December 2008
19 posts
TECHMATRIX - Your Guide for Technology Tools for... →
The TechMatrix is a powerful tool for finding educational and assistive technology products for students with special needs. See the Find Product menu for other search options. Create a customized…
education2020 » home →
The main aim of this wiki is to create and encourage a dialogue around what education should look like in the year 2020. We firmly believe that this wiki should be centred around debate, discussion,…
edSocialMedia » Why Schools Shouldn’t Ignore... →
Wave.3 Presentation from Universal McCann with facts relating to the power of social media.
School CTO/CIO/Directors - A place for school... →
A place for discussion and sharing around topics impacting technology decision makers in schools
2¢ Worth » So Now What Do We Do? →
David Warlick provides suggestions for overcoming excuses and reasons for educators failing to make effective use of emerging tools to ensure learning is relevant to 21st Century learners.
Pew Internet: Future of the Internet →
A survey of internet leaders, activists and analysts shows they expect major tech advances as the phone becomes a primary device for online access, voice-recognition improves, artificial and virtual…
The Mobile Learner →
As I stated in an earlier blog post, I am beginning a new series on using cell phones in learning to go along side my iPods in Education series. I hope through this series of blog posts to provide…
21st Century Pedagogy | 21st Century Connections →
Even if you have a 21st Century classroom (flexible and adaptable); even if you are a 21st century teacher ; (an adaptor, a communicator, a leader and a learner, a visionary and a model, a collaborator and risk taker) even if your curriculum reflects the new paradigm and you have the facilities and resources that could enable 21st century learning - you will only be a 21st century teacher if...
Top News - Tech trends every school leader should... →
A new generation of students with vastly different learning needs is redefining expectations for classroom instruction, and a growing emphasis on school accountability is changing the role of the…
Exciting Stuff! Cloud Computing Operating System
We are creeping closer to the day when an inexpensive device will allow you to do everything you ever wanted on a computer. No more monster hard drives, no more massive processors to run bloated software… AND no more servers to maintain.
ReadWrite Web’s article “Is This the Cloud OS You Wanted” gives you a closer look at Cloud, the operating system that runs in your...
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The Facebook Virus Spreads: No Social Network is... →
“Koobface
If you are a user of Facebook please do us all a favor and read this article. It is about the growing Facebook virus called Koobface. http://ping.fm/V3SWe
Intel hopes to bring free energy to mobile devices... →
Intel on Friday said it is researching technology to harvest free energy from the environment, which could lead to devices such as mobile phones running for indefinite periods without recharging. The…
Blog From Your iPhone
I downloaded a new, free application from the iPhone Apps Store called LifeCast that allows me to post to this blog with my iPhone. As a matter of fact, this very post and the previous two came from my iPhone via this software. I was frustrated to find myself at a technology conference that had no wireless access available to me to connect to via my laptop. So, with 3G service available on my...
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Technology for Small Learning Communities
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I am at the Tennessee Education Technology Conference sitting in a session about technology for small learning communities. Newton Rowland, teacher from Nashville is sharing his experiences from the small learning community approach. He uses mostly Microsoft Office products and delivers his curriculum via his website to the vocational technology students he teaches. Lecturing...
Twitter Groups - KYEdTechTwitters ~... →