HiTechHall’s Tech Waves

Hi, I’m Tech Hall and I plan to use this blog “Tech Waves” as an opportunity to keep people that are interested in educational technology up-to-date and aware of interesting ed tech developments, as well as document my opinions on a range of education technology subjects.

I started out many years ago as a high school Social Studies teacher, and became very interested in using the emerging “Information Highway” as a tool and resource for my classes. In the late ’90s, I developed several lessons incorporating email exchanges between my students and friends of mine who lived in Southern Africa. At the time, it seemed absolutely “magical” to be able to send and receive messages so quickly across such great distances. Today, that kind of stuff seems ho-hum to students, and most adults as well, and that just illustrates how rapidly technology is advancing.

Since those days, I’ve been a tech teacher, coordinator, computer/network repairer and Web designer, and I spend huge amounts of time struggling to keep up with insanely evolving tech developments. I know that most teachers and admins just don’t have the time to keep up with this stuff, but would like to know how to incorporate and use more technology and they just need some trusted person to advise them. It occurred to me that I might as well put all of my research to good use by documenting my observations, discoveries, recommendations, rants, raves, tips and tricks for anyone interested to see, right here at Tech Waves. So please check-in once in awhile.