Check out this QR (Quick Read) Code. I scanned it with my iPhone standing next to Benjamin Franklin’s grave in Philadelphia last week. I was on a field trip with the ISTE SIGML (special interest group for mobile learning). We were using QR codes to discover interesting facts about Ben Franklin as we did a …
Category: Web 2.0
Twitter Postings: Petroglyphs of the 21st Century
So what do petroglyphs have to do with twitter posts? Our spring break this early April was amazing. Normally, in Minnesota, spring break means late winter slush with melting snow and muddy trails. But this year was showing, spring was definitely in the air. I decided I needed a prairie fix. I'm attracted to the …
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Winnowing the Internet Chaff
How can a teacher who only has a few minutes here and there in a busy day ever find and evaluate the best internet resources for teaching and learning in her classroom? Unless she is motivated to search for internet content sources outside her busy school day, she clearly has to rely on others to …
Getting Started with Blogs
Do you have something to say? Want to share it with a larger audience? Blogging may just be your ticket. But how do you start? This is a question I recently faced as I started Cultivating the Educational Technologist blog. It’s a little bit finding your voice, identifying the tool you want to use, and …
Getting Started with Web 2.0
Have you been thinking about doing something new and different with technology this year in your classroom or professional life? Are you daunted by the overwhelming choices of Web 2.0 tools out there? Should you start blogging—or using a wiki (whatever that is) or a Ning (now there’s a name for you)—or what about this …
Vision for 21st Century Learning Environment
In 2005, my then superintendent, asked me to come up with a vision for technology integration, and, "oh,by the way, present it in one month!" I was just 3 months into my current job as instructional technology specialist in Curriculum and Instruction, and, needless to say, I was a little overwhelmed. I came up with …
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Beyond PowerPoint–Prezi
This is a Prezi presenation. Check it out by clicking on the above image. I think Prezi offers a nice change of pace from PowerPoint that will definitely capture our students attention? It also allows us to be more free flowing in our presentations. We can jump from one idea to another--show relationships and details--and …
Weeding the Thicket of Educational Websites
How can you ever keep up with the plethora of interesting websites and Web 2.0 tools available to the classroom teacher? Actually, there are educational technologists out there in the blog-a-sphere doing just that for you! I'd like to introduce you to two of them, and show you a way that you can follow their …
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Making Connections 