Teacher Technology

My son starts Kindergarten tomorrow. I should say, our family starts Kindergarten tomorrow as we will all be involved in his education, in the school, and in the community.

It did get me thinking about technology in education. When does it work? When doesn’t it? Is it about the students? Should it be about the teachers? Can virtual social networks model real world networks?

I read about Yahoo! for Teachers today on Mighty Girl’s blog. Seems like it could be a great resource for time and resource strapped teachers.

Donor’s Choose is the case study of how to do viral, sticky fundraising campaigns through the web.

Open source applications are, in many ways, perfect for education. There’s Moodle (course management), edubuntu (education-friendly Linux for computer labs), and, one of my favorites, “DrupalEd” (web community system packaged for educators). Open Source doesn’t come without its own set of resource and expertise needs.

Of course, my son is excited about Kindergarten, too.

(Hat tip to Mighty Girl and Adaptive Path.)