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• Conference Time

  
  AssortedStuff — Authority: 114
  I’m just about finished with my not-quite-at-the-last-minute prep for my trip to our annual state edtech conference , sponsored by the Virginia Society for Technology in Education. The program starts on Monday but I’ll be headed to beautiful downtown Roanoke just before noon tomorrow, mainly so I don’t have ...
  10 hours ago

• Knowledge Is the Key

  
  Clif's Notes — Authority: 117
  Here’s a creative entry in the Interactive Classroom Makeover Contest . “Viva La Vida” is a parody of the Coldplay music video by the same name. “Live the Life” fits this video well as it talks about ways to live the life with technology. Created by Miss Janelle Keune’s 7th and 8th graders, around 100 ...
  21 hours ago

• Happy Thanksgiving (The SONIC Way)

  
  Clif's Notes — Authority: 117
  Most of you know by now that my family loves SONIC Drive-In ( Evidence A , Evidence B ). We enjoy half-priced drinks during Happy Hour at least a couple times a week. Their burgers, Blasts and tater tots are certainly worth the trip, too. I just discovered the Tater Taunt feature of the SONIC website and thought ...
  3 days ago

• 5 Reasons I don’t like ITunesU

  
  bavatuesdays — Authority: 512
  Looks like UMW is getting ITunesU. And while I’ve had nothing to do with the decision process, and I really don’t think it is going to make any significant difference in our environment, I would like to lay out a few quick reasons why I think this is a bad (or would irrelevant be more apropos?) move. 1) Don’t ...
  1 week ago

• Cool Websites: Creaza

  
  Tinkernut - Video Cast — Authority: 104
  Creaza ( www.creaza.com ) is a free multimedia editing and creation website. With creaza you can create and edit web comics, movies, audio and mind maps.
  1 week ago

• Meet The Boss Of Blackboard

  
  The Kept-Up Academic Librarian — Authority: 481
  From a profile of Michael Chasen, CEO of Blackboard: I had just finished my first year of law school in 1996. Greg was developing the technology consulting practice at KPMG and offered me a job. I took a year’s leave of absence and thought I would save enough money to pay for the rest of law school. At the end of ...
  1 week ago

• A Tool Box Full of Hammers

  
  AssortedStuff — Authority: 114
  Seth Godin, whose blog is well worth a daily read, wonders about the old cliche which says that if your only tool is a hammer then all problems look like nails. The practical effect of this thinking is that “when the market changes, you may be seeing all the new opportunities and problems the wrong way because ...
  1 week ago

• Interesting Ways- Great Resource

  
  Blogging on the Bay — Authority: 121
  This is worth sharing…Much thanks to Lisa Thurman, Langwitches, and Tom Barret…. Tom Barret, the king of  the  “ Interesting Ways to… ” slide shows demonstrates great potential.Go to his website to see all shows embedded on one page. 21 Interesting Ways To Use Google Docs in the Classroom 42 ...
  1 week ago

• Technology at the Social Studies Conference

  
  Blogging on the Bay — Authority: 121
  Technology at a Social Studies Conference! Can you believe it? I am in the process of learning about Wikis, social bookmarking, digital storytelling, and much more. The room is not so full, but it is a big room and lots of people are here listening and learning about these tool for the very first time. Rene Shifflet, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Big Bucks For Clicker Research

  
  The Kept-Up Academic Librarian — Authority: 481
  A University at Buffalo science professor has received a $500,000 National Science Foundation grant to study the use of electronic audience-response devices in science classrooms.Clyde Herreid, co-director of UB’s National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science, will head up a study focused on the impact of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Windows 7 Upgrade Hacks

  
  Tinkernut - Video Cast — Authority: 104
  This video covers two hacks to get around Windows 7 upgrade limitations. One is a hack that lets you upgrade from the Windows 7 Release Candidate (Beta version) and the other hack allows you to upgrade to a downgraded Windows Edition (ex. Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Professional).
  2 weeks ago

• Teaching Twitter

  
  Emerging — Authority: 93
  Last Friday I did two sessions with library staff around Twitter. We’ve explored Twitter before, but it was two years ago, before the explosion of use. What I wanted to demonstrate was how people use Twitter in a conference setting. I find it so engaging to listen to something and process it through and with Twitter ...
  3 weeks ago

• Backup Your Entire Computer For Free

  
  Tinkernut - Video Cast — Authority: 104
  Protect yourself from computer crashes by backing up your computer using this free software. Click here to view the links used in this video and add your own tips
  3 weeks ago

• Students To Faculty: Were Not Impressed By Your Use Of Technology

  
  The Kept-Up Academic Librarian — Authority: 481
  According to new research released Monday, only 38 percent of students indicated that their instructors "understand technology and fully integrate it into their classes." Students also rated that lack of understanding as "the biggest obstacle to classroom technology integration." Despite this, 74 percent of higher ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Sordid History of Learning Object Repositories or, a chat with Brian Lamb

  
  bavatuesdays — Authority: 512
  Barry Dahl recently blogged the following video he took at the WCET of Brian Lamb chatting about Learning Object Repositories, which provides an excellent overview of the logic of EdTech circa 2001.  The idea of educational repositories for content as a shared resource was, and remains, a powerful idea for ...
  3 weeks ago

• Free Educational Technology Workshops

  
  Clif's Notes — Authority: 117
  The Instructional Design and Technology program at The University of Memphis is pleased to offer FREE workshops on Apple tools and applications. These will be conducted by Tim Matheny, a Senior System Engineer with Apple. Seating is limited and registration is required…but these top-notch workshops are FREE. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Latest "7 Things" Focuses On Google Wave

  
  The Kept-Up Academic Librarian — Authority: 481
  The lasted addition to the "7 Things You Should Know" series from Educause takes a closer look at Google Wave: Wave offers a compelling platform for personal learning environments because it provides a single location for collecting information from diverse sources while accommodating a variety of formats. By ...
  3 weeks ago

• Melissa A. Venable

  
  International Edubloggers Directory — Authority: 125
  Melissa A. Venable, USA, Post Secondary, Adult, Online Education I am an instructional designer and project manager with experience in higher education (public and for profit) and industry. My background also includes working in higher education student services as a career counselor, academic advisor, and instructor ...
  3 weeks ago

• UT, Texas Tribune team up on political polls

  
  News from The University of Texas at Austin — Authority: 531
  The Texas Tribune, a new non-profit, nonpartisan public media organization based in Austin, will sponsor five public opinion polls that will be conducted over the next sixteen months by The University of Texas at Austin’s Texas Politics Project. The collaboration between the Tribune and the university will build on ...
  4 weeks ago

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