Rural Tech Educator

    The term "knowledge management" is new to me. When I read the word the first time, I thought it was how to manage all that I'm learning in my brain.      Then I watch a YouTube video by IBM. The presenter, Martin Keen, a Master Inventor of IBM Cloud, broke down the definition of knowledge management into simple terms. We all know that one employee who knows everything about the company or the organization. Then, what happens when that employee, with all that knowledge decides to leave or retire? The company scrambles to get that employee to make lists and descriptions of what all they know.      As Keen said this is an example of a "lack of recorded enterprise knowledge," and what was needed all along was a proper "knowledge management system." IBM Technology YouTube What is Knowledge Management?       Knowledge management (KM) is the process of identifying, organizing, storing and disseminating information within an o...

      Technology is a great thing, when it works.       Since the advent of computers in the mid 1970s, educators have extensively discussed the potential they have for helping to improve student learning (Carver, 2016).      Teachers need to use information and communication technologies (ICT) in classrooms in order to prepare students for the 21st century (Jamil, et. al, 2016). Yet, there are still many who are resistant to use technology. Other barriers stand in the way of technology usage in education as well, such as reliable internet, training, time, infrastructure, and outdated equipment.      This blog will look at some of those barriers and ways to solve, or make better, the problems.  Texas Tribune: " Rural Texas students struggle without broadband access"    RELIABLE INTERNET      The small, West Texas town I live in has an issue when it comes to technology. That issue is reliable i...

  Canva     Like many people, I am still trying to wrap my head around the new Artificial Intelligence, or AI, technology that has emerged this school year. As a high school teacher, I am especially trying to understand how to get around the bad stuff and find the good stuff that can be used in my classroom.     However, I am determined to embrace this new technology and to show my colleagues that AI has its positive uses in a classroom.  Museum of Science, Boston WHAT IS AI?      AI, or Artificial Intelligence, refers to a collection of technologies that allow computers to sense, learn, reason, and act (Museum of Science, Boston, 2022). AI powers the algorithms that rank search results on the web, along with ones used in social media sites.      Generative AI uses deep learning techniques such as neural networks to create text, sounds, and images that mimic human creations, such as instructional content, automa...