1. Hope or Hype? Assessing New Educational Technology Tools

2. Guest introduction

10. “Technology is the systematic application of scientific or of organized knowledge to practical tasks.” John Kenneth Galbraith

11. Technologies we’ve used

12. http://daily.swarthmore.edu/static/uploads/by_date/2009/02/19/evolution.jpg More creative? Smarter? Am I happier? Kinder?

13. Everything’s Amazing and Nobody’s Happy

18. Evaluating Technologies What do you value? the uses of ^

21. Six questions to ask yourself about an educational tool: 1. How does this connect students to other people in the classroom community?

22. 2. How does this connect students to what's in their heart, including their sense of fun? Six questions to ask yourself about an educational tool:

23. 3. How does this connect students to the natural world? Six questions to ask yourself about an educational tool:

24. 4. How does this connect students to their innate desire to ask questions? Six questions to ask yourself about an educational tool:

25. 5. How does this connect students to the larger fabric of society? Six questions to ask yourself about an educational tool:

26. 6. How does this help students connect curricular areas to one another? Six questions to ask yourself about an educational tool: