Found this from Miguel today. A great movie…a digital story of sorts about using renewable resources. Watch the movie here Could we do a movie like this about education? Education 2056 I’d love to be apart on a project like that. A movie like this about education, how it changed and what it will look like in the future? Movies […]
Sometimes things are worth repeating. I posted this on U Tech Tips, but I like David’s article so much I thought I’d post it here as well.—————————————- David Warlick does some of his best writing at 3am. This post is a perfect example! Dave discusses teaching information literacy in the primary grades. I’ll be adding this to the U Tech […]
As we close out Friday with only four days of school next week, the 5th graders are running to me an asking about their blogs and their network accounts. But the most frequently asked question is: “Do we get to have Gaggle next year?” Gaggle.net has by far been the most disruptive technology that I have introduced to the students […]
Last week I had the opportunity to get a free Demo of Freepath, presentation software that allows you to easily use many types of files for a presentation. No more trying to get a movie to embed into PowerPoint or waiting for a web page to load. With Freepath you are not stuck in the linear ways of PowerPoint, but […]
Not much to say except go read this. Technorati Tags: Will Richardson, network of knowledge, education
I have a lot of plans this summer as most international educators do. Toping the list as always is visiting friends and family back home. But other than that I’m looking forward to the NECC conference. This will be my first time attending the conference as before moving overseas I could never afford it, and now that I’m overseas, I […]
This seems to be the thing at the moment so I thought I’d jump on the bandwagon. Go to this site and put in a web address and enjoy looking at your personal network. The Thinking Stick U Tech Tips-Technology for Educators U Tech Tips is a much larger network as we link to Edtech articles and other resources on […]
Clarence Fisher posted this picture today from Gaping Void and states: Â…this says what education is all about these days. I couldnÂ’t agree more. IÂ’ve been thinking about my posting a while back on education being perpetual beta. Perpetual Schools: A theme for many educators is the idea that schools are ever evolving to meet the real-time demands of students. […]
Read this on techcrunch today: San Francisco based Bebo popped a few bottles of champagne and announced a very healthy $15 million round of financing, led by Benchmark Capital. Bebo is one of the largest and fastest growing social networks, with 24 million users and 2.5 billion page views per month. More from PaidContent and Jeff Clavier. This is a […]
sms competition Originally uploaded by GuyBrighton. Just had to share this. I was on the bus home today, having a little fun texting my Chinese teacher (in Chinese Pingyin of course) when I looked at the seat diagonal to me and saw an 8th grader texting as well. The difference: I texted one message in the same amount of time […]