From the monthly archives:

December 2009

What can EmergingEdTech do for you in 2010?

December 29, 2009

5 simple questions, to learn more about you, and what you’d like to learn more about.
There are so many Internet and instructional technologies available today, and so many ways to use them in education. To help guide my efforts to learn and blog about these technologies in the coming year, I’ve put together this very brief survey to seek input from readers [...]

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EmergingEdTech - The future looks bright!

December 27, 2009

End of year wrap up, and plans for 2010.
Well, this marks the end of my first year as a blogger. I did a little blogging in late ‘08, but in March of 2009 I established EmergingEdTech.com, and with the help of these great ”31 Days To Build a Better Blog“ lessons from Problogger.com, in April I started building a [...]

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Ed Tech Tweet Wrap for week of 12-21-09

December 26, 2009

10 articles and resources I tweeted about this week, recast here for blog reader’s information and enjoyment (sorry, a day late this week - took Christmas Day off :)):

8 free easy ways to begin ‘educating innovatively’: http://bit.ly/8dKNPe
More “education innovation”! 5 ways innovate educators can use texting as a professional tool: http://bit.ly/5AYzCY
Teachers are the vital link to Tech in [...]

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12 Great (and free) Tools for Technology Integration in Education

December 22, 2009

One of many great resources from ”freetech4teachers.com” blogger/teacher Richard Byrne.
I have to confess that I was not aware of “Free Technology For Teachers” until I learned that it won ”Best Individual Blog” in this year’s Edublog Awards. I immediately went and checked the site out, and (not surprisingly) really liked what I saw. The site is the work of teacher Richard Byrne [...]

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15 online resources for help with English homework and class work

December 20, 2009

9 Paid Resources, and 6 Free Ones.
As promised in last week’s post, “15 online Math tutoring and help options“, this week I am following up with online resources for those seeking help with the subject of English.
Many of the paid options below were also included in last week’s post, since quite a few of them are not just specific [...]

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Ed Tech Tweet Wrap for week of 12-14-09

December 18, 2009

This week’s Tweet Wrap from EmergingEdTech. 10 nuggets of Education Technology informational goodness for your reading pleasure!

Adding Technology to Geometry Class Improves Opportunities to Learn (told ya so! ): http://bit.ly/8ogOO2
Article provides example of use of Google Forms and Wikispaces in the classroom: http://bit.ly/6Mlw5W
Whitepaper from Steve Hargadon on role Educational Networking can play in [...]

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Faculte.com - create interactive video presentations & lessons

December 15, 2009

When I first heard of Faculte.com, I thought “faculty”, as I imagine you may be thinking now as you read this. Turns out Faculte.com is an online tool for creating interactive video presentations.
Using Faculte.com, one “producer” can create a presentation that can be viewed by up to 200 viewers (more or less) for free. Doing [...]

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15 Online Math Help and Tutoring Resources

December 13, 2009

A variety of free and paid resources to help students struggling with Mathematics.
With the recent completion of the first quarter for many K-12 students, and the pending completion of the first semester for many Higher Ed students, I thought it would be a good time to investigate web based tutoring and help options. I’ll focus [...]

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Ed Tech Tweet Wrap for week of 12-7-09

December 11, 2009

This week’s “best of” my Twitter posts focused on Education Technology articles and tools:

5 Higher Ed Tech Trends to watch in 2010: http://bit.ly/6ZrN6j
A tale of technology in two schools: http://bit.ly/8FhGef
Interesting article about market for “Superstar” teachers in Online Ed arena: http://bit.ly/70ys9Y
Chronicle article discusses use of Virtual Science Labs in schools: http://bit.ly/6Im28Z
University expands lecture capture capabilities [...]

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EmergingEdTech nominated for Edublog Award

December 9, 2009

“Best Resource Sharing Blog”
I am delighted to announce that EmergingEdTech has been nominated for an Edublog Award! This blog has been nominated as “Best Resource Sharing Blog”. (Thanks to Buzz Gardwood of “This Week in Ed Tech” for the nomination!)
Hope my readers don’t mind my lobbying for votes - the prestige of a win can really [...]

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