Browsing all posts in April, 2009.
Oh what is in store for me!
I am close to counting the days until my FIRST NECC experience. I am a relative newbie to all of this. In the last year I have been introduced to social networking via a district technology seminar. Since that time I have had my eyes opened to more ideas, links, and connections to experts who [...]
Become a Guest Blogger and Earn a Press Pass to NECC 2009
THE WINNERS OF THE NECC 2009 PRESS PASSES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED!
In order to stimulate your minds and provide a concrete incentive to participate, ISTEconnects is offering 3 NECC 2009 press passes to the most engaging guest bloggers (sign-up to guest blog here). The authors of the 3 most popular posts will receive a press pass [...]
Options for creating digital graphs
Graphing is an important skill for students to master, and online graphing tools as well as software programs provide a variety of options when it comes to creating original graphs. Students and others have MANY more options than simply using spreadsheet programs like Excel (in MS Office) and Calc (in OpenOffice) when it comes to [...]
iTouch and iPhone Apps for Education
The power of Twitter and personal learning networks continues to amaze me! Yesterday Oklahoma teacher Christy Paradise tweeted me a question about available workshops or training resources on iTouch and iPhone applications for education / classroom use. After retweeting the question, California educator Sandra McGonagle replied with a link to Tony Vincent’s upcoming live workshop [...]
Social networking guidelines for athletes and schools
The University of Oklahoma has issued new guidelines for student athlete use of social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, according to an article from the Associated Press on Monday.
In the social networking policy, athletes are warned that their postings must comply with a code of conduct and can be punishable with education, counseling, suspension [...]
Meet Your Tweeps at the #NECC09 Tweet-up in DC!
Monday, June 29, 2009 from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM (ET)
Rocket Bar DC – 714 7th St. NW Washington, DC
It’s time to meet your fellow tweeps at the #NECC09 Tweet-up in Washington DC! If you haven’t been to a tweet-up before it’s really simple – just show up, grab a drink, meet your friends and makes [...]
Bend or Break
This is a guest post by Oklahoma teacher Kristy Burrough.
I didn’t consider myself much of a writer until I started blogging about my passion for what needs to be taking place in education. A lot of this hits home for me on a personal level. Let me tell you about my son who is 16 years [...]
Skype and Twitter going more mainstream
Technology “norms” can change fast. Not too long ago, if you mentioned “Skype” or “Twitter” to someone in casual conversation, it was not unusual to receive a quizzical response. Thanks in part to mainstream media influencers like CNN and Oprah, however, these technologies and terms are becoming more mainstream and finding their way into the [...]
Demonstrate the Power of a Personal Learning Network: Help Send a Newbie to NECC
It seems like not a day goes by without hearing at least one story about Twitter on the news. The original intent behind Twitter was to help people keep their friends and family informed about what they were doing. Educators have taken Twitter to an entirely new level. We have started using this microblog for [...]
CourseCasting Pre-AP Math in Oklahoma
Colin White is a high school math teacher in Mid-Del Public Schools, Oklahoma. Colin is among a select group of Mid-Del teachers on the district “PodSquad.” PodSquad members have volunteered to participate in intensive professional development workshops focused on podcasting in the past four years, and have received Apple laptops as well as access to [...]
