November 2009

10 Ed Tech Apps That I’m Thankful For

November 29, 2009

Sharing my gratitude for some great online software applications. In the spirit of the Thanksgiving Holiday, I’m taking a break from my series on Interactive Whiteboards, to post this list of internet and instructional technology products that I am grateful for. Some of these tools are purely education focused, and some are much more general. They have each [...]

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Ed Tech Tweet Wrap for the week of 11-23-09

November 27, 2009

This week’s wrap features 7 new articles and resources focused on the use of technology in the world of education: Instructor uses Skype to bring expert/lecturer ‘into classroom’: http://bit.ly/5HGzca Blog post provides links to a bunch of free apps for education: http://bit.ly/58fprQ Report available for download from UK Gov’t agency: Impact of Dig Tech on Ed: [...]

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Edublog Awards nominations

November 25, 2009

Edublog has launched their 2009 awards nominations, and I’d like to nominate a couple great sites and bloggers for the work they’ve done. The “Ed Tech” blogosphere is a richer, more informative environment thanks to these sites and these individuals. My Nominations for The 2009 Edublog Awards are: Lifetime achievement: Steve Hardagon. Steve has been so active in Ed [...]

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Promethean’s Interactive Whiteboard and related instructional products

November 22, 2009

The 4th post in a series in which we have been learning about Interactive Whiteboards for the classroom. Three weeks ago I started this effort with a post in which I researched market leaders and confirmed that the ubiquitous SMART Board is the clear market leader (with about 50% market share). Of the many other manufacturers that split [...]

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Ed Tech Tweet Wrap for week of 11-16-09

November 20, 2009

The ”best of’” the tweets that I posted on Twitter this week about education technology web site and articles: Social Media can help students better engage academically: http://bit.ly/1XFOMD Learning’s “online fate” discussed at length in this article: http://bit.ly/3WNgah Universities add their own search of Google Books: http://bit.ly/1opJtq Appreciated teacher’s specific actions, clear linkage to NETS standards in “Carrying [...]

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A brief look at WiZiQ.com

November 18, 2009

Just what is this online resource for educators and instructors all about? For this week’s mid week post, I’m taking a quick look at WiZiQ.com. This site has been recommended to me a number of times by blog readers and other educators I’ve communicated with over the last year. I like to keep my mid week [...]

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PolyVision ēno whiteboards: A great alternative to the SMART Board

November 15, 2009

The third post in an ongoing series on learning about Interactive Whiteboards in the classroom. I enjoyed learning about the SMART Board products while writing last week’s post. This week, I had the opportunity to enjoy a demonstration of a PolyVision ēno Interactive Whiteboard. The product was demonstrated by PolyVision Territory Manager Dennis Guidera and Educational Specialist Amy [...]

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Ed Tech Tweet Wrap for the week of 11-09-09

November 13, 2009

Here’s this week’s twittering highlights from EmergingEdTech - articles and websites of interest to proponents of, and those who are just intrigued by, education technology: US News & World Report’s list of 10 Tech “must-haves” for college students: http://bit.ly/3XtBWl Global Academic Initiatives program has students communicating with others students worldwide: http://bit.ly/240uid Article discusses ‘Fans & [...]

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New features and functions at EmergingEdTech.com

November 11, 2009

In the last few weeks, I’ve added a couple nice new features to this website, and I’d like to share them with my readers. Multisite Ed Tech Search: This brand new feature is a custom multi-site Education Technology Search Engine. This tool provides a search across a half dozen popular Education Technology websites, including those from Educause, [...]

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9 insightful videos about using SMART Boards in the Classroom

November 8, 2009

The 2nd post in a series focused on learning about Interactive Whiteboards in the Classroom. Last week we kicked off this series by learning the basics about what an interactive whiteboard is, and researched which brands are the most popular today. After discovering that the SMART Board brand from Smart Technologies controls more of the marketplace [...]

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