Monthly Archives: February 2009
The Weekly Update: February 15 – February 21
Why Doing Things Half Right Gives You the Best Results– Peter Bregman, Conversation Starter Search– Tony Karrer, e-Learning Technology Information Visualization: Beyond Reporting and Into Collaboration– VizThink Knowledge Retention Will No Longer Be An Explicit Strategy– Library Clips Annotation and … Continue reading
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Shrinking School Budgets and Disruptive Innovation
The current recession is having a major impact on public schools as district leaders find their budgets squeezed by shrinking revenues. Administrators in districts all throughout the country are facing the worst funding crisis in decades, and many analysts anticipate … Continue reading
Twitter in Education? – Pt 1
One of the more interesting technologies that has been gaining attention lately is Twitter. Twitter combines IM (instant messaging) and SMS (text messaging) with the social-network concept. This can be described as a free micro-blogging service. It allows users to … Continue reading
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Tagged micro-blogging, social networking, tweets, Twitter, Web 2.0
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Afterthoughts: Google Earth 5.0
Google is at it again. The new Google Earth 5.0 even allows users to explore the oceans. Scott Gilbertson is excited about the new features. Tech Addicts discuss the new feature called Ocean. Wikipedia is even in on it. Christopher … Continue reading
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Tagged Google, Google Earth, Google Technology, podcast, wikipedia
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Critical Thinking and Social Media Technology
With the emergence of social media technology in the classroom, teachers are finding innovative ways to promote student learning. As educators become more sophisticated in terms of utilizing Internet and mobile-based technologies to share information, they are taking advantage of … Continue reading
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Tagged blogs, critical thinking skills, education, Facebook, Flikr, global economy, high school, mobile-based technology, MySpace, podcasts, Ready to Innovate, social media technology, social networking, The Global Achievement Gap, Tony Wagner, Twitter, weblogs, wikipedia, YouTube
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