Brazee Digital Learning Services

Screenshots…pictures into my life!

Ed Brazee — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:46:03 +0000

Where can you find a pith helmet, a seesaw, and a lion in the same place? And much, much more on my computer desktop. Recently, in a fit of cleaning frenzy I perused my recent screenshots as an informal measure of what I had been working. thinking, and learning about for several weeks. Increasingly, I [...]

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Who controls you(r) technology?

Ed Brazee — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:37:29 +0000

Categories: Digital Citizenship

Tags: tech-free holiday, technology rules, who decides

I love my old MacBook Pro, my original iPad, my iPhone 4, and my collection of historically significant iPods! But, I can get along without them. At least I think I can. Most would agree that disconnecting from technology is healthy for any number of reasons—a break from staring into a screen, a chance to [...]

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I need your help…to answer these questions

Ed Brazee — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:41:54 +0000

Categories: Digital Citizenship, Questions, Your web presence

Tags: digital citizenship, parents

Why do some schools still ban technology? Which is more important— technology or the learning that can happen through technology? If someone is good at Facebook and texting, does that mean she is tech savvy? Who are the role models for teaching the younger generation about safe and ethical technology use? Why don’t schools encourage [...]

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Digital Citizenship — On the Way

Ed Brazee — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:28:36 +0000

Categories: Digital Citizenship, Student Technology Teams

Last week I made two presentations at the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) Conference in Portland, OR. The first session was on beginning student technology teams and the second presentation was on digital citizenship. In the first session, with 25 people in attendance, we had a lively discussion about why, how, where, and when [...]

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Tech Booster Camps

Ed Brazee — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 21:22:06 +0000

Categories: Tech Camps

Tags: Tech booster camps

A series of digital workshops to simplify and make your life more enjoyable! Workshop #1 – Connecting – Staying in touch with friends through video conferencing, social media, cell phones, e-mail, and more, November 27, 2012 Workshop #2 – Photos and Movies – Taking, editing, sharing, and storing photos and short movies, December 5, 2012 [...]

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Busier than ever…or more time than you think?

Ed Brazee — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:17:56 +0000

Categories: Digital Citizenship

Tags: cognitive surplus, schools

What do you do with your free time? It is estimated that worldwide every year there are one trillion hours available outside of our work obligations. Free time, fun time, useful time? In the U.S. we spend 200 billion hours each year watching TV. Yes, 200 billion hours. AND 100 million hours every weekend watching [...]

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A personal digital odyssey

Ed Brazee — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:38:09 +0000

Categories: Digital Citizenship, Professional Development

I thought by my age that I would be well organized in my professional life, concentrate on fewer and more meaningful projects, and generally be better able to plan my working life. If I ever thought I was on the way to organizational bliss it all changed with computers and easy Internet access. It exploded [...]

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Let’s try this from a different perspective

Ed Brazee — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:59:49 +0000

Categories: Digital Citizenship, Parent and Community

Tags: digital citizenship, parents, schools

Are we upside down on digital citizenship? More headlines…college students use their smartphones to cheat on exams…a national push to totally ban cellphone use while driving…prominent figures sexting…recently 65% of adults surveyed said it was fine to ask someone out on a first date via text (and if you like that one—24% said it was [...]

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