From the monthly archives:

February 2010

Learning about Lecture Capture - Part 2 (features and functions)

February 28, 2010

This week we continue our research into the technology behind today’s Lecture Capture systems.
Last week, I started a series of posts focused on learning about the lecture capture systems being used in education today, and the technology that enables them. My first post looked at a few of the big players in today’s market. This week I’m trying to get [...]

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Education Technology Tweet Wrap for week of 02-22-10

February 26, 2010

This week’s summary of Twitter posts from EmergingEdTech.com. I hope you find some of these informative and interesting!

A look at some of the insights in the Pew Project’s 4th “Future of the Internet” report: http://bit.ly/b03rPk
Education, eHealth Get Top Billing in FCC’s Broadband Plan Update: http://bit.ly/97rLSj
Univ. of the People getting rolling w/Tuition Free Online Education! Where’s will this [...]

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Announcing the ‘Great Use of Ed Tech’ Story Contest

February 24, 2010

Share your education technology story and have it featured here!
This week I am announcing a contest with the goal of soliciting readers’ stories about uses of Internet and instructional technologies in education, to be shared and discussed here, and one of these stories will be selected to be featured in an upcoming full length post.
I will review [...]

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Learning about Lecture Capture Technology

February 21, 2010

The use of Lecture Capture is expanding in both Higher Ed and K-12. What kinds of tools and technologies are being used to capture and rebroadcast lecture content?


One of the main reasons that I blog is to learn - picking a technology from the expanding array of those being used in education today, researching it, and sharing my findings here. I’ve been wanting to learn [...]

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Education Technology Tweet Wrap for week of 02-15-10

February 19, 2010

A collected set of Tweets from this week’s EmergingEdTech Twitter post activity, providing a variety of informative and thoughtful articles, and some useful resources, for those of us with an interest in Education Technology!

Great video by 8th grd Sci. teacher, showing how she uses Interactive White Board to engage students: http://bit.ly/9ai4bG
SchoolNews article - Can Social Media tools ‘cure’ low [...]

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Connecting A Million Minds (to after-school STEM programs)

February 17, 2010

A great idea bought to us through Time Warner’s philanthropic commitment to inspire students to pursue opportunities in science, technology, engineering, & math.
I just recently came across this site, www.connectamillionminds.com, and think it is a great idea, and a great resource to be aware of.
According to the National Science Foundation, 80 percent of jobs created in the [...]

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A Dozen Great Free Online Video Lecture Sites

February 14, 2010

A collection of web sites with thousands of free video lectures and related course materials, including many offerings from major universities.
There are thousands of video-taped course lectures, and many other more complete course offerings, available for free on the Internet today. The quality and quantity of these offerings is growing and improving daily.
How educators and students choose to leverage these types of resources is also [...]

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Ed Tech Tweet Wrap for week of 02-08-10

February 12, 2010

Highlights from this week’s tweeted articles and tools:

Funny parody of The Office highlights poor integration of Tech in many of today’s schools. http://bit.ly/cMO3cO
(I embedded this video below - it really is amusing, while also being a sad commentary on the state of Ed Tech in many classrooms. Fortunately, the number of schools and instructors doing [...]

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Free Creative Writing Resources

February 10, 2010

Some resources to inspire and educate students (and anyone else) looking for some help with Creative Writing.
For the second time in two weeks, my mid-week post is inspired by the appreciation and enjoyment of artistic creation. I just finished reading the latest novel from one of my favorite authors - The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver. How do incredible writers [...]

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100 Ways to Teach with Twitter

February 7, 2010

These resources actually provide over 110 ideas for, and examples of, using Twitter in the classroom.
It’s been almost 8 months since I published the post, “6 Examples of Using Twitter in the Classroom”, about uses of the popular micro-blogging tool in the instructional setting. This post generated a lot of traffic, and continues to attract hundreds of viewers every [...]

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