Ken Blystone

Yes, you seem to be on the right track.  Or, it might be more accurate to say you are on the new track.

I've been using the Internet since the late 1970's.  I started my own online school for students in my community in the 1980's.  By 1990, we had about 5,000 regular participants in my school.  I, along with many other teachers, were pioneers in starting virtual schools.  Eventually, the Internet was standardized and embraced by millions during the 1990's.  By the year 2000, technology devices were moving beyond being portals to the "environment" to being the place where… >>>

IPADS piloted?  If you are exploring putting iPads in the classroom, you are missing the point.  The classroom is now in the iPAD, not the other way around.  Progress has to do with abandoning old thinking.  Putting technology into schools is old thinking.  Putting schools into technology is progress.  My iPAD is my school.  Millions of hits are "real positive reactions."

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I have seen some students use numbers to create a "numeric acronym." Some students can retain a series of numbers that remind them of a list of items to be learned.

Student sometimes have unrealistic expectations of career education. For example, students who watch TV crime shows may think police are constantly shooting guns. A criminal justice student will learn that the real expectation is doing accurate paperwork. Career education will help students focus on facts, not fiction.

Howard Gardner’s work on multiple intelligences has been widely accepted, practiced, and preached for several generations. Yet, we still pretty much boil things down to a math score and verbal score. Soon, I hope, through technology we will add music, visual arts, and even web cam motion to our tests of students. I wish we would develop testing that does it all.

I’ve always been fascinated with memories my mind keeps. I have vivid episodic memories dating back to the time I was about 2-years old. I remember seeing John F. Kennedy as his motorcade drove past my elementary school. I remember seeing Lee Harvey Oswald being shot on TV. Using memories such as these, I have found storytelling to be an effective tool in the classroom. By sharing personal episodes, my students can compare my experiences with their own.