Gary S. Stager's Virtual Handout
Podcasting in Education
A large and growing collection of resources for teachers and students interested in podcasting
The Educational Technology Canon (pdf)
What informed leaders in educational technology should read.
Published in the June 2004 issue of District Administration
Download SWIKI Server Software
Get the free SWIKI collaborative software for Mac, Windows and Linux here.
A Glossary of Blog-related terms
Scenes from the MySpace Backlash
Places to publish your large files online:
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Liberated Syndication
A killer place to publish your podcasts at low-cost and with renewable server space
The Pew Internet and American Life Project (reports galore)
TakingITGlobal
A fantastic site for young people all over the world interested in making the planet a better place to live.
Generation YES!
Employ student tech skills and leadership as partners in teacher professional development, curriculum integration and tech support.
Wikipedia
The Book Stops Here
A terrific profile on Wikipedia, it's users and it's creator from Wired.
http://del.icio.us/
Social bookmarking site
Technorati's list of the most popular blog sites
Blog server software side-by-side feature comparison
Image-sharing Sites:
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Shozu (share photos via cellphone with services like Flickr)
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Stuff I Like
A collection of links to my favorite software tools
Creative Commons
Information wants to be free. Learn about it all here.
Texting Teenagers are Proving “more literate than ever before” (research)
Fears that text messaging has ruined the ability of teenagers to write properly may be unfounded. The two-year study found that in spite of an increase in “colloquial words, informal phrases and text-messaging shorthand...today’s teenagers are using far more complex sentence structures, a wider vocabulary and a more accurate use of capital letters, punctuation and spelling.”
Odeo
Windows users can record and publish audio using nothing more than a browser!
http://local.live.com/
Microsoft's amazing mapping project. Find the car in your driveway!
Bands Embrace Social Networking (article)
Learn what a huge impact MySpace is having on the music industry.
Report on file-sharing leading to increased legal music sales
Guide to Popular Blogging Sites
Best Blog Submission and RSS Sites (get your blog noticed!)
The Case for Computing
A chapter from the book, Snapshots! Educational Insights from the Thornburg Center
A Not-so-funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future
The International Society for Technology in Education invited Gary to write a column for their newspaper, The Daily Leader, distributed at the 2004 National Educational Computing Conference in New Orleans. read more |
Gary's New Newsletter
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The ISTE Problem
ISTE's vague standards and an exclusionary "seal of alignment" make one wonder whose side the group is on.
Published in the February 2003 issue of District Administration
Laptop Woes
Bungling the world's easiest sale
An abridged version appears in the October 2005 issue of District Administration
Gary Stager on How Computers May Save Music Education
Express Yourself Over Summer Vacation
Published in the July 2005 issue of District Administration
Gary Stager on Tech Insurgents
Do Your Teachers Need a Computing IEP?
Published in the June 2005 issue of District Administration
Gary Stager on High-Quality Online Education
How to make your online courses better than your traditional classes.
Published in the May 2005 issue of District Administration
Gary Stager on The iPod Revolution
Are you ready for personal computing?
Published in the March 2005 issue of District Administration
Gary Stager on Tips for Effective Ed Tech
17 creative ways to enhance computer use in your district
Published in the February 2005 issue of District Administration
Gary Stager on the State of Ed Tech
Why the tech movement is on life support
Published in the January 2005 issue of District Administration
Gary Stager on the State of Ed Tech
Why the tech movement is on life support
Published in the January 2005 issue of District Administration
Let them Eat Tech Standards!
A hole in the wall as science and public policy
Published in the May 2004 issue of District Administration
When Pigs Fly - Part Two
Gary Stager's Technology Plan for America's Schools - Part Two
Published in the April 2004 issue of District Administration
When Pigs Fly - Part One
Gary Stager's Technology Plan for America's Schools - Part One
Published in the March 2004 issue of District Administration |
The great thing about Gary is that he never gives up. He was there at the beginning of the great transformation of learning via the medium of portable computers, at the first school to implement laptops, Methodist Ladies College, Melbourne, in 1990. Fifteen years later, Gary's still at the forefront, still showing the way, still walking the walk in his inimitable style.
His work - particularly among the most challenged students, like the juvenile offenders incarcerated at the Maine Youth Center -- provides conclusive proof that kids can learn better through the intelligent use of technology.
- Bob Johnstone, author of Never Mind the Laptops: Kids, Computers and the Transformation of Learning,, the premiere history of laptops in education
Gary Stager is one of the true pioneers of the 1:1 laptop movement. His work in this area includes looking beyond the laptops to their effective application by students as true tools for learning. Rather than seeing 1:1 computing as a vehicle for replicating older educational models, Gary sees it as a chance to transform educational practice in ways that truly prepare young people for lifelong learning.
- Dr. David Thornburg
Noted futurist, author, consultant
Thornburg Center for Professional Development
Gary is an outstanding educator who makes a powerful impact on teachers, parents and students. Gary worked with our school for five days. During that time, I was able to observe him leading faculty meetings, facilitating parent question and answer sessions and working with students in whole class settings. In each case, Gary provided quality instruction, insight and modeling of effective practices. He was able to quickly identify our specific needs and tailored his workshops and interactions accordingly. Gary is an enthusiastic, committed practitioner who challenges the status quo in a manner that promotes inquiry, reflection and substantive change. Gary keeps student learning as his central focus and left our teachers, students and parents energized and motivated to expand their view of how the learning environment can be restructured to improve engagement, motivation and achievement. Overall, it was an outstanding week and we appreciated all that Gary had to offer.
- Lisa Mireles , Assistant Superintendent: American School of Bombay, India
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Pointing in the Wrong Direction
PowerPoint is ruining classes by depriving students and teachers of creativity
Published in the January 2004 issue of District Administration
Why teachers don't use computers
Blocked Web sites, IT staff that exist to hinder staff, and restrictive policies make integrating technology too hard to overcome. No other column by Gary Stager has generated so many negative responses.
Published in the December 2002 issue of District Administration
Laptops in Education - Reinventing the Slate
What Silicon Valley Giveth, Schools Taketh Away
Published in the March 2003 issue of District Administration
About Gary Stager
For 24 years, Gary Stager has helped learners of all ages across the globe embrace the power of computers as intellectual laboratories and vehicles for self-expression. He led professional development in the world's first laptop schools (1990), designed online graduate school programs since the mid-90s and is a collaborator in the MIT Media Lab's Future of Learning Group. Mr. Stager's doctoral research involved the creation a high-tech alternative learning environment for incarcerated at-risk teens. He is Senior Editor of District Administration Magazine, Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine University, author of the regular feature, Exceeding Expectations, for Apple Computer and an Associate of the Thornburg Center for Professional Development. In 1999, Converge Magazine named Gary a “shaper of our future and inventor of our destiny.” Gary has worked with schools, conferences and other institutions around the world and welcomes the opportunity to speak at your next event or design effective professional development services for your school.