Jeffrey Thomas

98 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed–Treasure Chest April 1, 2012

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Welcome to this week’s edition of Treasure Chest—98 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed. It’s really difficult to keep up with all that happens in educational technology. This is my attempt to make it just a little easier. I post a Treasure Chest every Sunday! Featured Coming to Terms With Five New Realities | District [...]

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Twitter Birthday Birth Certificate

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Twitter just recently turned 6 years old! How long have you been on Twitter? Although many educators have realized the tremendous resources available via Twitter there are still many that have not joined or have not used it to its full potential. There are other ways to find your Twitter birthday (see my post When [...]

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97 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed–Treasure Chest March 25, 2012

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Welcome to this week’s edition of Treasure Chest—97 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed. It’s really difficult to keep up with all that happens in educational technology. This is my attempt to make it just a little easier. I post a Treasure Chest every Sunday! Featured Wikipedia – what are we afraid of?–I don’t understand [...]

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97 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed–Treasure Chest March 18, 2012

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Welcome to this week’s edition of Treasure Chest—97 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed. It’s really difficult to keep up with all that happens in educational technology. This is my attempt to make it just a little easier. I post a Treasure Chest every Sunday! Featured Voting for the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012 [...]

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Passwords Plus Finally Enters Mobile and Cloud Age

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This will date me just a bit but Passwords Plus was a great program to store sensitive information and then sync it to my Palm device so I could have the information everywhere I went. Well, we know what happened to Palm! But instead of abandoning Passwords Plus, I continued to store sensitive information in [...]

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Khan Academy iPad App–First Impressions

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Khan Academy released their iPad app yesterday so I decided to give it a quick spin this morning. If you’re an educator and have not heard about Khan Academy then it’s probably time to take a look. Even 60 Minutes did a piece just last night. I have also placed the 60 Minutes story in [...]

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92 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed–Treasure Chest March 11, 2012

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Welcome to this week’s edition of Treasure Chest—92 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed. It’s really difficult to keep up with all that happens in educational technology. This is my attempt to make it just a little easier. I post a Treasure Chest every Sunday! Featured 20+ Fun Free Apps that Promote Student Centered Learning [...]

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100 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed–Treasure Chest March 4, 2012

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Welcome to this week’s edition of Treasure Chest—100 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed. It’s really difficult to keep up with all that happens in educational technology. This is my attempt to make it just a little easier. I post a Treasure Chest every Sunday! Featured Stop Stealing Dreams – Seth Godin’s Manifesto on Transforming [...]

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20 Cases Solved By Using Facebook [Infographic]

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If you’re still not convinced that it would be a good idea to teach students the proper use of social media, particularly Facebook, then this infographic is for you! Now I’ll admit these are extreme cases but imagine all the lesser posts on Facebook that could get students into trouble. Where are the kids, and [...]

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The Sad State of Social Media Privacy [Infographic]

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Privacy issues are a very hot topic for anyone using social media. As educators, I believe it is our responsibility to teach our students the ins and outs of how to responsibly use social media. Just in the past few weeks very important issues concerning online privacy have surfaced and must be addressed. For instance, [...]

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Will You Buy an iPad 3? [Infographic]

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Rumors continue to swirl concerning the upcoming release of the iPad 3. As an owner of an iPad 1, I will definitely consider upgrading because of the slow response time of my current iPad. Technology is all about speed and my Samsung Skyrocket runs circles around my iPad 1. So if the iPad 3 upgrades [...]

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94 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed–Treasure Chest February 26, 2012

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Welcome to this week’s edition of Treasure Chest—94 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed. It’s really difficult to keep up with all that happens in educational technology. This is my attempt to make it just a little easier. I post a Treasure Chest every Sunday! Featured Flipped, Blended, Disrupted Nonsense! | Royal Reports–Where do these [...]

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Twitter 2012 [Infographic]

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Twitter is undoubtedly a great tool for educators who wish to keep up with the most recent educational and edtech news. Even though Twitter is growing by leaps and bounds, there are still a lot of people who have know idea what Twitter is or how to use it. Here is a nice infographic from [...]

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86 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed–Treasure Chest February 19, 2012

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Welcome to this week’s edition of Treasure Chest—86 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed. It’s really difficult to keep up with all that happens in educational technology. This is my attempt to make it just a little easier. I post a Treasure Chestevery Sunday! Featured A Tech-Happy Professor Reboots After Hearing His Teaching Advice Isn’t [...]

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Facebook Doesn’t Care One Bit About Your Reputation!

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If you use Facebook as an educational tool then there is one thing you must know: Facebook doesn’t care one bit about your reputation! How do I know this? Easy, let me give you a real-life example. My brother was recently named the interim director of the Porter County (IN) Animal Shelter. He is being [...]

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A Few Ways That Men Can Use Pinterest [Infographic]

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Pinterest is the next big thing in social media – at least that’s what I have heard! I’ve got an account and must admit that I haven’t figured out what all the buzz is about but maybe that will change with this infographic from  Jack M. Block I like most of the ideas in the infographic [...]

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86 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed–Treasure Chest February 12, 2012

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Welcome to this week’s edition of Treasure Chest—86 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed. It’s really difficult to keep up with all that happens in educational technology. This is my attempt to make it just a little easier. I post a Treasure Chest every Sunday! Featured Engaging Learners through Digital Storytelling: 40+ Resources & Tips [...]

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