Miscellaneous Tools and Topics

Telepresence (this is just too cool!)

September 16, 2009

Educause’s recent ’7 things you should know about …’ brief on Telepresence is fascinating. “Beam me into that classroom, Mr. Scott!” It’s kind of hard to believe that this technology may become relatively commonplace before long. Telepresence currently requires expensive sophisticated equipment, but like most technology it will become more affordable over time. It is entirely feasible that in the next [...]

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Survey Results - What Internet technologies will your peers be introducing in the classroom this year?

September 13, 2009

Online documents, blogs, and wikis rise to the top of survey responses, followed closely by video and podcasting technologies. First, thank you to everyone who participated in our brief survey over the last few weeks. The survey asked “What types of Internet technologies would you like to try … in the classroom for the first time this fall?” [...]

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The Foundation for Excellence in Education

September 9, 2009

Are you aware of this organization and it’s work? The Foundation for Excellence in Education was founded by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush in 2007. I was impressed by their work when I learned about them a few months ago after viewing Jeb Bush’s interview on Technology in Education (below). As it states on the About page [...]

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Will you be introducing new Internet technologies in the classroom this year?

September 2, 2009

Brief survey aims to uncover which Internet tools educators are considering for the classroom Last week’s midweek update sent readers to a survey to answer this question, but response has been slow (didn’t get it out there until Thurs eve, which surely didn’t help). So, I am asking again if readers would be so kind as to click here and [...]

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What Internet technologies are you going to introduce in the classroom this year?

August 27, 2009

With the new school year upon us, I thought it would be interesting and informative to learn what types of Internet technologies readers are considering using for the first time in this coming school year. There are so many engaging and potentially helpful technologies available via the web. In addition to the types of technologies you may be introducing to the instructional process, how do you envision these tools improving learning outcomes (because that’s what its really all about in the end, isn’t it)?

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Top 10 ‘Language Technology’ Blogs

August 19, 2009

Education Technology sites, recognized as ‘Language Technology’ category winners. Lexiophiles.com has announced this year’s winners in their new “Language Technology” web sites contest category. These sites are actually great Internet based Education Technology blogs (they are not focused specifically on language or languages). No sense in me repeating all of them here, just click on this link to [...]

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Special Update - Guidance on Ed Tech Funds (ARRA 2009) Released

July 28, 2009

The U.S. Department of Education has just published this “Guidance on Enhancing Education through Technology (Ed Tech) Program Funds Made Available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009″.

This is certainly one of the most significant things to happen to Education Technology here in the US in years. The ARRA adds $650 million in funds to the original 2009 appropriation of $265 million, bringing the total allotment of funds for Education Technology for 2009 to $915 million! The allocation of funds by state can be found here: http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/index.html.

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Please vote for EmergingEdTech.com today!

July 15, 2009

This week’s mid week post is a straightforward plea for a quick click or two. EmergingEdTech.com has been nominated in the “Language Technology” category in a “Top 100 Language Blogs 2009″ competition. I know language tech is not the main focus here, but education tech is, and recognition like this can go a long way in helping to spread the word about better integration of tech in education.

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EmergingEdTech Blog nominated for award

July 1, 2009

I am very happy to announce (the first of what I hope will eventually be many ) blogging award nominations - the EmergingEdTech blog has been nominated for the Top 100 Language Blogs 2009 competition, in the Language Technology category. Voting begins July 8 (details to follow). While EmergingEdTech is not focused specifically on Language Technology, our [...]

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Fun tool for the classroom - simple Crossword Puzzle maker!

June 3, 2009

This week’s mid week post is a little lighthearted - this is a fun little tool I came across (thanks to Buzz Garwood and his blog at thisweekinedtech.blogspot.com). This tool will allow you to create a simple crossword puzzle by plugging in a bunch of words and clues.

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