Author: meenoorami

  • Going Public With Students’ Work

    Going Public With Students’ Work

    This blog post originally appeared on Teaching Channel as part of a publishing partnership with the Center for Teaching Quality. In late February, Pew Internet and American Life Project published the How Teachers Are Using Technology at Home and Their Classrooms report. The results aren’t surprising: 92% of teacher respondents say the Internet has a “major impact”…

  • Using Technology to Create Authentic Learning Experiences

    Using Technology to Create Authentic Learning Experiences

    Originally posted as a guest blog for Education Week on January 30, 2013: In my last post, I wrote about the potential value of education technology and how it can be used to give power and agency to students to tell their own stories. I got a glimpse of this transformation taking place in my class…

  • Asking the Right Questions about Classroom Tech

    Asking the Right Questions about Classroom Tech

    Originally posted as guest blog for Education Week on January 23, 2013: What role does technology play in your classroom? What questions do you ask yourself before you choose to use a particular web-based tool or application for instruction? What is your students’ impression of your perspective on technology? These questions are worth considering when we…

  • #engchat from #ISTE12 on June 25: Digital Equity

    Teachers from San Diego Writing Project hosted #engchat live from ISTE on Monday June 25th at 7 PM EST. See the archive here: Here are some of the ideas that we pondered: As technologies and digital tools continue to emerge and evolve, teachers find themselves in a 21st century quandary. In an effort to meet…