Jeff Utecht – Educator, Consultant, Author
Posts tagged wetpaint
Wetpaint.com ends free ad-free wikis for education program
Aug 13th
It was fun while it lasted but as of August 11th Wetpaint.com will no longer be offering a free upgrade to ad-free status for educators. The news is as much a shock to me as it is to many of you. I was notified by the Director of Publishing at Wetpaint on August 4th about the change.
Since that time I’ve been communicating with Wetpaint about this decision and my future role as Educational Ambassador with them. Below is part of the e-mail I sent to them.
I thank you for extending the offer to allow me to stay on as“Educational Ambassador” for More >
Conversations with Wetpaint
Jun 25th
(Full Disclosure: I am the Educational Ambassador for Wetpaint.com)
Last Friday I was invited by Wetpaint to stop by their Seattle office for a “show and tell” session as well as discuss how the educational site was running and the needs of educators who use Wetpaint.
The Show and Tell was fun as each department showed off what they were working on. We got a tour of the new home page that launched that day by the development team. The publishing team invited me up to talk about the use of Wetpaint in education. The Wetpaint team was very enthusiastic to hear how their product More >
Year 1 in Bangkok and ISB: A reflection
Jun 10th
Well, the last day of the 08-09 school year is here. A half day for both students and staff before we all fly out to either summer vacation spots or our home countries for the summer.
Living and working overseas is funny that way. You wonder why prices on airline tickets go up until you are trying to buy a seat on a plane the day after an international school gets out and there aren’t any….on three different airlines.
Looking back over my first year at ISB, it has been a learning experience. I’ll admit that the transition from Shanghai to More >
2nd Annual Wetpaint Golden Paint Can Awards!
Jun 1st
(Full Disclosure: I am the Educational Ambassador for Wetpaint.com)
Wetpaint has just launched their 2nd Annual Golden Paint Can Awards. Head over to the Golden Paint Can site and nominate for your favorite Wetpaint Educational Wiki.
Last years winner Welker’s Winkinomics has continued to produce high quality student content this year.
Who deserves the Golden Paint Can in 2009?
Wetpaint Wikis add some great features!
Mar 14th
(Full Disclosure: I am the Educational Ambassador to Wetpaint.com)
Over the past couple of weeks, Wetpaint has rolled out some features that for me are just more reasons to use Wetpaint.com. Some of these features are just wiki madness! You can now choose different “Layout Zones” for each page of your wiki, there are “Content Modules” that allow you to embed some cool wiki widgets in your site and a whole new way to apply for Education Ad-Free status right from within your wiki.
Let’s look at each of these new features and how they might apply to your site and the educational environment.
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Wetpaint vs Blackboard
Mar 11th
Major Mark Rea sent me this video and wiki to share. He’s a Major in the US Army and uses a wiki with cadets as part of his fitness program. Recently, he recorded his students thoughts on using a wiki instead of using BlackBoard (which I assume they have used before). Some good honest feedback and a fascinating wiki.
Oh yeah….and he has a podcast on iTunes too.
(Full Disclosure: I am the educational ambassador for Wetpaint Educational Wikis)
Building your Tribe and Leading a Community
Dec 10th
Yes I’m still all about Seth’s new book Tribes and leading communities. If you want to know what skill is going to be needed in the future. It is going to be someone who understands and has the skill to create and lead a community of people. Someone who can organize and help the community lead themselves.
When I approached Wetpaint last January I had to sell them on the idea of what they needed was a leader for their educational community. Someone who understood the needs of educators. Someone who spoke their language, understood their concerns, and who could help them figure More >
Chatting with 4th graders
Sep 30th
ISB just launched PantherNet. Our Moodle system that syncs (or is trying to) with PowerSchool. It’s still in Beta but early feedback from teachers:
“Where has this been?”
That’s a good sign!
Yesterday I met with a fourth grade teacher eager to see if PantherNet could fit into her classroom. I haven’t used Moodle much in the elementary but there is only one way to find out if it could be beneficial in the learning process.
The only way to do that is find a teacher who is game to give it a go, spend some time with it, and see what happens with the More >
