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66 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed–Treasure Chest May 1, 2011

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Welcome to this week’s edition of Treasure Chest—66 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! This week the White iPhone was introduced but for me, [...]

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Will Schools Go the Way of Newspapers?

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I had just had my evaluation from my assistant principal and was walking back to my classroom reflecting upon what he had just said. No, it wasn’t a bad evaluation. In fact, he gave me a glowing review. Unlike other evaluations I have had when I wondered if the administrator had even spent time in [...]

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79 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed–Treasure Chest–Feb. 20 2011

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I usually write this opening paragraph after I have curated all of this week’s resources.  I also try and guess how many resources I’ll be posting based upon my feeling of the previous week and what I’ve found.  I am predicting a record number of resources this week.  That doesn’t mean I’m going to try [...]

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Discovering the Hidden Potential of Your Teacher Website

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I’m off to TCEA today and doing all my last minute preparations.  TCEA is an exciting and great time where I always come away with more resources than I thought possible. This year, I’m excited to be able to share some of my resources during a presentation entitled “Discovering the Hidden Potential of Your Teacher [...]

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50 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed–Treasure Chest Jan 23 2011

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Welcome to this week’s Treasure Chest of 50 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed. I try to post some of the more interesting topics and resources that I’ve come across during the past week.  This week, I’m in a bit of a fun-loving mood so let’s start off with this site and see if you [...]

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49 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed! Treasure Chest Dec. 26, 2010

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It’s certainly been a busy week!  The holidays are always a great time of year for me and my family.  Although I achieved my goal of “disconnecting” yesterday for Christmas, I did find time during the week to find a lot of useful resources for EdTech!  You’ll find many Delicious export resources and iPad information. [...]

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If You Haven’t Taught, You Can’t Tell Us How to Teach

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Education reform is a big deal right now with almost everybody weighing in.  I ignore most of it because it’s like the blind men trying to describe an elephant.  Everybody focuses in on one and only one aspect and says if that aspect is fixed, education is fixed. I’ve got news for all these “reformers”  [...]

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Treasure Chest of EdTech Resources for November 28, 2010

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Here is the new edition of  Treasure Chest, lots of “stuff” I’ve found this week concerning EdTech resources.  If you’re like a lot of us, it might have been hard to keep up with everything due to the Thanksgiving holidays!  In addition, check out my new post this week–The Complete Dropbox for Educators.  If you [...]

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Treasure Chest of EdTech Resources, Videos, How-To’s, Tools, Insights and Tons More–Nov. 21, 2010

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Here is this week’s edition of Treasure Chest–the best resources and information from the past week on the web! This week we’ve got lots of info on Creative Commons, Flickr, iPad, iPhone, elearning, and tons of resources! Featured Creative Commons High Resolution Images on Flickr | Teacher Reboot Camp–Part of education transformation is sharing what [...]

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The Complete Facebook For Educators!

October 26, 2010

Facebook is controversial within the educational circles–should it or should it not be included as a valid learning tool.  Teachers coming under fire for Facebook postings.  Should teachers friend students, former students, etc.  At the very least, you should have as much information as possible before you make your final decision.  Of course, your school/district [...]

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EdTech is NOT the Way for School Reform!

September 30, 2010

EdTech is NOT the Way for School Reform!  Yeah, that’s the title.  But the part I left out is “But It Should Be!” Why?  It would enable educators to be viewed as forward thinkers.  It is a pioneer area–it is the Gold Rush of this century.  There are so many possibilities to explore.  Teachers would [...]

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(Little) Evan Stone vs. South Bronx School

September 17, 2010

Education reform is a hot topic right now.  You don’t need me to bring you up-to-date on that issue.  However, what I find very interesting is the battle between Evan Stone and The South Bronx School.  I guess battle might be the wrong word.  Rather, the word attack comes to mind as it takes two [...]

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Gmail Call Gives Every Teacher a Classroom Phone–Or Does It?

August 27, 2010

Google introduced Gmail Call within the chat module yesterday and I’ve already given it a try.  It worked great!  It’s unbelievable that you are not restricted to calling just other computers.  I called my wife at work and she said the quality was just fine. I then began to think about classroom applications.  I’ve worked [...]

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Treasure Chest-3 Top 100 Lists, Native Reality, Documentaries, Tools & Much More!

August 22, 2010

Here are my top picks for the last week gathered from the web.  I really need to do this more often as once a week makes it very difficult to pick out the “top” items.  I feel that I am leaving many great things off that I just don’t have the room (time) to post.  [...]

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Who is Twitter’s Most Influential Teacher? – Give Me a Break!

July 14, 2010

Image via Wikipedia First off, let me say I love EduDemic.  I get a lot of my information from their posts and they do a marvelous job promoting education and technology.  However — today’s post, “Who is Twitter’s Most Influential Teacher?” left me cold. I’m sure their intentions are good but I’m not sure of [...]

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Treasure Chest–Blogs, Kids, eBooks, Webquests & More–June 20, 2010

June 20, 2010

Take a look at what I’ve discovered the past 3 days.  Hopefully, something in this Treasure Chest will be of use to you!  Enjoy! Pieces of Gold! Top 100 Technology Blogs for Teachers Looking for educational technology blogs?  This is the place to start.  The top 100 Technology Blogs for Teachers! 50 Summer Sites for [...]

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Daily Treasure Chest – May 20, 2010

May 20, 2010

In an effort to bring more resources on a more regular basis, I am starting my “Daily Treasure Chest” of interesting resources and information concerning educational technology! So here we go–my third “Treasure Chest” on Tech the Plunge! Enjoy! Direct Link to Today’s Bag of Resources As an extra special feature, take a look at [...]

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