Jeff Utecht – Educator, Consultant, Author
Posts tagged wiki
Software for 2010-2011
May 6th
It’s that time of year again as last week we started working on our student computer image for the 10-11 school year here at ISB. Trying to find the best software for students is always difficult as there are so many things to consider.
That’s what makes the Educational Software Wiki a great place to start when looking for what software you should consider for next school year.
I encourage you to have a look and if you know of a piece of software that isn’t on the list, help others out by adding it. Simply click the “EasyEdit” button and fill in More >
Games and Bugs
Apr 6th
As our first Certificate of Educational Technology and Information Literacy program (COETAIL) draws to a close here at ISB educators are starting to put the finishing touches on their projects for the 5th and final course. They’ve been working all semester on putting into practice what we’ve been learning about the first 4 courses. They have been paired with a mentor (Kim, Dennis, and I) to help them create a unit or lesson to use in their classroom. We then schedule a time to go in and observer them using this rubric that the three of us created (worth checking out) based on More >
Looking for EduSoftware? We’ve got your Wiki
Aug 18th
This is what I love about wikis. You start a site, create the structure for collaboration, invite a community and then stand back and watch as the community helps you create a site that you could never have done on your own.
As a new school year begins I want to draw your attention once again to the U Tech Tips Wiki. A wiki were educators around the world share different tools they use in education. If you are looking for a free or low cost tool to do a specific function this is a great place to start. We even More >
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 >
A wiki of educational software
Aug 27th
After my post about moving to a new school and having a Mac for the first time in 10+ years, I received more suggestions of software that I needed then I ever thought I would. I’m still going through the list and of course installing and uninstalling software as I try things out and find what I really need.
I was asked if I would create a wiki to keep track of all the cool software that people were mentioning….so….I did.
The wiki is set up and asks for software recommendations for educators and education in Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Now all it needs More >
Votet for the Golden Paint Can Awards
Jul 10th
To celebrate their 1,000,000 site creation Wetpaint is hosting the Golden Paint Can Awards!
The prize:
- Custom “Award Winner” badges for your site
- Promotion of your site on the Wetpaint homepage
- Mentions in the Wetpaint e-mail newsletter
- Lifelong bragging rights
I’ve been spending the last 30 minutes browsing the categories and looking at different layouts of sites to get ideas in helping teachers design good looking wikis. It’s a great way to get familiar with Wetpaint and at the same time get ideas on how to use Wetpaint in your classroom or school.
Of course you’ll want to stop by the Education 2.0 category and cast your More >
Wetpaint Wikis go Ad-Free for education!
Nov 6th
I think we’re going to see a lot more of this in the future. Last week ning dropped the ads for educational ning sites (which I took advantage of today to help a global issues network for international students get started).
Jason Welker (a teacher here at SAS) and I have been working with wetpaint over the past couple of months to help them move to this ad-free model for educational wikis. We have some 30 wikis being used by teachers and students at our school and wetpaint used those wikis as a way to work out how to go ad-free for education. More >
