Learning about Lecture Capture Technology

February 21, 2010

The use of Lecture Capture is expanding in both Higher Ed and K-12. What kinds of tools and technologies are being used to capture and rebroadcast lecture content? One of the main reasons that I blog is to learn - picking a technology from the expanding array of those being used in education today, researching it, and sharing my findings here. I’ve been [...]

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Education Technology Tweet Wrap for week of 02-15-10

February 19, 2010

A collected set of Tweets from this week’s EmergingEdTech Twitter post activity, providing a variety of informative and thoughtful articles, and some useful resources, for those of us with an interest in Education Technology! Great video by 8th grd Sci. teacher, showing how she uses Interactive White Board to engage students: http://bit.ly/9ai4bG SchoolNews article - Can Social Media tools [...]

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Connecting A Million Minds (to after-school STEM programs)

February 17, 2010

A great idea bought to us through Time Warner’s philanthropic commitment to inspire students to pursue opportunities in science, technology, engineering, & math. I just recently came across this site, www.connectamillionminds.com, and think it is a great idea, and a great resource to be aware of. According to the National Science Foundation, 80 percent of jobs created [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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