Technology

Are You Obsessed With Stewardship?

Martin Spriggs — Wed, 30 May 2012 03:05:04 +0000

One thing I’ve observed over the past five years or so is that I’m obsessed…obsessed with…well stewardship. And that’s a bad thing. Let me explain. The stewardship I’m obsessed with is the stewardship of time — more specifically, saving time through optimizing how I use my computer. I’m always tweaking this and that. Finding a [...]

Tech Forum Roundtable: The Death of Textbooks?

Martin Spriggs — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:17:38 +0000

This is the third part of a three part series based on a day I spent in Lincolnshire, IL at a Tech Forum sponsored by Tech & Learning Magazine. My first post of the series reviewed the excellent keynote address by Dean Shareski. The second post outlined my thoughts on a session focused on the [...]

Tech Forum Flipped Classroom Session

Martin Spriggs — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:42:02 +0000

This is the second part of a three part series based on a day I spent in Lincolnshire, IL at a Tech Forum sponsored by Tech & Learning Magazine. My first post of the series reviewed the excellent keynote address by Dean Shareski. This post outlines my thoughts on a session focused on the “flipped [...]

Tech Forum Keynote Recap

Martin Spriggs — Wed, 09 May 2012 02:59:55 +0000

Last Friday I was able to attend a Tech Forum in Lincolnshire, IL sponsored by Tech & Learning Magazine. Over the next three blog posts I want to share some of the takeaways from that conference. I think they will be mostly valuable to educators, but all readers may find something useful here. I certainly [...]

The New iPad

Martin Spriggs — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 03:22:31 +0000

OK. The new iPad (3rd Generation) has been in the house for about three weeks now, so I feel I can give a fair review after seeing the good, bad and everything in between. So here goes. First of all I’m not going to rate its fitness for ministry type tasks just yet. I need a [...]

Why Blog?

Martin Spriggs — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:08:00 +0000

Those of you that have followed my blog over the years know one thing for certain…I’m an inconsistent blogger. I’m “streaky.” I will blog consistently for a few weeks or even months, but then go dark for a time — like I have been the past two months. I could say life just got busy [...]

iPads vs. Chromebooks in Elementary School Classrooms

Martin Spriggs — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:17:53 +0000

This past week Apple introduced electronic textbooks through their iBook store and available in the iTunes University (iTunes U). iTunes U had previously been available only to higher education institutions. It is now available for K-12.. Also a part of the announcement was the introduction of a new iBook / Textbook authoring tool called iBook [...]

Nice job Focus On The Family!

Martin Spriggs — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:54:39 +0000

Was just relaxing on the couch basking in the glow of the San Francisco 49ers’ win over New Orleans (I’m a longtime Niner fan), and flipped on the Denver Broncos vs. the New England Patriots. I’m rooting for Denver not so much because I like the Broncos, but have been following the career of Tim [...]

Extending Your Brain…Even More

Martin Spriggs — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:52:15 +0000

Yesterday I wrote about one of my favorite tools for getting stuff out of my head and into a trusted system to which I could turn when I need to remember or find something from the recent or distant past — Evernote. Today comes the other half of the technological brain extender I use almost [...]

Extending Your Brain

Martin Spriggs — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:23:18 +0000

“Oh for the simpler times and the simpler ways.” Have you ever said that? I know that if I haven’t said it, I’ve thought it. I know in the past I’ve heard my parents and grandparents say it. It really is a complex thought. What is it about the past that makes us think things [...]