York City? You attend EdCamp NYC of course!  On Saturday, December 4th that is exactly what I did and what a great day it was. EdCamp NYC “is … Continue reading →

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Design for Distraction

Posted on 11/22/2010 by William Stites

The New York times story “Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction” point out many of the ways that technology is ingrained in our students lives and what that means for teaching, learning and distraction. But distraction isn’t anything new. Whether … Continue reading →

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