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July 2008

• 07/23 Speak to iTunes Audiobook Service
• 07/16 The Visual Thesaurus: A 3D interactive reference tool
• 07/09 Flickr Video
• 07/02 isbn.nu: Search for books and compare prices

June 2008

• 06/25 Amazon Advanced Book Search Features
• 06/18 TagCrowd: Create your own tag cloud from any text to visualize word frequency
• 06/11 Box.net: Online storage and file sharing
• 06/04 Evernote: A note-taking and organization tool

May 2008

• 05/28 PDF Hammer
• 05/21 Photo Dropper
• 05/14 PicLens Update
• 05/07 Twitter in Plain English

April 2008

• 04/30 TiltViewer: Browse Flickr images in a 3D interface
• 04/23 Drop.io: Easy File Sharing
• 04/16 Crowd-sourcing: Library of Congress Public Domain Images on Flickr
• 04/09 TED Talks
• 04/02 CoveritLive: A web-based tool for publishing notes live to the web

March 2008

• 03/26 Slideoo: Horizontal Slides Shows for Your Flickr Images
• 03/19 Adobe Acrobat Connect: Web Based Meeting Software
• 03/12 PicLens: Easy Full Screen Slide Shows
• 03/05 Kindle: Amazon's eBook Reading Device

February 2008

• 02/27 Moving Earth
• 02/20 Bubbleshare
• 02/13 Quintura and Quintura For Kids
• 02/06 Docstoc...

January 2008

• 01/30 Translation Tools for Your Web Site
• 01/23 The Geodata Portal
• 01/16 Using Your Copier as a Scanner
• 01/09 Picture Notes With Your Camera Phone
• 01/02 TED Talks

December 2007

• 12/26 Social Bookmarking in Plain English
• 12/19 Phone Tips
• 12/12 Twitter Where You Are
• 12/05 Buzzword Writing

November 2007

• 11/28 Using Web Forms on an iPhone
• 11/21 Social Bookmarking
• 11/14 RSS in Plain English from Common Craft
• 11/07 Working Collaboratively with a Wiki

October 2007

• 10/31 Putting Maps on your Site
• 10/24 Google Custom Search
• 10/17 Jing
• 10/10 Web Based Databases
• 10/03 Easy Web Based Forms to Capture Information

September 2007

• 09/26 Keeping Track of Day-to-Day Interactions and Meetings
• 09/19 Google Voice Local Search
• 09/12 Use Your Cell Phone to Create Messages and To Do Lists
• 09/05 Getting a Handle on Voicemail

August 2007

• 08/29 Use Online Tools to Avoid File Management Headaches
• 08/22 Ready to Switch to Web-Based Applications?
• 08/15 Clickers in the Classroom
• 08/08 Why Equipment Inventories Matter
• 08/01 Grant Headache

July 2007

• 07/25 Accessibility Issues and Web 2.0
• 07/18 Invest in Equipment or People?
• 07/11 What Is Second Life?
• 07/04 Vendor-Supported Equipment Recycling

June 2007

• 06/27 Refreshed Technology Standards for Students
• 06/20 Mac or PC?
• 06/13 Portable Apps: Solution for Software Access Issues?
• 06/06 State and National Progress in Tech Implementation

May 2007

• 05/30 Citizendium: New Online Encyclopedia
• 05/16 Staffing Online Courses
• 05/09 Productivity and Professional Practice
• 05/02 Cyberbullying on the Rise

April 2007

• 04/25 Collaborate Online to Develop Common Examinations
• 04/23 Why Equipment Inventories Matter
• 04/18 Audio Books for Students with Print Disabilities
• 04/11 Students are Stakeholders
• 04/04 Why Plan When No Technology Is Available?

March 2007

• 03/28 Use Online Tools to Avoid File Management Headaches
• 03/21 Routine E-Mail Deletion: Update
• 03/14 Clickers in the Classroom
• 03/07 iPods and English Language Learners

February 2007

• 02/28 Trouble-shooting Flowcharts
• 02/21 Ready to Switch to Web-Based Applications?
• 02/14 Time to Upgrade? Maybe... Maybe Not
• 02/07 Internet Safety Training for Parents

January 2007

• 01/31 Identifying and Measuring Technology Literacy Skills for Students
• 01/24 Google Tools for Educators
• 01/17 From TCO to VOI (Value of Investment)
• 01/10 21st Century Skills for 21st Century Work
• 01/03 Easy Time-Keeping

December 2006

• 12/27 Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA)
• 12/20 High-Tech Cheating and Term Papers
• 12/13 Seeing is Believing: Tracking your Online Audience
• 12/06 Collaboration Counts!

November 2006

• 11/29 How Important are Letters of Support?
• 11/22 Tools for Collaborative Agenda Building
• 11/15 Routine E-mail Deletion: Good Practice?
• 11/08 Automated Essay Grading and Blackboard: Reader Response
• 11/01 Do Instruction and Advertising Mix?

October 2006

• 10/25 Open Technologies in K-12 Education
• 10/18 Communicate Unpopular Changes
• 10/11 Give your Wrist a Break!
• 10/04 Web Search Tool for Students with Visual Impairments

September 2006

• 09/27 Online Test Prep
• 09/20 NetDay Speak Up Survey: Springboard for Discussion
• 09/13 Prepping for Facilities Planning
• 09/06 Supporting Teacher Leaders

August 2006

• 08/30 Webtop Application
• 08/23 Resources for Assistive Technology
• 08/16 Automated Essay Grading and Blackboard
• 08/09 Interactive Whiteboards: To Buy, Or Not To Buy
• 08/02 Total Cost of Ownership and Projection Devices

July 2006

• 07/26 Has EETT Funding Made a Difference?
• 07/19 Purposeful Online Communication
• 07/12 MySpace Tackles Issues of Online Safety
• 07/05 Technology and Assessment: Where's the Fit?

June 2006

• 06/28 Empower Parents to Help their Children
• 06/21 Take a Walk in the 'Other Guy's' Shoes
• 06/14 Boost Positive Media Coverage
• 06/07 Tag, You're It!

May 2006

• 05/31 Help Students Think about What They Post Online
• 05/24 Keeping Parents Informed
• 05/17 Laptops for Teachers?
• 05/10 Connecting Outside Laptops to the District Network
• 05/03 Address Issues Head-On

April 2006

• 04/26 Communication Breakdown
• 04/19 Temporary Use of Software
• 04/12 What's a Digital Portfolio?
• 04/05 Are Online Classes in High School Necessary?

March 2006

• 03/29 Support, Management, and Operations
• 03/22 School Site Plan Worries
• 03/15 Professional Development for Whom?
• 03/08 Is Off-Campus Cyber-bullying Ever School Business?
• 03/01 Tracking Off-Site Attendance

February 2006

• 02/22 So...What's a Vlog?
• 02/15 How Many Batteries does a Laptop Need?
• 02/08 Getting Up to Speed on New Work Skills
• 02/01 Knocked Off-Line Mid-Post?

January 2006

• 01/25 Wrist Rest, Anyone?
• 01/18 Self-Assessment: Focus on More than Basic Knowledge
• 01/11 Digital Textbooks in a Flash
• 01/04 Changing Course Mid-Stream: Modifying Grant Agreements

December 2005

• 12/28 The Need for Inclusive Planning
• 12/21 Need to Find Research? Try Google Scholar
• 12/14 Using Email for Home/School Communication
• 12/07 Online Tools for Creating Rubrics

November 2005

• 11/30 BookCrossing: Engage Students in Reading
• 11/23 A New Twist on Fund Raising
• 11/16 Is It Time for a CIO?
• 11/09 What about Revising your School Plan Online?
• 11/02 Latest Numbers on Student Internet Access

October 2005

• 10/26 Measuring the Impact of Technology Use
• 10/19 Showcasing Student Work Online
• 10/12 Do We Need Teacher Computer Stations?
• 10/05 Technology Planning in Uncertain Financial Times

September 2005

• 09/28 Linkblogging: An Approach to Managing Bookmarks
• 09/21 Ban Web-Based Email Accounts?
• 09/14 21st Century Skills Assessments - What's Out There?
• 09/07 Videoconferencing on the Cheap

August 2005

• 08/31 Equipment Replacement Cycles
• 08/24 Where are Technology Dollars Going?
• 08/17 PowerPoint Presenter View: Tools for Speakers
• 08/10 Don't Copy From that DVD -- Yet
• 08/03 Dipping Self Assessment Scores

July 2005

• 07/27 Moving Beyond Automated Activities
• 07/20 When Standardization Squelches Innovation
• 07/13 Up-to-Date Planning Resources
• 07/06 Archiving Email

June 2005

• 06/29 Cyber Bullying
• 06/22 How Does Our School Stack Up?
• 06/15 Now Class, Take Out your Cell Phones
• 06/08 Plan Ahead for the New School Year
• 06/01 On the National Front

May 2005

• 05/25 Phishing, Anyone?
• 05/18 Dealing with Objectionable Student Web Sites
• 05/11 Effective Classroom Assessments: More than Automating
• 05/04 New Teachers Struggling with Technology Integration?

April 2005

• 04/27 Another Approach to Supplemental Tech Support
• 04/20 Ban Drill and Practice Programs?
• 04/13 Formatting Requirement: Getting the Right Number of Lines per Page
• 04/06 More on Cell Phones and Students

March 2005

• 03/30 Free Online Workshops for Teachers
• 03/23 Easy Access to Publicly Reported Data for NCLB
• 03/16 Holiday Surprises that Aren't So Nice
• 03/09 Who's the Best Representative?
• 03/02 Different Browsers for PC and Mac?

February 2005

• 02/23 Protecting Student Identity when Blogging
• 02/16 Garbage In, Garbage Out: Survey Design
• 02/09 Emerging Technology: Podcasting In the Classroom
• 02/02 Stationary or Mobile Computers?

January 2005

• 01/26 Balanced Partnerships
• 01/19 Remember to Hot Synch your Handheld!
• 01/12 New Search Tool Feature Raises Security Issues
• 01/05 Measuring the Impact of Technology Use: Where to Start?

December 2004

• 12/29 Professional Development: Online or Off?
• 12/22 Covering your Bases: Implementing a New Management System
• 12/15 New Technology Plan Requirements
• 12/08 Blog Your Bulletin
• 12/01 Can the Spam!

November 2004

• 11/24 Involving the Community in Assessment
• 11/17 Building a Common Foundation
• 11/10 Competing Fundraisers? Consider Partnerships
• 11/03 Documenting Administrative Support of Technology Initiatives

October 2004

• 10/27 Converting Files to PDF
• 10/13 Assessment: Getting Instant Feedback
• 10/06 Classroom Web Sites: Forcing the Issue

September 2004

• 09/29 What Do You Need In a Grant Writer?
• 09/22 Leadership and Vision Overcome Funding Challenges
• 09/15 Accessing Student Information System Reports
• 09/08 Cell Phones and Cheating
• 09/01 Multi-Tasking In the Classroom

August 2004

• 08/25 Defining Appropriate Instructional Material
• 08/18 Going Mobile
• 08/11 Contracting for Technical Support
• 08/04 When There's a Problem, Maintain your Optimism

July 2004

• 07/28 Accepting Donations that Require Commercial 'Branding' on Campus
• 07/21 Are your Students Prepared to Demonstrate 'Technological Literacy?'
• 07/14 Informal Walk Though Observations Can Tell You A Lot!
• 07/07 Scheduling a Network Expansion: Who Should Be There?

June 2004

• 06/30 You're All In this Together!
• 06/23 Conference Attendance: What's the Value?
• 06/16 Internet Safety Resources for Parents
• 06/09 Online Assessment and Test Creation
• 06/02 Do We Really Need Student Technology Standards?

May 2004

• 05/26 Private Schools and Planning for Federal Funding
• 05/19 Discarding Outdated Computers
• 05/12 Copyright: Giving Credit
• 05/05 Help Your Principal Sound Good

April 2004

• 04/28 Being Connected Isn't Enough
• 04/21 Determining the Quality of Research
• 04/14 Lead by Attending
• 04/07 21st Century Skills vs. Basic Skills

March 2004

• 03/31 Is SIS Training Appropriate for Me?
• 03/24 Personal Use of the Internet during the School Day
• 03/17 Answers to Questions about NCLB
• 03/10 Technology Resistant Staff?
• 03/03 Do You Know Where Your Keys Are?

February 2004

• 02/25 Connect with Local and State Leaders
• 02/18 Create your Own Forms for PDAs
• 02/11 Radio-Frequency Identification in Schools
• 02/04 Free Data-Management Tool

January 2004

• 01/28 A Networking Alternative
• 01/21 Computers in Preschool Classrooms?
• 01/14 Use a Listserv to Model Technology Use
• 01/07 Does In Use Equal Appropriate Use?

December 2003

• 12/31 Writing for a Real Audience
• 12/24 Online Project Based Learning
• 12/17 Is it Okay to Make an Archival Copy?
• 12/10 Educating Your Community About No Child Left Behind
• 12/03 A Purchasing Alternative

November 2003

• 11/26 Does Your Computer Have You on a Leash?
• 11/19 Equal Access Doesn't Equal Seat Time
• 11/12 Working In Tandem: Team up the Library Media Specialist and Tech Coordinator
• 11/05 Misreported Data: Who's Responsible?

October 2003

• 10/29 Calculating Total Cost of Ownership
• 10/22 When Do you Say No?
• 10/15 Overwhelmed by Email
• 10/08 Copyrighted Characters on Web Site Pages
• 10/01 Evaluating Technology-Based Student Work

September 2003

• 09/24 Embed Technology Use in Content Specific Professional Development
• 09/17 Federal Funds for Technology
• 09/10 Bookmarks Save Time
• 09/03 Your Web Site is a Marketing Tool

August 2003

• 08/27 Separate Acceptable Use Policies?
• 08/20 Do You Zoomerang?
• 08/13 Media Literacy: Embrace It!
• 08/06 Finding Common Ground: Technicians and Teachers

July 2003

• 07/30 Spread the Good News
• 07/23 Automating your PowerPoint Presentations
• 07/16 An Opt Out Acceptable Use Policy?
• 07/09 Enterprise Resource Planning: A Business Concept Making Inroads in Education
• 07/02 Funding for Professional Development

June 2003

• 06/25 Can You Plug In When You Need To?
• 06/18 Take Time to Pilot New Technologies
• 6/11 - PowerPoint Design Tip: How Much Information should Slides Include?
• 6/4 - Access to Technology Related Electives

May 2003

• 5/7 - What are 21st Century Literacy Skills?
• 5/14 - Just Say, "Maybe"
• 5/21 - Expanding the Role of your Library Media Specialist
• 5/28 - Online NCLB Resource

April 2003

• 4/2 - Students as Technicians
• 4/9 - Integrated or Automated?
• 4/16 - Why Develop Evaluation Questions?
• 4/23 - Archiving E-Mail
• 4/30 - Flexible Keyboards for PDAs

March 2003

• 3/5 - Making Sense of Testing Terminology
• 3/12 - CIPA Compliance and Federal Funding
• 3/19 - Professional Organizations and Leadership
• 3/26 - Charting Student Progress

February 2003

• 2/5 - Let your Vision for Education Guide your Vision for Technology Use
• 2/12 - Meeting Minder in PowerPoint
• 2/19 - Expand your Definition of Technical Support
• 2/26 - Finding the Research Required by No Child Left Behind

January 2003

• 1/8 - Don't Flip your Lid!
• 1/15 - Tools for Collaborative On-line Planning
• 1/22 - Developing an Evaluation Plan
• 1/29 - The Didactic Divide

December

• 12/4 - Have You Done your Part to Educate Staff and Students about Copyright Policies?
• 12/11 - High Tech/High Touch
• 12/18 - Affordable, Portable Storage for your Computer Files

November

• 11/6 - Look! The Principal Uses Technology!
• 11/13 - Planning for Construction and Remodeling
• 11/20 - Peer Coaching-A Strategy
• 11/27 - Keeping up with Data Collection

October

• 10/2 - Support, Management, and Operations
• 10/9 - Teaching and Learning
• 10/16 - Assessment and Evaluation
• 10/23 - Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues
• 10/30 - Leadership and Vision

September

• 9/4 - Technology Standards for Teachers
• 9/11 - Employee Privacy and Electronic Information
• 9/18 - Developing Inclusive, Workable Planning Teams
• 9/25 - Need to Track your Expenses? Look to your Palm!

August

• 8/7 - Keep that School Plan Off the Shelf!
• 8/14 - Have You Become Your Own Secretary?
• 8/21 - Support the Hardware, But Don't Forget to Support the Teacher
• 8/28 - Move Professional Development Beyond Personal Proficiency

July

• 7/3 - Presentations that
• 7/10 - Tracking those Dollars
• 7/17 - Virtual Schooling: The Changing Landscape for Education
• 7/24 - Targeting Instructional Services Using Data
• 7/31 - Designing a Healthy Workstation

June

• 6/5 - Community Learning Network: A Resource for Administrators and Teachers
• 6/12 - Assessing the Whole Child
• 6/19 - The Expanding Definition of 'Digital Divide'
• 6/26 - Keeping Up with News in Education

May

• 5/1 - Outputs Vs. Outcomes
• 5/8 - Start Making your School's Web site Accessible to Students with Disabilities
• 5/15 - Defining Vision and Mission Statements
• 5/22 - Set Up your Own Virtual Hard Drive
• 5/29 - Standardize Hardware and Software to Help Your Budget

April

• 4/1 - Analysis of Process Template
• 4/2 - Do Internet Searches Get You Down?
• 4/3 - Questions you Need to Ask about Infrastructure
• 4/4 - Successful Change
• 4/5 - Focus Evaluation on Results
• 4/8 - Is Your Acceptable Use Policy Acceptable?
• 4/9 - How to Conduct a Focus Group
• 4/10 - Cell Phone Interruptions
• 4/11 - Technology Support Index
• 4/12 - Active Learning Practice for Schools (ALPS)
• 4/15 - Once I have Data, How Can I Organize It?
• 4/16 - Managing Internet Content
• 4/17 - Developing a Community Learning Center
• 4/18 - Templates Save You Time!
• 4/19 - Staffing for Technology Support
• 4/22 - Supporting Teachers as they Master Technology Use
• 4/23 - Assessing Technology Integration
• 4/24 - Monitoring Student Email
• 4/25 - Online Technology Plan Model
• 4/26 - Support Network for School Administrators
• 4/29 - Equipment Inventories: Does that 10-Year-Old Computer Count?
• 4/30 - How Does Your Professional Development Program Measure Up?

March

• 3/1 - Defining Technology Skills for Students
• 3/4 - Measuring your School's Level of Technology Integration
• 3/5 - Copyright and You
• 3/6 - Portical-The Portal for Busy Administrators
• 3/7 - Don't Bookmark It, Backflip It!
• 3/8 - Taking Total Cost of Ownership to the Classroom
• 3/11 - Can't Schedule One More Meeting?
• 3/12 - Painless, Paperless Surveys
• 3/13 - Student Work on the Web
• 3/14 - Technology: Not an Add-On
• 3/15 - An Information Blizzard
• 3/18 - National Data for Budget Planning
• 3/19 - Measuring Good Technology-Enhanced Teaching
• 3/20 - Data-Driven Decision Making-What's it Based On?
• 3/21 - Keep an Eye on Student Internet Use
• 3/22 - Create a Data Library
• 3/25 - The Email Trap
• 3/26 - Disposing of Old Equipment
• 3/27 - How Does Your Professional Development Program Measure Up?
• 3/28 - A Quick Guide to Testing
• 3/29 - Requiring Technology Use for Homework Assignments

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