This is an article by Audrey Watters for Edutopia. It is a great overview & guide for teachers on the fence about using wikis with their students. Why Wikis Still Matter | Edutopia Wiki is a Hawai’ian word meaning “fast” or “quick.” As a technology platform, Ward Cunningham installed the very first wiki on the [...]
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Why Wikis Still Matter | Edutopia
October 20th, 2011 · No Comments · Collaboration, Digital Literacy, Tech Tips, Web2.0
10 YouTube URL Tricks You Should Know About
May 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Blogging, Digital Literacy, Tech Tips, Tools, Videocasting, Web2.0
From MakeUseOf.com comes this list of handy YouTube URL tricks. Probably of most use to educators are the ability to post directly to a specific section of a video, hiding the search box, and disabling related videos. They’re all pretty cool, & hopefully some make your life easier. 10 Youtube URL Tricks You Should Know [...]
Google Tips
April 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Digital Literacy, Tech Tips, Tools, Web2.0
Google Tips Creating temporary or fake emails for students Embedding Google Calendars in your web space Using Google docs as webspace tags: google, gmail, googletricks, googlehacks Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fblog.d62.org%2Fsethbowers%2F2009%2F04%2F01%2Fgoogle-tips%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Google+Tips’; addthis_pub = ”;
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March 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Collaboration, Digital Disconnect, Digital Literacy, Free, Tools, Uncategorized, Web2.0
Even on vacation I’m able to keep up with what some of the leading tech educators are thinking and doing – via Twitter. The video above, from the always great CommonCraft, is a great explanation of a difficult topic. (And if you follow back to ‘Twitter in Plain English’ on the CommonCraft site you’ll see [...]
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Google Earth Goes Under… Water!
February 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Digital Literacy, Free, Tech Tips, Tools, Web2.0
With the release of Google Earth 5 beta Google is giving us a heaping helping of watery goodness. The oceans get the same treatment that land has gotten in this update. And why not, since more that 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered by oceans. Download Google Earth 5 & check it out. Also, [...]
Fair Use in Education
January 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Digital Literacy, Web2.0
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use Publish at Scribd or explore others: eLearning/Online Lea Education copyright fairuse eSchool News has a short but informational article about fair use of copyrighted material, especially as it applies to education & media literacy. As we teach & learn online with greater frequency the concept of fair use [...]
Delicious Education
November 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment · Blogging, Collaboration, District 62 Support, Free, Tech Tips, Tools, Web2.0
I was in a meeting today (IIC! – get it?) and Principal Swanson said he had a link that he would email all of us. I saw my chance & I took it. You see, John has blog – but John doesn’t have a Delicious.com account. I said (piped in, really) that if John had [...]
The Tech Disconnect
October 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Digital Disconnect, I Learned..., Web2.0
There’s a great article at eSchool News about the nature and quality of technology integration that teachers, principals, et al think they (we!) are providing and what the students think. The article is just up, so head over to check it out, but here are two great quotes: Now that teachers know more, they’re more [...]
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Alternatives
October 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment · District 62 Support, Free, Tech Tips, Tools, Web2.0
My district generally does not have access to Microsoft Office. In fact we have over 2,000 computers, yet we have fewer than 200 licenses of Office. Changing that is a priority for me & is a work in progress. In the meantime there are free alternatives that you can use that are completely compatible with [...]
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Organize, Communicate, Get Things Done
September 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Tech Tips, Tools, Web2.0
There are a lot of posts about using web tools in education. Dave Sherman & Frank Buck wrote about really useful tools at their respective sites. I want to approach it from a little different angle – using these new tools to simplify your life across operating systems, including your phone: Jott, Foxmarks, Evernote & [...]
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