Teaching Generation Techtag:blogs.edweek.org,2011-06-29:/edweek/teaching-gen-tech//642009-10-05T16:19:55ZKatie Hanifin is a teacher at Canastota High School in upstate New York, where she specializes in the integration of technology in the classroom. She has written for EdTech magazine on innovative classroom technology as well as Web 2.0, virtual worlds, video gaming, and the online learning experience. In this opinion blog, she discusses her experience teaching students with greater access to technology than ever.Movable Type Pro 5.2.7Who are you and why are you here?tag:blogs.edweek.org,2009:/edweek/teaching-gen-tech//64.106192009-10-05T15:23:05Z2009-10-05T16:19:55ZA long time ago, just after being awarded a teaching position but before beginning it, I started to look at teenagers - I mean really look at them. And they positively freaked me out. They came in all varieties -...Katie Hanifinhttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teaching-gen-tech/
A long time ago, just after being awarded a teaching position but before beginning it, I started to look at teenagers - I mean really look at them. And they positively freaked me out. They came in all varieties -...
I'd like to teach the world...tag:blogs.edweek.org,2009:/edweek/teaching-gen-tech//64.106062009-10-02T19:08:51Z2009-10-02T19:18:53ZI normally don't ask my readers to do anything for me. This is mostly because it's pretty much my mom and dad and the occasional passerby, forcing me to reconcile that I don't actually have readers. I'm not even convinced...Katie Hanifinhttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teaching-gen-tech/
I normally don't ask my readers to do anything for me. This is mostly because it's pretty much my mom and dad and the occasional passerby, forcing me to reconcile that I don't actually have readers. I'm not even convinced...
Tapping Possibilitytag:blogs.edweek.org,2009:/edweek/teaching-gen-tech//64.105302009-09-24T20:58:57Z2009-09-24T21:49:58ZIf there was one idea that I would like to leave with my students it is to open themselves up to possibility. At the broadest level I would like to think that is the true point to education. You never...Katie Hanifinhttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teaching-gen-tech/
If there was one idea that I would like to leave with my students it is to open themselves up to possibility. At the broadest level I would like to think that is the true point to education. You never...
This isn't adios...tag:blogs.edweek.org,2009:/edweek/teaching-gen-tech//64.104952009-09-22T15:31:29Z2009-09-22T16:18:47ZIn Spain one rarely hears "Good-bye". They prefer to bid everyone a casual "See you later", even if you're in a big city full of strangers. It's one of my favorite things about their warm, welcoming culture. After seven years,...Katie Hanifinhttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teaching-gen-tech/
In Spain one rarely hears "Good-bye". They prefer to bid everyone a casual "See you later", even if you're in a big city full of strangers. It's one of my favorite things about their warm, welcoming culture. After seven years,...
Rubric, Rubric on the walltag:blogs.edweek.org,2009:/edweek/teaching-gen-tech//64.103202009-09-08T23:40:56Z2009-09-09T00:18:52ZWho's the FOUR-est of them all? I entered this virtual world project a little late in the development process so I was left to look at a finished prototype and figure out where to fit left over pieces, so to...Katie Hanifinhttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teaching-gen-tech/
Who's the FOUR-est of them all? I entered this virtual world project a little late in the development process so I was left to look at a finished prototype and figure out where to fit left over pieces, so to...
What I dotag:blogs.edweek.org,2009:/edweek/teaching-gen-tech//64.102282009-09-01T01:21:29Z2009-09-01T01:23:37ZI love to ask people what they do for a living. They inevitably give me their job title, but that doesn’t really tell me what they do. I’ve been teaching for the last seven years, so I didn’t really need...Katie Hanifinhttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teaching-gen-tech/
I love to ask people what they do for a living. They inevitably give me their job title, but that doesn’t really tell me what they do. I’ve been teaching for the last seven years, so I didn’t really need...
First Daytag:blogs.edweek.org,2009:/edweek/teaching-gen-tech//64.101832009-08-26T20:23:47Z2009-08-26T20:25:02ZI wish someone could have captured a before and after photo of me today. So much like my first day of school decades ago, I left well-pressed and anxious and returned well-worn and exhausted. Not a bad thing, though. I...Katie Hanifinhttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teaching-gen-tech/
I wish someone could have captured a before and after photo of me today. So much like my first day of school decades ago, I left well-pressed and anxious and returned well-worn and exhausted. Not a bad thing, though. I...
Survivortag:blogs.edweek.org,2009:/edweek/teaching-gen-tech//64.101382009-08-24T12:54:33Z2009-08-24T12:57:13ZI’m going to spend a month on this project in Spain, so I have an apartment in Oviedo rather than staying at a hotel. There is no front desk to phone every time I need something, and because I’m in...Katie Hanifinhttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teaching-gen-tech/
I’m going to spend a month on this project in Spain, so I have an apartment in Oviedo rather than staying at a hotel. There is no front desk to phone every time I need something, and because I’m in...
Flat and fasttag:blogs.edweek.org,2009:/edweek/teaching-gen-tech//64.101032009-08-19T07:17:16Z2009-08-19T07:19:06ZI hope you have read Thomas Freidman’s “The World is Flat”. If not, I am tempted to assign it for homework. Otherwise it might be a little confusing how an American, a Brazilian, and a Spaniard are sitting in an...Katie Hanifinhttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teaching-gen-tech/
I hope you have read Thomas Freidman’s “The World is Flat”. If not, I am tempted to assign it for homework. Otherwise it might be a little confusing how an American, a Brazilian, and a Spaniard are sitting in an...
What I did over summer vacationtag:blogs.edweek.org,2009:/edweek/teaching-gen-tech//64.100792009-08-17T08:52:42Z2009-08-17T09:20:43ZWell, it’s that time of year again. That magical back-to-school time that feels more like a new year than January 1st. I’ve been absent from my blog for quite a while, but have much to share about what I did...Katie Hanifinhttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teaching-gen-tech/
Well, it’s that time of year again. That magical back-to-school time that feels more like a new year than January 1st. I’ve been absent from my blog for quite a while, but have much to share about what I did...
A learning experience, revisitedtag:blogs.edweek.org,2009:/edweek/teaching-gen-tech//64.98482009-07-23T02:18:40Z2009-07-23T02:20:53ZAs a little girl, spending time with my father was second to nothing – not even giant scoops of chocolate-laced ice cream or permission to stay up late with my three older sisters. This was the man who would take...Katie Hanifinhttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teaching-gen-tech/
As a little girl, spending time with my father was second to nothing – not even giant scoops of chocolate-laced ice cream or permission to stay up late with my three older sisters. This was the man who would take...
www-dot-funtag:blogs.edweek.org,2009:/edweek/teaching-gen-tech//64.98002009-07-17T18:42:36Z2009-07-17T20:07:39ZYou may have picked up on the fact that I have no life. I spend my summers thinking about teaching. But, to be fair, I spend my school year thinking about summer. I am spending a lot of time this...Katie Hanifinhttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teaching-gen-tech/
You may have picked up on the fact that I have no life. I spend my summers thinking about teaching. But, to be fair, I spend my school year thinking about summer. I am spending a lot of time this...
It's the lesson plan, stupid.tag:blogs.edweek.org,2009:/edweek/teaching-gen-tech//64.97712009-07-16T01:39:51Z2009-07-16T01:46:59ZA few months into my first year of teaching I had asked the assistant principal for help with a discipline problem. He scheduled a time to come into my classroom and when he arrived, I wrongfully assumed he was there...Katie Hanifinhttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teaching-gen-tech/
A few months into my first year of teaching I had asked the assistant principal for help with a discipline problem. He scheduled a time to come into my classroom and when he arrived, I wrongfully assumed he was there...
Take out the textbook, please.tag:blogs.edweek.org,2009:/edweek/teaching-gen-tech//64.97402009-07-13T22:08:29Z2009-07-13T22:16:36ZLike so many first-year teachers, I was handed a textbook in order to begin teaching in September – at that was it. It was understood that seventh graders would learn chapters 1-6 and eighth graders 7-12. My ninth graders would...Katie Hanifinhttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teaching-gen-tech/
Like so many first-year teachers, I was handed a textbook in order to begin teaching in September – at that was it. It was understood that seventh graders would learn chapters 1-6 and eighth graders 7-12. My ninth graders would...
Box-arrow-boxtag:blogs.edweek.org,2009:/edweek/teaching-gen-tech//64.97222009-07-11T00:30:06Z2009-07-11T01:07:45ZHow did anyone ever learn anything without a graphic organizer? Teachers love graphic organizers and tout them as a "research-based practice". I'm not buying it. But then again, I didn't go to Teacher School (but please don't tell anyone, it...Katie Hanifinhttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teaching-gen-tech/
How did anyone ever learn anything without a graphic organizer? Teachers love graphic organizers and tout them as a "research-based practice". I'm not buying it. But then again, I didn't go to Teacher School (but please don't tell anyone, it...