Andy Losik’s Islands of Geektopia

If you already have a whiteboard and an lcd projector, you are only a Nintendo Wii remote and a tricked out pen away from having your very own interactive whiteboard. Kristen Vandegutche, special education teacher at Blue Star Elementary in Hamilton, Michigan was able to do just that. She first downloaded a free piece of  [...]

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One of the best things I have done with my digital camera is making a commitment to use less flash in my photography. That isn’t always the easiest thing to do, especially if your camera doesn’t have a lot of settings. All of those goofy little symbols on the dial can do a bunch of [...]

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Last summer’s Discovery Educator Network National Institute in Silver Spring, MD was awesome, hands down one of the best learning experiences I have ever had. This summer the DEN is leaving it up to the stars to decide where the NI will be held. Vote now for the location. Here are the finalists: Cruise to [...]

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Have you lost track of how many social networks you belong to? Give http://usernamecheck.com/ a spin and see where your username is registered. Honestly, I couldn’t get this thing to work but I found out all kinds of new Web 2.0 sites I never knew existed. The nominee for most-addictive distraction is Favtape.com where you [...]

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Here is a quick blurb about a promising looking site from the US Geological Society. While browsing the resources in the Michigan Electronic Library’s MORE section, I stumbled upon all of these great Earth science resources specifically tailored to education. Check out tons of images, videos, and podcasts. USGS Education

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ClassTools.net just might be the most helpful site I have stumbled upon in a long time. I saw somebody posted a link to it on Twitter and I was instantly hooked. There are 17 different game building templates that literally take minutes to construct. You can download the games you create as stand alone web [...]

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The University of South Florida’s Educational Technology Clearinghouse has assembled an easy to use, yet extremely informative site that helps teachers understand technology better. Everything is covered from the Internet to email, hardware issues, software issues, and even practical ways of implementing more technology into a curriculum. Help comes in a number of formats as [...]

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My brother-in-law is a funny guy with a number of catch phrases. He’s the guy that announces at the family gathering that he and his wife would have arrived a lot earlier but because they drive a Prius, they had to stop at the gas station and give back some gas. His newest phrase is [...]

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Friday afternoon was an exciting time for kids at Bentheim when the Outdoor Discovery Center released a snowy owl back into the wild. WWMT from Kalamazoo did this story on the release. Fox 17 was on hand and had this video on its 10 PM newscast. The Grand Rapids Press had this to say about [...]

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It always seems that just as I am really starting to feel good about a new technology or online tool, another somewhat similar comes along to start tugging at my allegiance. This summer I finally had figured out this Twitter thing and everybody started raving about Plurk for microblogging. The same is true about Delicious [...]

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