August 2009

Portal applications for education, part 2 of 2

August 30, 2009

This week we complete a 2 part overview of two specific portal applications for education Last week we reviewed the Timecruiser suite (exclusive to Higher Ed), with its Campus Cruiser portal and integrated applications like the Course Cruiser LMS and Cruiser Alert, delivered under a Software-as-a-Service model. This week we take a look at myCampus and other apps available through the Campus [...]

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What Internet technologies are you going to introduce in the classroom this year?

August 27, 2009

With the new school year upon us, I thought it would be interesting and informative to learn what types of Internet technologies readers are considering using for the first time in this coming school year. There are so many engaging and potentially helpful technologies available via the web. In addition to the types of technologies you may be introducing to the instructional process, how do you envision these tools improving learning outcomes (because that’s what its really all about in the end, isn’t it)?

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Portal Applications for Higher Education

August 24, 2009

This week and next I will be discussing two distinct approaches to implementing portal applications in a higher education environment. I am going to divert from the type of tools and resources I typically post about (free or low cost web based resources and apps for educators and the instructional process) to take a look a [...]

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Top 10 ‘Language Technology’ Blogs

August 19, 2009

Education Technology sites, recognized as ‘Language Technology’ category winners. Lexiophiles.com has announced this year’s winners in their new “Language Technology” web sites contest category. These sites are  actually great Internet based Education Technology blogs (they are not  focused specifically on language or languages). No sense in me repeating all of them here, just click on this link to [...]

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Web based resources for Physically Handicapped students (and other special needs students)

August 17, 2009

Final post in a series on Internet resources for Educators working with Special Needs students. This week’s post is a bit of a mixed bag. I’ll wrap up this 5 part series with some information on resources for students with physical handicaps (other than visual impairments, and hearing impairments, covered the last two weeks). I will [...]

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Doodle – a quick, easy, and free resource for creating polls

August 12, 2009

This week’s mid week update is about a great, simple free tool I’ve used recently and found quite effective for taking quick polls. Doodle.com allows you to send a link out to users where they can easily and quickly click and make a selection from a range of choices you lay out

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Internet Resources for teachers working with Hearing Impaired students

August 10, 2009

The 4th post in a series providing an overview of web based resources for educators that work with Special Needs students.

We started this series a few weeks back by looking at resources for teaching students with ADD & ADHD, we focused on Autism & PDD the next week, and Visual Impairments last week, and this week we’re looking at resources for instructors that work with Hearing Impaired students

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Series of Webinars from ATIA on Assistive Technology

August 5, 2009

In line with the series we’ve been running on Internet based resources for educators working with students with Special Needs, this week’s mid week update is about a series of webinars from the ATIA (Assistive Technology Industry Association) on Assistive Technologies. I have listed summary information below for the next 3 Educational Webinars being offered by ATIA [...]

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Internet resources for educators working with visually impaired students

August 3, 2009

3rd post in a series examining web based resources for educators that work with Special Needs students Just as with my recent posts focused on ADD & ADHD, and Autism and PDD, it is not difficult to find resources focused on this week’s special needs category – Visual Impairments. What I’ve focused on in this posting is finding resources intended [...]

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