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Planning to Create Lots of Great NECC Content? Share it with Us here!
Do you plan to blog about NECC 2009 or create other NECC related content? We know how much you love shareable Google docs so we created a form to aggregate a list of all the places everyone should check out to find great NECC content. Add yourself to the list so the ISTE Connects community [...]
Congratulations to The Most Popular Guest Bloggers on ISTE Connects
The results are in! Congratulations Shelly Blake-Plock, Beth Still, and Neil Stephenson, you wrote the most popular guest posts on ISTE Connects! We appreciate the time you took to share your thoughts and wisdom with the ISTE Connects community. We are all looking forward to reading the content you create at NECC 2009 using your free [...]
Wolfram|Alpha The World’s Most Powerful Knowledge Engine
Do you remember the first time you used a search engine to conduct research? Do you remember the name of that search engine? I grew up using search engines so I don’t remember the first one I used; however, I do remember times in my life when I’ve sat in front of my computer, pulled [...]
Tell us How Your School will Spend ARRA Dollars
We are beginning to hear from schools and districts around the country as to how ARRA dollars will be used toward school and classroom technology advances and professional development. For example, a district in West Virginia “hopes to use additional Title I funding to upgrade classroom equipment, hire professional personnel, support extended school year initiatives and provide [...]
The American Recovery Reinvestment Act Interview with Hilary Goldmann
If you are an educator, a parent of a student, or just an involved citizen, then you need to be thinking about how the American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds are going to be spent in your district and school. Realizing that this topic is immensely important, and in many ways as equally confusing, I decided to [...]
Anil Dash Delivers an Insightful Keynote and Announces SixApart Plugins for WordPress
Anil Dash, co-founder of SixApart, delivered a very captivating keynote at WordCamp Mid-Atlantic concerning social media, why we blog, and connecting across the social web. I found the keynote very refreshing; it reminded me of why I spend so many hours connecting with educational technology minded people across the globe via blogs, twitter, and other [...]
Should Schools Sacrifice Class Time for Professional Development?
ISTE would like your opinion on schools sacrificing class time for professional development. Experience in front of a classroom is obviously crucial to becoming an effective educator, but adopting emerging educational technologies and learning other classroom skills frequently demand that educators take time off from work to attend seminars, webinars, networking sessions and sabbaticals. Should schools support, condone [...]
Share your passion for Educational Technology with a visit to Capitol Hill
ISTE is “storming the Hill” while we’re in DC! Join your colleagues and make your voice heard. Schedule an appointment in advance (via the Special Events page of our registration form) to meet with congressional staff from your state. An onsite “boot camp” will prepare you for your advocacy visit, and we’ll provide transportation and a [...]
Bring your own Laptop and Open Source Lab Sessions
NECC 2009 is drawing near and as a result the Bring Your Own Laptop and Open Source Lab sessions are filling up rapidly. Remember to sign up for these free sessions during step 6 of the registration process. If you have already registered you can re-access your registration and add the sessions or your choosing. Be sure to check out [...]
Vote For The Worlds Funniest Ed Tech Photo Now!
Congratulations to Chris Atkinson!
You’ve Won the Worlds Funniest Ed Tech Photo Contest!
Visit his Blog here!
Please vote for your favorite Funniest Ed Tech photo and caption. Clicking on the photos will give you a higher resolution format to help you make your decision. The winner of the photo contest will receive their choice of a Free Ticket [...]
