Thanking Influencial Teachers

by Robert W. Heiny

Out of the blue, I received an email from a former student, now dean of undergraduate studies at a major university. He was an excellent student, a former professional musician, and an exceptionally talented golfer who could have gone pro. He told… Full Details

Jim’s Top Three Tips for Writing Successful Grant Proposals

by Robert W. Heiny

Jim Vanides offers three tips grant proposals writers use to increase chances of receiving funding. He oversees the HP innovations in education grant program for schools. (Here’s the formal stuff about him: Worldwide Education Programs HP Global… Full Details

School Choice & School Improvement: What have we learned?

by Robert W. Heiny

Join the continuing conversation about school choice and school improvement begun at Vanderbilt University’s recent National Center on School Choice Conference. This online session will review the effectiveness of vouchers and scholarships, parent… Full Details

Learning Groups Compete in Math Chapter Test

by Robert W. Heiny

Big Ideas Learning offers a way for groups of middle school learners to compete as they take math chapter tests. I’ve used versions of such group testing with my fifth grade students. Worked great. While you’re on their site, check out their free… Full Details

Schmidt Predicts Internet in 2014

by Robert W. Heiny

Jessica Stillman asked Google CEO Eric Schmidt what the Internet will look like five years from now. 1. Chinese language content will dominate. 2. Users will jump from app to app seamlessly as teenagers do today. 3. Distinctions between TV, Radio… Full Details

Technology for What? A Preconceptual Sketch Repeated

by Robert W. Heiny

Here’s a reprint of my archieved commentary “Technology for What? A Preconceptual Sketch?” After rereading it, I find that some progress has been made toward addressing these questions. However, most of them seem to me as continue as unfulfilled… Full Details

Game On: How Long Will School Learning Help with my Life Chances?

by Robert W. Heiny

Carla Fried’s discussion of online life expectancy calculators reminded me of how people in schools might use an online personalized life chances calculator. It would convert educators’ generalizations, such as “21st Century Learning,” into… Full Details

Do 21st-Century Learning Laboratory Increase Student Learning?

by Robert W. Heiny

Update my post … Heiny, R. 21st-Century Learning Laboratory… Full Details

Tablet PC and Home Schooling Revisited

by Robert W. Heiny

An anonymous commenter sent this for a post I made in 2005. First, thanks for so many of you continuing to read posts in archieves. Second, I usually don’t post anonymous comments, but this one deserves an exception. So here it is as part of a post:… Full Details

DonorChoose Funds Classroom Projects

by Robert W. Heiny

DonorsChoose.org offers funding for selected school projects. Too much to describe here briefly. A teacher who just received notice of funding pointing me to this site. What tools do your students need to increase their learning efficiency with… Full Details

Moodle, Tablet PCs, and Atomic Models

by Robert W. Heiny

Layne describes how he uses Moodle, Tablet PCs and Atomic Models during a lesson. He required students to use Ink to respond to a problem set about atomic models. With Ink, he knows the student responded rather than just copy-pasting from another… Full Details

Kurzweil Proposes an Entrepreneurial Peace Fund

by Robert W. Heiny

Teachers of science and others who follow rapid development of technologies will find the recent comments of Ray Kurzweil insightful. He gave speeches and served on panels. His comments provide informed glimpses into future developments likely to… Full Details

Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2010

by Robert W. Heiny

The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) will be held May 9 – 14, 2010, in San Jose, California. ISEF offers documents of previous winning projects, tips, and guidelines for students and teachers seeking to compete in this… Full Details

Intel Science Talent Search 2010

by Robert W. Heiny

The Intel Science Talent Search 2010 Rules and Official Entry Form (PDF) are now available. It provides information about the Intel Science Talent Search and how to apply. This document has been updated for 2010, so teachers and supervising… Full Details

Society for Science and the Public Call for Fellow 2010 Applications

by Robert W. Heiny

Society for Science & the Public (SSP), with support from Intel, calls for applications for its 2010 Fellows Program. Online applications opens November 16, 2009. Fellows may serve for up to four years. The goal is to enable Fellows to guide… Full Details

Aaron Patzer Tells a Gen Y View of Competition

by Robert W. Heiny

Jessica Stillman reports that at age 25, Araron Patzer sold his start-up business mint.com for $170 million to Intuit. He shares his views about how Gen Y entrepreneurs face competition from established decision makers: I wanted a personal-finance… Full Details

Paul, Ed, and Leo show on Windows 7 Touch

by Loren Heiny

Listening to the Paul Thurrott show with Ed Bott and Leo LaPorte. Touch just got a quick mention. What was said? Touch makes sense on a Tablet PC or Media PC according to Ed Bott and Paul Thurrott. Though Ed Bott in particular is waiting for the… Full Details

Moodle, Tablet PCs, and Atomic Models

by Layne Heiny

The other day I wrote about the digital academy students learning to use Tablet PCs in the classroom. Today, I wanted to quickly share a victory for learning. Students in the digital academy started to download chemistry problem sets and complete… Full Details

5 Life-Improving Technologies

by Robert W. Heiny

Did you read Layne’s post about 5 Life-Improving Technologies? I found it worthwhile, because I haven’t thought of Tablets, iPhones, printers, etc. as “improving” my life. I still hold a mental image of how a new Bendix front load tumble washing… Full Details

Tablet PCs: Students Sound Off

by Robert W. Heiny

Layne at Technology Questions describes his first days as teacher showing his chemistry students how to use Tablet PCs to learn chemistry. It’s a great read for anyone wondering how Tablets work in public schools with “at risk” students. “Thanks to… Full Details

Charlie Rose Brain Series

by Robert W. Heiny

Charlie Rose has started a series of interviews with noted scientists about the brain. A pertinent set of videos for the mass market about brain functioning. It’s simple to follow, with memorable examples. For personal reasons, I appreciated James… Full Details

Learning with Tablet PCs – A Glossary 2.0.1

by Robert W. Heiny

PrefaceThis glossary includes descriptions that address the question, “What do people do to learn?” It gives priority to describing behavior patterns of people as they learn, sometimes with Tablet and other mobile PCs in and out of schools. These… Full Details

NYC Tablet PC Users Increase Academic Performance

by Robert W. Heiny

A guest post from HP: The HP Innovations in Education grant program has seen some impression improvements in learning following the use of Tablet PCs. Over the past six years, numerous New York City schools have received HP grants, including… Full Details

Professors Teach Economics with Tablet PCs

by Robert W. Heiny

Two University of the Pacific economics professors continue using Tablet PCs during lectures and assessment of students academic performance. I understand that they appreciate the ease with which they can store and retrieve lecture notes and… Full Details

Assessing Effectiveness of Tablet PC based Instruction

by Robert W. Heiny

Another source of empirical evidence that Tablet PC instruction is effective: C. P. Mathews and R. Khoie, “Assessing the Effectiveness of Tablet PC-based Instruction,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Southwest… Full Details

WEEKLY ROUNDUP: OCTOBER 26 – NOVEMBER 1

by Layne Heiny

Technology Questions published 11 stories this week, ranging from topics about vBulletin to the Apple Tablet nomenclature. Apple Tablet versus Apple Tablet PC WordPress for iPhone 2 5 Life-Improving Technologies Join the Windows 7… Full Details

Glossary – Learning with Tablet PCs 2.0

by Robert W. Heiny

This glossary gives priority to terms that describe behavior of people as they learn, including with Tablet and other mobile PCs. It updates earlier glossary notes. It increases the number of terms and refines definitions, expecially those related… Full Details

WordPress for iPhone 2

by Layne Heiny

I can think of nothing more sad than sitting alone in a room and blogging as if the friends on your social network were coming over soon and ready to party. But this appears to be the case for some antisocial bloggers who are looking for… Full Details

5 Life-Improving Technologies

by Layne Heiny

Quick. Name 5 technologies you’ve purchased over the past 5 years that improved your life. Yeah, I struggled, too. I purchase tons of technology every year but adding the condition that my life was improved – well – now the list narrows. Here… Full Details

Join the Windows 7 support request for Dell XT Tablet PC

by Loren Heiny

It’s only been a year and a half and the Dell XT is already considered “legacy.” @RobBushway has created a petition over on Dell’s IdeaStorm website to stop this nonsense. Related posts:Dell Tablet PC rumorsDell study on… Full Details

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