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5 Great Posts from 2010 That You May Have Missed

January 5, 2011

Before getting under way with new posts for 2011, I thought I would shine a little light on a few posts from 2010 that I think deserve a little extra love. I post pretty consistently here, but the reality of educator’s schedules means that certain times of the year are “down time” and traffic on [...]

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Making the Rudolph Music Video (a Web 2.0 story)

December 26, 2010

Join me on a little diversion from Ed Tech, to explore some fun Web 2.0 tools that I use to create music videos. I occasionally get asked what it takes to create videos like the one I made to accompany this year’s “musical Christmas card”, my version of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (or last year’s [...]

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5 Tips for Advancing Any Career Using Technology Tools

December 22, 2010

Guest writer Mike Patterson suggests 5 ways that students and professionals can utilize Internet based applications to advance their professional prospects. The 21st century has brought about a revolution in the way we obtain educational information, gain career exposure, and market ourselves for the jobs that we desire. Whether pursuing continued education or simply looking to advance in [...]

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The Internet as a Study Buddy

December 19, 2010

College students share their tips about Internet resources that help them with their studies and school work. Guest post by Alexis Pellegrino, Jarryed Scott, Berbely Zayas, Maritza Yuman, and Emran Rahim (all students currently attending The College of Westchester). I came across this article last week in the “Student Voices” newsletter  published by the Student Government [...]

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Is There a Role For Wikipedia in the Classroom?

December 15, 2010

The operators of the popular online encyclopedia hit the road to discuss the challenges education sees with this resource. Guest Post by Joseph Levis, Reference and Instruction Librarian at The College of Westchester. Wikipedia poses a challenge to librarians and educators because it is a double edged sword.  On one hand, the fact that anyone can create [...]

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Learning about OER – Open Educational Resources

December 12, 2010

OER is a transformational idea that can play an important role in changing the nature, and availability, of educational materials, content, and tools. I’m pretty sure that the first time I heard the formal phrase “Open Educational Resources” was during Josh Baron’s Disruptive Change keynote presentation at the Campus Technology 2010 conference last July. When I saw Baron’s picture in the article, “The Future of Content [...]

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Exploring the World of Free Teaching Productivity Resources on the Web

November 28, 2010

There are so many free productivity tools available on the Internet for today’s educators. I’m creating a resource page that list many of the most useful ones, and I’d love to have your input! By “productivity” tools and resources, I am referring to tools that can help teachers get their jobs done more efficiently or effectively, at no cost (beyond the [...]

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The Importance of Writing Skills: Online Tools to Encourage Success

November 21, 2010

Good writing skills are critical for today’s students, here’s a few online tools to help develop and reinforce them. As teachers, I think we’d all agree that communication is pretty important. In fact, it’s a necessary component of education, livelihood, and basic functionality in our society. It’s also fairly obvious that there are two main ways to communicate, [...]

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Google Docs: Why Teachers and Students Should Be Using Them For Course Work

November 17, 2010

… or at least considering it. Guest post from writer Brian Jenkins. Google Docs, an increasingly popular technology with teachers and students, is free! Google Docs includes an online word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation editor. Students and teachers can use these tools to collaborate on assignments, projects, newsletters, and blogs, among other things. In this way, [...]

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What the heck is a Smartpen?

November 10, 2010

I’ve seen this technology mentioned a few times in recent months, but didn’t really know what it’s about. I did a little clicking around the Web to learn more about it. This is pretty cool technology and it’s going to be really interesting to see how it’s leveraged in the coming years, and how it evolves. [...]

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