One of the semantic changes I’ve made in the past few years is learning to refer to those engaged in the learning process less by the titles of “teacher” and “student” and more by the title “co-learner.” We can all … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Participate in the Oxford Debate at Home
The Oxford-style debate is happening today at NECC 2009. There are a few different ways that you can participate in this event. ISTE Connects will be live-blogging the event here on ISTE Connects, or you can also watch the debate … Continue reading
Educators Storming Capital Hill: TwitPic Coverage
Zach Goodwin is reporting live from Capital Hill, and is using TwitPics to keep us posted. We’ll have video to accompany this shortly:
ISTE Connects Live Content from NECC 2009
If you miss out on our live-stream of the events happening at NECC 2009 you can still access everything that we present. Just go here to view all of our archived live feeds. We have separated our live-streams into easy … Continue reading
Great iTouch Apps for Primary Students
Yesterday here at NECC I learned about three fantastic applications for younger / primary age students from Jenny Ashby from Vic, Australia, who has 8 iPod Touches in her classroom currently. Here are the applications. These are ideal for students … Continue reading
Streaming the Day Away at ISTE Central
Afternoon, folks! Just as I was yesterday, I’m embedded among the teachers and technologists at ISTE Central, reporting from the front lines of the ed tech festivities here in Washington, DC. I promise to be a tireless correspondent, so be … Continue reading
Let the Games Begin: ISTE NECC 2009!
Hello and welcome from ISTE’s 30th Annual National Education Computing Conference in Washington, DC! I’m Zach Goodwin — a designer, technologist, and writer — and I’ll be one of a team of tech-obsessed bloggers who will serve as your virtual … Continue reading
Face-to-Face With Malcolm Gladwell at NECC 2009
The first keynote speaker of NECC 2009 was critically-acclaimed author Malcolm Gladwell. He wrote some bestselling books, such as The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers. Gladwell chose a topic that seemed very special to many of the audience members, which … Continue reading
Here comes EduBloggerCon 2009!
This Saturday, June 27th, EduBloggerCon 2009 will be held in Washington D.C. right before the start of the NECC conference. The schedule for the day is taking shape on the event wiki, and I’m looking forward to attending some great … Continue reading
ISTE Member Welcome at NECC 2009
We’re Rolling Out The Red Carpet For Our Members!! Come grab your seat and a bag of popcorn at this exciting Hollywood-themed kickoff to NECC. We’ll be screening the Digital Storytelling Contest finalists, and awarding our own version of the Oscar, … Continue reading