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My school (Ethel Walker) has implemented a 1:1 iPad program this year and though I've worked with them in the past, leading my classes through technology snafus as well as intense Latin grammar has led me to think at length on what the best use of this (or any) device truly is. 

So thoughts....

As a platform for textbooks, I couldn't be more pleased. I spent my summer creating my own Latin text which with any luck will be published at the end of this year. As it…

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It's not particularly hard to identify the most influential teachers in my life as I think about them time and time again, year after year. Miss Dmytryk (5th grade), with her inexplicably frequent reminders that "Patience is a virtue we must all strive to possess," and who once commented, "I think you're going to be a writer some day - or a comedian!" Mr. Byron (also 5th grade), who called me "Wild Bill Cody,' made up long streams of mental math problems, and gave me the single most enjoyable… Continue

Social network software is a potentially powerful tool for professional development, adoption of so-called 21st century skills, and the development of personal learning networks. I use the term eduSocial Media (eSM) to distinguish it from entertainment-oriented "social media." Key tools of eSM include list-servs, twitter, nings, blogs, wikis, google docs, diigo, skype, etc. The ideas below were generated as I re-read the last…

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