Posted in Education, Technology Trends on Dec 24th, 2007 No Comments »
Below is a talk given by Stephen Downes where he looks at learning theories: Connectivism and what he calls, “Free Learning.” So far it is interesting. I’ve only just started it, but I’m putting it here for easy reference later. The ‘embed’ code isn’t working, so you’ll have to click on the ‘View’ link below. [...]
Posted in Technology Trends on Dec 18th, 2007 No Comments »
PSDTuts - Photoshop Tutorials and Links - 9 Essential Principles for Good Web Design
I’ve become a fan of lately of good web design, especially simple web design. It’s not too difficult to put up a website nowadays, especially for teachers. The trick, I think, is to make the site navigable in a simple sort of [...]
Posted in Education on Dec 14th, 2007 No Comments »
Today is Friday. Whew . . . .I’ve got several projects on the burner today and I hope to get ‘em done. PowerPoint integrated into the CPS unit for a 5th grade project for next week, finish up an online survey for Spec-Ed on Autism, work with the other ITRT on creating websites, clean out [...]
Posted in Education on Dec 12th, 2007 No Comments »
Top hits of 2007 on Office Online - Microsoft Office Online
For those that use Office 2007 . . .this one’s for you. Some good templates and help info are on this page. Enjoy!
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Posted in Blogging, Education, Lesson Ideas, Podcasts on Dec 8th, 2007 1 Comment »
Field Report #11: Voice Thread (with Meg Swecker)
This is a nice GenTech ‘field report’ done by Tina, interviewing Meg. The project is such a good description of getting students involved with something that allows Meg to share her passion for diving. Enjoy this one–’tis good!
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Posted in Education on Dec 6th, 2007 No Comments »
So my question is simply how do we as educators and Technology Educators go back to the school divisions and spread the energy and enthusiasm that we take from a conference like this? There is always an equilibrium rebalancing that seems to happen, rather than a real movement, in a sense, for the teachers that [...]
