Browsing all posts in October, 2009.
Have You Voted Yet? The Top ISTE10 Keynote Topics So Far:
So far there have been more than 100 topic suggestions for the ISTE 2010 keynote! While many are noteworthy, the two that have made their way to the top of the list have done so by a large margin. The top two choices are:
Effective School Leadership for the Digital, Global Era: (924 at last count)
Schools [...]
Crowdsourcing ISTE 2010 Keynote – Phase 2
We’re pleased to announce the ISTE 2010 Keynote Crowdsource project has moved into Phase 2!
Go to Keynote Project to check out our five most popular topic areas and learn how to nominate the person you think should be the featured keynote speaker at ISTE 2010 in Denver.
Here’s the blog post outlining the project: Schooling Together
The Changing Nature of Professional Development
This post is cross-posted here.
I love my new job for many reasons.
One of the cool things that I have seen in the few months of my new role is how social tools have the potential to cause an amazing change in the nature of how Professional Development is accessed and delivered. And the really [...]
Enter the Foley Sound Effect Contest!
“This is Not a Bowl of Potato Chips”
Take some household items, add imagination, and create a new world in 15 seconds. It’s so easy that you can do it with your eyes closed. Enter ISTE’s Foley Contest and try to win a prize as you do it.
The worlds of audio drama are created by sound, [...]
Engaging Readers on the L&L Group Page of the ISTE Community Ning
It’s been nearly a year since the staff of Learning & Leading with Technology magazine started a group on the ISTE community Ning to directly engage ISTE members with what they read in L&L. Our mission was to solicit responses for our Readers Respond and Point/Counterpoint sections, host contests, and [...]
Why Are We Still Calling it “Social Media”?
“In this networked century, where access to technology is increasing exponentially, almost everybody is reachable. But more importantly, almost everybody has the ability to connect,” says Jared Cohen in a HuffingtonPost article. “This new ability to connect is leveling the playing field and breaking down previous age, gender, socioeconomic, and circumstantial barriers to who can [...]
Calling All Ed Tech Stakeholders — Join Free Webinar on NET-P October 26
Your input is needed to help shape the next US National Educational Technology Plan (NET-P). Join the US Department of Education’s Jim Shelton for a webinar discussion on Monday, October 26, 2-3 pm EST. This free webinar is hosted by the National Coalition for Technology in Education and Training (NCTET). ISTE is [...]
Schooling Together
Sometimes the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. That’s why we’re asking you to help choose one of our keynote speakers for the ISTE 2010 conference in Denver…and why we’re asking you to do it together in ISTE’s first ever fully crowdsourced keynote project.
Starting today, you can log on to http://iste2010.uservoice.com/ to [...]
Webinars & Awards, Oh My! Check Out What’s New:
Free Webinar on Girls in Computing Tuesday, October 20
Join ISTE’s Special Interest Group for Computing Teachers (SICCT) and the National Coalition for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) for a free webinar on the issues and opportunities related to girls and computing. You’ll also learn more about how to make the most [...]
Test Your Tech Skills in the ISTE Audio Contest!
I’d like to invite, challenge, and double dare educators, students, and anyone else to participate in ISTE’s “Six Sounds in Search of an Author” contest!
For this contest you need to create a one-minute audio story that includes 6 sound effects–a striking match, an engine roar, a beating heart, cricket chirps, a ringing phone, and a [...]
