Get ready to take flight with classes around the nation. Several teachers and students have been very busy completing a series of "Missions" from DEN’s Earth and Space Virtual Project. Today we are please to unveil the results of "Mission 1" The task was to create a Google Earth Placemark debuting your class to the [...]
Last week, a study (pdf) and a survey (pdf) got me thinking about education’s role in emerging technology. The Study: A Typology of Information and Communication Technology Users from the Pew Internet & American Life Project Addressing people’s assets, actions, attitudes towards information and communications technology (ICT), this study sorts American adults into three distinct [...]
Have you heard about ning.com? When I received the S.O.S. from Kathy Schrock I didn’t believe this could be true. A social network that you can set up privately so you can use it in your classroom. This is a great social networking site where the social network can be private to only those invited. [...]
SCeTV needs a few volunteers for the Summer Workshops. Are you attending July 31-August 2? If you are interested in helping out please contact Debbie Jarrett djarrett@scetv.org. They need help with the following: 7:30-8:30 each day to help pass out name tags, bags, etc.; setting up snacks and making coffee (very important job!). Monday (July [...]
If you haven’t tried the online office suite, Zoho, you’ve been missing out. While Google Docs and Spreadsheets and Think Free are great tools, Zoho usually ranks at least as good or better according to reviews in many major magazines/websites. Anyway the good folks over at Zoho got their creative juices flowing again and came up [...]
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