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• Ping.fm / Mobile Platforms

  tags: edtech

  • Access a mobile version of Ping.fm from your cell phone or other mobile device.
    Just point your mobile browser to “m.ping.fm” to start posting immediately.
  • For iPhone and iPod Touch users, we’ve developed an optimized version of the site
    for you guys as well. You can access it by visiting “i.ping.fm” from your
    iPhone or iPod touch.

• Your Profile | Glogster

  tags: edtech

  • New features on Glogster!
    Now you can spice up your glog the way you really want! Link Youtube video,
    upload animated gif, use webcam to record your message

• wikiHow:Carbon Neutral - wikiHow

  tags: edtech

  • Learn more about carbon offsets and how they work at
    the wikiHow page on How to Buy a Carbon Offset or the Wikipedia page.

Kevin Jarrett turned me on to this video that David Warlick recently used at the NJElite Conference in Wildwood, NJ. You might recognize some of the speakers, including Daniel Pink, a former EdTechConnect webinar guest speaker.

Basic message: We need to stop “teaching” our students with tools of the past. We EXPECT the latest and best technologies to be used to manufacture the products in our lives (our cars, clothes, etc.), so why don’t we demand they be used in education as well?  What old habits are we willing to let go of?  What are we willing to change so that our students (and we) can truly learn?

Do you have a favorite education video? After watching this one, leave a comment with a link to a video you think people should see. I’ll compile them in a future post.

• fd’s Flickr Toys: Do fun stuff with your photos

  tags: edtech

  • 众多Flickr工具 - post by geneboy
  • Użyteczne zabawki dla Flickr. - post by mendrek
  • GREAT assortment of free tools to create photo projects.
    - post by cburell
  • Helping you do cool stuff with your digital photos since 2005.
    Have fun with your photos!

• Blabberize.com! - Blabberize Your Pictures

  tags: edtech, digital_storytelling, animation, photos, fun, web2.0, blabberize

  • A Blabber is a Talking Picture!

• Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds

  tags: edtech

  • ordle is a toy for generating
    “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds
    give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently
    in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different
    fonts, layouts, and color schemes.
    The images you create with Wordle are yours
    to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them
    to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.

• Wilkes Instructional Media

  tags: edtech

  • The online master of science degree in instructional media is a joint effort of Wilkes University and Discovery Education. This 30-credit program in instructional media will prepare teachers to engage today’s students in learning through digital media. It will train teachers to become specialists who can effectively blend academic rigor with the latest technology, from video to Web 2.0 to virtual field trips.
  • The course of study couples advanced online resources and delivery methods with the very best in instructional media, content and training. Nationally known educational leaders, including Kathy Schrock, are helping to shape the course content.
  • The program consists of 21 credits of foundation and general pedagogy courses and 9 credits of electives.

• techLEARNING.com | Technology & Learning - The Resource for Education Technology Leaders

  tags: edtech

  • The Resource for Education Technology Leaders focusing on K-12 educators. Site contains a Software Reviews Database, articles from Technology & Learning Magazine, articles from Educators in Educators’ eZine, Event and Contest listings, Reader suggested… - post by phiggins
  • Produced by Technology & Learning Magazine, with contributions from hundreds of K-12 teachers, administrators & other experts in the field - post by bobr_cz

• July 2008 : THE Journal

  tags: edtech

• Converge Magazine - Technology in Education

  tags: edtech

  • Converge magazine provides strategy and leadership for technology use in K-12 and higher education. Senior policy makers in education utilize Converge for articles on proven, effective educational methods and models for the 21st century and beyond.

• Finding Your Way

  tags: edtech, ROI

  • My intent in this article is to offer a process to help technology leaders prepare, collect, and analyze data associated with technology integration at their schools.

• iPaper@Scribd - Email Attachments Made Simple and Safe | Scribd

  tags: edtech

  • Ways to use iPaper@Scribd
    

    As a document sharing tool. Include ipaper@scribd.com as a CC and we’ll send everyone an iPaper version of the document attachments. It’s safe, easy, and you never have to worry whether your recipients can view the documents.

    As a document conversion tool. Forward emails with attachments to ipaper@scribd.com and we’ll send back the iPaper versions of all the document attachments. Quickly view documents without having to download them.

    As a document management and publishing tool. After using iPaper@Scribd, you can sign up for a Scribd account and link it to your email address. All the documents you send to iPaper@Scribd will be accessible and searchable from your Scribd account.

from the National Blog:

A plethora and then some!  As we head into the 08-09 school year, I look over the webinar schedule and I am just stunned by what we have to offer.  As of right now, we have over 100 webinars on the calendar that you and your colleagues can participate in!  It truly is an astonishing amount of professional development available to you, and that’s just what’s on the calendar as of today!

So what can you register for?

EdTechConnect webinars: This monthly series brings you up close and personal with some of the biggest names in education.  The year begins with Tim Magner of the US Department of Education, and we take off from there.  We’ll be featuring Bernie Dodge, Alan Kay, Jason Ohler, Tim Tyson, Bernajean Porter, Tony Vincent and finishing the 08-09 program off with Ian Jukes!

DEN Webinars: Last year, the DEN team offered webinars twice a month on subjects on integrating media in the curriculum, podcasting, Web 2.0, digital storytelling and more.  Those sessions were in such high demand that we’ve decided to double our offerings this year!  That’s right, every week you’ll be able to attend a webinar hosted by a member of the DEN team.  We kick off the year with a Back to School Boot Camp series, followed up by a month of Integration Ideas.  Then all bets are off as the DEN team brings you an enormous variety of ideas for using digital media in your classroom.

DE Product Demonstrations: You may know all about DE streaming, but how familiar are you with DE Science?  Or Elementary Science?  What about Discovery Education Assessment?  Or even MediaShare?  Every Friday at 1pm EST, we’re hosting product demonstrations so you can learn more about the incredible services Discovery Education has to offer.  Each session is offered by the people who know the products best… the people who created them!  You’ll get a personal demonstration of the site and have plenty of time to get your specific questions answered.  Bring your administrators along so they can see firsthand the different ways that Discovery Education can help transform learning in your district.

Special Events: Scattered throughout the year are some incredible events you’ll definitely want to participate in.  This year we’ll be hosting the 3rd annual Streamathon as well as two DEN Virtual Conferences.  Additionally, we’re hard at work lining up new Discovery Connect webinars, connecting you and your students to the television programs on the Discovery networks.  More details on those will be coming soon!

The best part is, they’re all on the calendar RIGHT NOW for you to register for.  Go ahead and sign up now, we’ll send out reminders prior to the event so you don’t forget.  Not only that, let your colleagues know about them so they can take advantage of these great opportunities as well!

Visit our webinar calendar to register for any and all of these events.  While there’s too many to list, here’s a list of some of our upcoming events, just to whet your appetite.

Tonight! - 50 Ways to Spin a Digital Story

August 11th, 1pm EST - Response to Intervention (RTI)

August 12th, 7pm EST - Building a Bigger Builder, Your guide to the DE streaming tools

August 22nd, 1pm EST - Discovery Education Professional Development Opportunities Overview

August  August 29th, 1pm EST - Discovery Education PowerMediaPlus

September 5th, 1pm EST - Discovery Education Assessment - Predictive Benchmark

September 9th, 7pm EST - 50 Ways and Beyond

September 12th, 1pm EST - Discovery Education streaming, Plus, Media and Language Packs

September 16th, 7pm EST - DEN State of the Union Address with Lance Rougeux

September 17th, 7pm EST - EdTechConnect featuring Tim Magner, director of the office of educational technology for the US Department of Education.

• Google School: Philipp Lenssen’s Top Google Apps Tips

  tags: edtech

  • Google expert Philipp Lenssen dishes up the latest news about Google and its features at his daily blog, Google Blogoscoped. Author of the new O’Reilly book, Google Apps Hacks, Lenssen takes some time out of his busy schedule today to share some of his best tips for using Google Apps from Gmail to web search to Google Docs.

• Mofet ITEC - International Portal of Teacher Education

  tags: edtech

  • MOFET ITEC (International Teacher Educators Community) is a MOFET Institute initiative that is being developed with the aim of contributing to the international community of educators in general and teacher educators in particular. The establishment of MOFET ITEC is based on the principle of sharing knowledge in the field of teacher education and education in general with various communities around the world. (For additional information, click here.)

• Dr. Alice Christie’s GPS and Geocaching Guide for Educators

  tags: edtech, Geocaching

  • Technology is an integral and growing part of daily living in the twenty-first century. The challenge, then, for teachers, is to use technology effectively in classrooms to help students take ownership for learning and develop the practical and critical thinking skills necessary to better understand the world around them.
  • To meet this challenge, teachers can use an emerging technology tool, GPS receivers, and an emerging GPS-based activity, geocaching, to transform their classrooms from teacher-centered environments to exciting, empowering, exploratory environments that focus on student engagement in the learning process.