Author Archives: Chris
About Chris
EdTech Swami is the pet project of Christopher Rogers, who is a high school English teacher in central New York. The Swami believes that education is not keeping up with a rapidly changing world, and he hopes to do his small part to change that.Call to Arms on School Reform
I felt so strongly about the topic of this week’s (7/6/10) #edchat that I needed two days to collect my thoughts. This week’s #edchat centered around what we as educators can do to move from discussion of educational reform to… continue reading »
Are Teachers Wasting Their Time Teaching Styles?
As I grade a seemingly never ending pile of essays a question continues to pop into my mind. How much time am I wasting teaching students to use the proper formatting style? How much time are they wasting trying to… continue reading »
What Educators Can Learn From John Wooden
Following up on my post about Steve Jobs, and given the death of the great John Wooden I thought it was timely to write another post about what we can learn by listening to great thinkers. I never knew a… continue reading »
What Educators Can Learn From Steve Jobs
Apple has been in the news a lot lately. They recently surpassed Microsoft in terms of market cap and became the largest American technology company, they sold two million iPads in two months, they lost a valuable prototype and then… continue reading »
Projects Roundup: Create A Social Network For Your Class Using Buddypress
This project was one that proved to be very rewarding for me and I would encourage any of you that have the resources to set this up to do so. I have been using WordPress for a long time, and… continue reading »
Pass It On! Some Great Blogs to Take a Look At.
When I started this blog in September I wasn’t sure anyone would read it, so I was thrilled and humbled to be given the Pass It On blog award by Lisa Sanderson. Now it is my turn to pass it… continue reading »