Feb
24
Science Fair Projects (Past, Present, Future)
February 24, 2009 | 2 Comments
Every month I conduct a meeting and training with our Academic Coaches and Instructional Facilitators. We discuss different ideas about how to use technology in the classroom or I answer any questions they may have that is technology related for about the first 30 minutes. After that I usually conduct a technology training [...]
Feb
16
TCEA 2009 Workshop Handouts
February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Didn’t get a chance to attend the TCEA 2009 Conference in Austin? Did you miss some of the sessions or didnt get some of their material?
Visit the TCEA 2009 Workshop Handouts page at the TCEA website. Please note that they are zipped and you will need to extract the files. Below are a list of [...]
Feb
9
Attend NECC for free on ISTE!
February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Found this and thought you all might be interested in it. I would love to attend NECC in Washington, DC but I really need to look at my schedule and see if it is possible. Check your schedules and then enter the contest below.
Name: Wes Fryer
Email: wes@isteconnects.org
Site: http://www.speedofcreativity.org
About: Wesley is an international learning consultant, author, [...]
Feb
8
Student Needs vs. Copyright Policy
February 8, 2009 | 1 Comment
In a three way conversation podcast of Tim Holt, Miguel Guhlin, and teacher Janice Schlottmann they discuss a situation that teacher Janice Schlottmann has found herself in. Below is part of the original post by Tim about her situation.
What happens when a teacher comes up against a textbook company and it’s intellectual property protection [...]
Feb
7
TCEA 2009 – Day 4 Summary
February 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment
On Day 1 of my first blog post, I mentioned that the TCEA Conferences contain many activities for everyone that attends; free sessions, workshops, guest speakers, film festival, and an exhibit hall full of vendors trying to demo their products to teachers, librarians, specialist, principals, administrators, etc. Last year I spent most of my time [...]