The economy being what it is today, we’re all looking for more streamlined ways of maintaining our professional development efforts. In order to help the educational technology community understand some of the ways they can make their trip to NECC … Continue reading
What was included in the stimulus package recently passed by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Obama for educational technology? What are the expected funding levels for EETT (Title IID) next year? One of the best places to turn … Continue reading
This is a guest blog post by Disa McLean from Green Island, Dunedin, New Zealand. I was a Primary School Teacher in Dunedin, New Zealand in 2008. This year I am an ICT Facilitator. I completed this Action Research last year in … Continue reading
It seems like only yesterday that Wes Fryer introduced me as ISTE’s online community manager for NECC 2009 (actually that was yesterday), and I’m proud to make my first post one of significant substance. Below you’ll find a ton of … Continue reading
Saavy organizational leaders are growing increasingly aware of the importance of social media and their ability to respond to the digital feedback of their constituents. Rather than relying on a single individual to monitor the pulse of conversations taking place … Continue reading
GUEST POST BY NEIL STEPHENSON. Neil Stephenson is a grade 6/7 teacher in Calgary, Alberta and has been his district’s 1:1 PD coordinator for the last three years. Neil speaks regularly about technology and inquiry based learning, and was chosen … Continue reading
My crystal ball reading skills are admittedly weak, but if I was going to make a “buzz prediction” for NECC 2009 it would focus on netbooks. I agree with Tony Vincent who observes that both netbooks and webapps are exciting … Continue reading
Last week I highlighted an opportunity to win a free trip to NECC from NetTrekker. This week I’d like to share another way educators can win a free NECC trip, this time by submitting a digital story to ISTE. The … Continue reading
Presentations about the uses of cell phones to support learning both inside and outside the traditional classroom have been popular as well as contentious at educational technology conferences in the past year. I first become aware of the wide variety … Continue reading
The recession is being felt by individuals as well as organizations around the United States, so any opportunity to get financial support for a professional development conference like NECC is likely welcome news to educators everywhere. netTrekker is offering two … Continue reading