Technology

Reform Symposium Starts Today But How Many Educators Will Take Ownership?

July 29, 2011

As a former Director of Technology, my biggest hurdle in integrating technology into the classroom was motivating teachers and administrators to see the value that edtech brings to the classroom. It seemed that no matter what approach was taken, the percentage of educators that actually embraced it was far smaller than I had hoped for. [...]

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87 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed–Treasure Chest July 24, 2011

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July 24, 2011

Welcome to this week’s edition of Treasure Chest—87 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 Amazon Launches Kindle Textbook Rentals – Peter Kafka – [...]

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Will Schools Go the Way of Newspapers?

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April 25, 2011

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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58 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed–Treasure Chest April 10, 2011

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April 10, 2011

Welcome to this week’s edition of Treasure Chest—58 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! I usually don’t get too excited over an edtech resource, [...]

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Read Maximum PC for Free for Great EdTech

March 18, 2011

I always look forward to my next issue of Maximum PC. It is a great source of technology knowledge for me as an educator. It provides me with a lot of great information on technology and what’s currently going on. Of course, it contains topics that are far beyond what is needed in the classroom [...]

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68 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed–Treasure Chest March 6, 2011

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March 6, 2011

Welcome to this week’s edition of Treasure Chest—a list of edtech resources from the past week that you just may have missed. This week I have added an Education section as the reform/budget movement has taken an ugly turn. In addition, this was the week of the iPad 2 announcement and you can find all [...]

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48 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed–Treasure Chest Feb. 27 2011

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February 27, 2011

Welcome to this week’s edition of Treasure Chest–EdTech Resources You May Have Missed. For new readers, this list is only about resources from the previous week. I do this every week on Sunday and if you want to look at previous week’s Treasure Chests then click HERE! Featured Richard Byrne’s Favorite Tech Resources for Teachers–The [...]

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

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February 20, 2011

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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Never Be Without Your Favorite Software With PortableApps

January 24, 2011

Does your school block you from installing software? Are you forced to use Internet Explorer? (I won’t even ask which version!). Maybe you really want to test out the newest beta versions of Firefox and Chrome but don’t want to take the risk you might lose your extensions, bookmarks, etc. Do you travel a lot [...]

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46 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed–Treasure Chest Jan. 9, 2011

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January 9, 2011

Here is this week’s edition of Treasure Chest–46 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed for this past week. Before getting started, I found an interesting tool to discover the most popular links on a page. For instance, I could put the URL of last week’s Treasure Chest into this tool and it would return a [...]

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

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December 26, 2010

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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Treasure Chest of EdTech Resources for November 28, 2010

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November 28, 2010

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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Good to Great with Technology–A Silent Movie

November 3, 2010

Image via CrunchBase Take a look at this creative video with a spot-on message on integrating technology into education. Good to Great with Technology-Video Good to Great with Technology from Megan Black on Vimeo. The PACE Fine Arts Staff uses silent film to demonstrate how to live happily ever after with educational technology. Related articles [...]

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Technology in the Classroom [Infographic]

October 17, 2010

I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry after reading and absorbing the statistics in this infographic via Online Colleges and Universities Here are my most startling observations: Whiteboards in 28% of Classrooms, Internet Access in only 14%!!!! Only 64% of Schools have Internet Access!!!! Average Number of Students to Computers–24 to 1!!!! Teacher Using [...]

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Daily EdTech Resources for October 7, 2010

October 7, 2010

EdTech Resources for Today Here is what I’ve found for today, October 7, 2010 Hopefully, there is something in here that will help you in your daily tech endeavors. Many of these have been tweeted but there are also many that have been not. Enjoy!

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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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iPad Today-Physics, Classroom Project & More

September 27, 2010

Leo Laporte and Sarah Lane return with the September 24, 2010 edition of iPad Today. The topics include some cool physics apps and an interview with Fraser Speirs of Connected Flow about the world’s 1st iPad classroom project. iPad Today-September 24, 2010 Related articles by Zemanta SecureSheet™ Now Supports The iPad (prweb.com) iPads in the [...]

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