THE WINNERS OF THE NECC 2009 PRESS PASSES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED! In order to stimulate your minds and provide a concrete incentive to participate, ISTEconnects is offering 3 NECC 2009 press passes to the most engaging guest bloggers (sign-up to … Continue reading
I am close to counting the days until my FIRST NECC experience. I am a relative newbie to all of this. In the last year I have been introduced to social networking via a district technology seminar. Since that time … Continue reading
If you haven’t checked out ISTE’s TimeGlider of key educational technology developments in the past 30 years then now is your chance. The timeline overlays technological advancements throughout history with information about every NECC starting with the first NECC in … Continue reading
Graphing is an important skill for students to master, and online graphing tools as well as software programs provide a variety of options when it comes to creating original graphs. Students and others have MANY more options than simply using … Continue reading
The power of Twitter and personal learning networks continues to amaze me! Yesterday Oklahoma teacher Christy Paradise tweeted me a question about available workshops or training resources on iTouch and iPhone applications for education / classroom use. After retweeting the … Continue reading
The University of Oklahoma has issued new guidelines for student athlete use of social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, according to an article from the Associated Press on Monday. In the social networking policy, athletes are warned that their … Continue reading
Monday, June 29, 2009 from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM (ET) Rocket Bar DC – 714 7th St. NW Washington, DC It’s time to meet your fellow tweeps at the #NECC09 Tweet-up in Washington DC! If you haven’t been to a … Continue reading
This is a guest post by Oklahoma teacher Kristy Burrough. I didn’t consider myself much of a writer until I started blogging about my passion for what needs to be taking place in education. A lot of this hits home for … Continue reading
Technology “norms” can change fast. Not too long ago, if you mentioned “Skype” or “Twitter” to someone in casual conversation, it was not unusual to receive a quizzical response. Thanks in part to mainstream media influencers like CNN and Oprah, … Continue reading
It seems like not a day goes by without hearing at least one story about Twitter on the news. The original intent behind Twitter was to help people keep their friends and family informed about what they were doing. Educators … Continue reading