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Cross posted on Welcome to NCS Tech Anyone who owns a vehicle will probably be able to recognize this picture. It's a car's front tire, unevenly worn due to a bad wheel alignment. It's a great metaphor representing something
I believe in sharing. I really do... I would like to propose a Challenge to Share...for two reasons... Sharing is defined on Wikipedia as Sharing is the joint use of a resource or space. Reason 1 Many in the
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"You are what you tweet " "Suddenly, it seems as if all the world is a twitter."
One of the things that educators, especially teachers, are really good at is talking. That's not intended as a criticism, just an observation. Talking is what the job is all about, regardless of what people say about becoming a guide
What would happen on your campus if you were to leave? This past weekend, I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the Educon 2.2 conference (http www.educon22.org ) in Philadelphia (100% virtually from the comfort of my own home
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I'm at Educon. If you're not familiar with Educon, it's a conference conversation hosted by Chris Lehmann and the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, PA. I was fortunate to be able to spend Thursday and Friday hanging around the
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My personal trainer often shares with me the accomplishment and satisfaction she gets from watching her client's bodies transform from flab to fab (I hope to be on my way!).
(images from Engadget)Apple just announced their long awaited and anticipated tablet slate, the iPad. Steve Jobs described it as something between a smart phone and a laptop.It is really an over sized iPhone. It runs the same operating system and can use the
In this post I'd like to share some great finds that I've had the fortune to discover this week. First and foremost, this week gave us the 2010 edition of the "Horizon Report" put out by the New Media Consortium
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Cross posted on Welcome to NCS Tech photo credit yuheitomi Every tech savvy educator has heard it before a colleague's plea for a great program or interactive website to use in a particular lesson. Often the requests are easily
Marketing and Change Message in a bottle castaway Originally uploaded by alles schlumpf We know that marketing is changing. We get shopping flyers in our email everyday. We get fewer shopping flyers in our snail mailbox. It is a sign
I'm but a bit character in this story. That I played any part in it at all is a true honor. I hope the story is as meaningful for you as it is for me.A little over a month ago,
The great thing about technology as far as writing is concerned is that we need never forget a brilliant idea. I sometimes think to myself how much I admire writers (or, indeed, anyone) in centuries past for writing anything at
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No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.” H.E. Luccock "The 21st century collaboration" moves us from its traditional definition towards a new one with the developing web technologies. Here is the second part
To clarify, you need to understand that I am fortunate to attend quite a few conferences each year physically and also take opportunity OFTEN to attend virtually as well…..so, I have had the opportunity to hear a great many people
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cc licensed flickr photo shared by dkuropatwa The average teacher involved in the busyness of "the daily grind" of teaching and learning likely isn't spending too much time thinking about how the current status of the
Cross posted on the Langwitches Blog. Many times, I see eyes glazing over, when I excitedly speak with parents or administrators about blogging, skyping or podcasting with students. Many of them, unfamiliar with the tools, will immediately feel uncomfortable. Some
As I was walking back to my room today after making some copies in the office, I glanced into some classrooms. I noticed many students and teachers doing some great things and figured there was some good learning going on.
This week's article is an experiment and review for the Dragon Dictation iPhone application which is currently free and available for the iPhone. I will write this complete article by talking into my phone using this application and if the
cross posted at ThumannResources.comI've been working with a group of high school teachers that have very little technology available to them. They each have a tablet computer and a projector and that's pretty much it. There are no other computers