Andy Losik’s Islands of Geektopia

I will be keynoting and presenting at the 2009 Michigan State University College of Education Tech Day on November 14, 2009. Conference website: http://ctt.educ.msu.edu/2009-educational-technology-conference/ EdTech All Stars: Steve Dembo: Teach42.com Hall Davidson: Meda Matters David Pogue: David Pogue.com Tony Vincent: LearningInHand.com Leslie Fisher:  LeslieFisher.com Infotech with Mr. Losik Delicious Bookmarks Diigo Twitter.com/mrlosik Kasey’s Gallery Macul [...]

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Google Wave looks to have amazing possibilities for educators and Personal Learning Networks. The hardest thing about getting started though is finding other contacts to with who to ride. Visit this Google form to add your information. (Directly available at http://tinyurl.com/googlewave4edform) Check out who has added their contact information by visiting the spreadsheet of responses. [...]

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As a lead up to the NECC in Washington, DC the members of the various state DEN LC’s have gathered at Discovery Headquarters in Silver Spring, MD. Not only can you watch the discussions live, you can even join the back channel conversation with those in attendance and those tuning in as well.  Link to [...]

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Get your twitter mosaic here.

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A great new tool that I have discovered is called Map A List and can be found at http://mapalist.com/ . It basically mashes up any Google Spreadsheet that contains location data (full addresses, cities, states, or merely zip codes) with Google Maps. During my recent presentation at the Michigan Macul Conference on building literacy through [...]

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While listening to Ben Rimes, the founder of Macul Space (among others) interview THE Steve Dembo about his upcoming sessions at this week’s MACUL conference in Detroit, Steve mentioned XtraNormal. XtraNormal is a tool that simply takes whatever text you type and turns into the spoken script of an animated 3D film. This is no [...]

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Pic Lits is a wonderful site for building literacy in a very artistic form. If you are like me, it seems that I constantly struggle to find new and engaging ways to teach voice, ideas, and word choice as necessary writing traits. Today though, while reading through some of Kevin Jarrett’s archives at NCS-Tech, I [...]

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This is absolutely amazing. That is all I have to say about that. Amazing!

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Got stress? The Winter Grumpies getting you down? Hit the ‘Eject’ button. There you go. Feel better?

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When I went to the Chicago Google Teacher Academy in September, my bag of goodies contained a book called “Teach like your hair is on fire”. I had carried it in my laptop bag for months thinking, “I ought to take a look at this.” The thing that made me pick it up…and hardly put [...]

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