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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Ed Tech Tweet Wrap for the week of 11-2-09

November 6, 2009

This week’s “tweets of interest” for my blog readers. These tweets all direct the reader to web sites or article that may be of interest to the educator or administrator who wishes to learn more, or simply stay informed, about the use of Internet technologies in education. 20 project ideas inspired by Learning 2.0 - http://bit.ly/246B25 The [...]

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E-Portfolios are the cover story for Campus Technology for November

November 4, 2009

This powerful enabler of career success is the topic-du-jour for this leading Ed Tech organization too. I was delighted to discover that Electronic Portfolios are the cover story in this month’s issue of Campus Technology magazine. I did a three part series on this topic here in October, so it was real exciting to see this topic as a focal point for this influential, respected leader [...]

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Learning about Interactive Whiteboards for the Classroom

November 1, 2009

Examining the “State of the SMART(board)” in education. Back in April, I researched and blogged about interactive whiteboard tools that are available as online applications. These are great tools for the classroom that are quick and easy to implement, and best of all, they are free or low cost. However, the functionality available with these applications is only a fraction of that [...]

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Tweet Wrap (week of 10-26-09)

October 30, 2009

Here’s this week’s handful of Tweets about interesting articles and useful web sites from my Twitter activity over the course of the week: Win a free Technology makeover for your classroom! http://bit.ly/4aytgl Intriguing look at future of video conferencing, from The Chronicle: http://bit.ly/2IJuTG 100 free online Technology courses: http://bit.ly/4nfldk Nice ‘Tech & Ed’ story. Twitter plays [...]

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