A Dozen Great Free Online Video Lecture Sites

February 14, 2010

A collection of web sites with thousands of free video lectures and related course materials, including many offerings from major universities. 
There are thousands of video-taped course lectures, and many other more complete course offerings, available for free on the Internet today. The quality and quantity of these offerings is growing and improving daily.
How educators and students choose to leverage these types of resources is also [...]

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Ed Tech Tweet Wrap for week of 02-08-10

February 12, 2010

Highlights from this week’s tweeted articles and tools:

Funny parody of The Office highlights poor integration of Tech in many of today’s schools. http://bit.ly/cMO3cO 
(I embedded this video below – it really is amusing, while also being  a sad commentary on the state of Ed Tech in many classrooms. Fortunately, the number of schools and instructors doing [...]

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Free Creative Writing Resources

February 10, 2010

Some resources to inspire and educate students (and anyone else) looking for some help with Creative Writing.
For the second time in two weeks, my mid-week post is inspired by the appreciation and enjoyment of artistic creation. I just finished reading the latest novel from one of my favorite authors – The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver. How do incredible writers [...]

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100 Ways to Teach with Twitter

February 7, 2010

These resources actually provide over 110 ideas for, and examples of, using Twitter in the classroom.
It’s been almost 8 months since I published the post, “6 Examples of Using Twitter in the Classroom”, about uses of the popular micro-blogging tool in the instructional setting. This post generated a lot of traffic, and continues to attract hundreds of viewers every [...]

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Ed Tech Tweet Wrap for week of 02-01-10

February 5, 2010

“Tweets here! Get your Ed Tech Tweets here!”

Innovating the 21st-Century University: It’s Time – http://tinyurl.com/yf3vkdm
Free Printable Math Games and more: http://bit.ly/9VNAa6
21st Century Skills Assessment – How Ready Are Your Students? http://bit.ly/cFWWfV
University Dance Group Uses Twitter, Wii for Latest Performances: http://bit.ly/9wzgHc
Extracurricular surfing in class ticking some students off: http://bit.ly/9oNpfh
“Doodle for Google” contest gives student chance to [...]

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Music Education Technology Resources

February 3, 2010

A handful of websites and resources for Music Educators interested in leveraging education technology in the instructional process.
Last night I had the pleasure of attending the opening concert of the 2010 tour for progressive rock music legends Yes. Motivated by the wonderful performances of these experienced and inspiring musicians, I decided that this week’s mid-week post would [...]

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Free screencasting – easy; free video editing – not so much

January 31, 2010

My quest for free tools to combine video clips to produce tutorial clips hasn’t yielded the desired results, but I’ve learned plenty along the way.
This is the final post in a series focused on creating video tutorials using free applications. Over this last week I’ve attempted to fill in the “missing piece” in the video production tool set I’ve been [...]

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Ed Tech Tweet Wrap for Week of 01-25-10

January 29, 2010

This week’s “greatest Tweets” from your’s truly. Hope you find some useful sites and articles here:

Do you know a school that could use a free LCD projector? http://bit.ly/7wyGfN
How Teachers & Classrooms Need To Change In Our Hyperconnected Age: http://bit.ly/8f4pSQ
Microsoft Starts Initiative to Promote Student Leadership in the Classroom: http://bit.ly/bbHuHs
Apprehending the Future: Emerging Tech, from Sci [...]

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Helping Autistic children learn with Video Modeling techniques

January 27, 2010

An inspiring use of technology, helping students challenged with Autism and similar disorders.
This week’s mid-week update provides an introduction to a use of technology that should be wonderful to see unfold – expanded use of video technology, in the form of Video Modeling, to help Autistic children.
In this article, Michael Leventhal explains how, “Video Modeling is a [...]

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Testing free video editing tools (and techniques)

January 24, 2010

The 3rd post in a series focused on free tools for recording, editing, and publishing video tutorials.
I’ve been working this month to find a set of free tools that can enable me to produce and distribute video tutorials. Picking up where I left off last week, this weekend I pursued the idea of using Windows Movie Maker as a free editing tool [...]

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