Eric Langhorst and Teaching with Technology

Yesterday after eating a fantastic meal at Arthur Bryant's we made a sojourn to Liberty, MO to see a very technology minded young teacher, Eric Langhorst. Eric uses a variety of different technologies to inspire and teach the students of South Valley Junior High, grades 8 and 9 only. From web pages to blogs and everything in between, if there is a technology out there that might be useful to students in the classroom Eric has tried or has it. Of all the technologies presented yesterday I was most impressed with two things, digital videos and Flickr toys. The marriage of video, audio, with Photostory and Windows Movie Maker in the classroom impressed me greatly. The productions his students had produced were amazing and highly engaging. Additionally, my introduction to Flickr toys was exciting and eye-opening. The possible uses for this web-site in the classroom are many. I thoroughly enjoyed the time we spent at the technologically advance school and classroom of Eric Langhorst.