Browsing all posts in July, 2009.

Introducing Kaya Hardin Our New ISTE Connects Community Manager

For the last two weeks I’ve had the pleasure of working side by side with Kaya Hardin the newly appointed Community Manager for ISTE Connects. For you Uber-tech geeks out there you should know that when I say working side by side I actually mean video conferencing via Skype and collaborating via Basecamp, both are [...]

There Will Be Casualties in The Social Media Revolution

I was inspired to write about this topic by a recent exchange with a friend, which concerned the use of Twitter and various blogging practices for educators. My friend is a new educator in a very tech-centric district in California, and they have a fairly limited tech background and an even more limited social media [...]

NECC Brings a New Meaning to Social Networking

On July 1, I left Washington D.C headed for home. The NECC conference was over and it was time to sort it all out. When the airport shuttle picked me up, there was only one other passenger, also headed for the Baltimore Airport, Dr. James Bower.
James Bower – a well renowned scientist, writer, teacher, visionary [...]

Department of Education Releases Ed Tech Guidance

Today, the U.S. Department of Education released guidance on EETT ARRA funds; a notice Notice of Proposed Priorities, Requirements, Definitions, and Selection Criteria for Race to the Top grants; grant announcement for the State Longitudinal Data Systems and information on Title I School Improvement: SFSF Phase II dollars and other ARRA programs.
Race to the Top [...]

Is Facebook The Enemy of Education?

While researching Facebook applications for education, I came across a post entitled, “Study says Facebook can impact studies.” The following quote was very concerning because it was both shortsighted and backed with very little data:
“Our study shows people who spend more time on Facebook spend less time studying,” Karpinski said. “Every generation has its distractions, [...]

Education Technology Powered By Students

Terms like “Web 2.0” and “Social Media” are thrown around a lot these days to highlight concepts in technology that many of us find new and exciting. You would be hard pressed to find a group of people, especially educators, that would all agree on what the definitions of these terms are. This is because [...]

Defense Contractor Raytheon to Target Education with Computer Modeling

If I hadn’t read it for myself, I would not have believed the news: Defense contractor, Raytheon, just completed the first-ever computer simulation and modeling tool to aid in policy making for the U.S. STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education system. This modeling tool is open-source and now in the possession of BHEF (Business-Higher [...]

The Technology Behind Livestreaming NECC 2009

In very broad terms NECC is all about finding new and innovative ways to expand your personal and professional learning networks. This year’s online coverage of the conference  attempted to expand that professional development to viewers around the world. With a simple search for the “#necc09” hashtag in your favorite twitter client it was possible [...]

Finding Balance

I have had a post brewing in my head for a very long time and I think this is the perfect forum in which to bring this issue to light. I would like to take this opportunity to discuss a problem that so many of us have, but are unwilling to acknowledge. The issue I [...]

Take Our Survery: Using Web 2.0 Tools in a K-12 Environment

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