Author Archives: William Stites

About William Stites

Currently the Director of Technology for Montclair Kimberley Academy, occasional consultant, serial volunteer for ATIS, husband, and father to two crazy kids who make me smile everyday.

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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I blog and why the hell should you care? (or My Expanded About Page)

Posted on 11/19/2010 by William Stites

“Who the hell is going to want to read what I have to say?” This was the question I asked myself when I started this blog. It is something I consider each time I write. There are a million blogs … Continue reading →

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Time Machine and Evernote for Disaster Recovery

Posted on 11/16/2010 by William Stites

Oh my god… my hard drive crashed! What do I do now?!? How many times have you had a students or colleagues say these words to you? When they do it is as if their lives — their digital lives … Continue reading →

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Untag me

Posted on 11/15/2010 by William Stites

I was walking through the halls of our middle school one afternoon and I saw a student wearing this shirt.

I thought to myself what a simple statement and what a powerful message. Continue reading →

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Evernote in the Classroom

Posted on 11/11/2010 by William Stites

You can plan, you can train and you can offer all the professional development you want around a curricular initiative, but you never know how well something will truly work until you unleash it into the wild and have the … Continue reading →

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Talking 1to1 and all things Evernote

Posted on 11/08/2010 by William Stites

On October 27, 2010 I have the privilege to talk to Alex Ragone (@alexragone) and Arvind Grover (@arvind) on edTechTalk’s 21st Century Learning. The topic of the thirty minute discussion was the recent deployment of my school’s 1to1 initiative and … Continue reading →

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Expanding the Definition of Community to a Global Community

Posted on 11/04/2010 by William Stites

Is community just the area in which you live and work or is it something more? Wikipedia’s definition of community is as follows: Traditionally a “community” has been defined as a group of interacting people living in a common location. … Continue reading →

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