Weekly Update: March 22 – March 28
Chub and Moe Debate Cuban– Michael Horn, Disrupting Class Is Social Learning Fun?– Tony Karrer, eLearning Knowledge Overload– eLearnSpace Ten Disruptions that Could Transform Your Classroom– David Warlick, Two Cents Worth Texas Tech Study Finds Flaws in Plagiarism Detectors– Holly Hacker, The Dallas Morning News Six Technologies Soon to Affect Education– Meris Stansbury, eSchool...
Read MoreTechEd 2009– Day Two
Day two is now finished. I think it was another productive day of presentations, interesting conversations, and networking opportunities. That being said, I have a few observations: After two days of listening to teacher conversations, questions, and input during the breakout sessions and symposiums, I realized we (educators) have a lot of work to do if we want to effectively utilize Web 2.0 technology to improve student learning. Teachers are excited about utilizing Web 2.0 technology in their classrooms, but the diversity of applications seem to present difficult problems. Implementing LMS...
Read MoreTechEd 2009 – @One
Consistently, as I move about the TechEd venue, I hear surprise and confusion expressed as educators interact with Web 2.0 technologies. While it is important to applaud those seeking to learn about the various Web 2.0 technologies, it is alarmingly clear that the average educator is woefully behind in tech savvy knowledge. While it is true that knowledge often seems scattered, time and money are also commonly cited as major barriers to learning and implementing new technologies. The @ONE Project is trying to change this. The @ONE Project was initially designed with the purpose of making it...
Read MoreTechEd 2009 – Luis Von Ahn
Luis von Ahn, professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University and named one of the 50 Best Brains in Science by Discover Magazine was today’s key-note speaker at the TechEd conference in Ontario, California. Professor von Ahn spoke about reusing human cycles or harnessing human time and energy to address problems that computers cannot yet solve. In his talk, Professor von Ahn pointed out that in 2003, the world spent 6 billion hours playing solitaire. This was contrasted with the 7 million hours necessary to construct the Empire State Building or the 20 million man hours...
Read MoreTech Ed 2009– Day One
Welcome to beautiful Ontario (Did I just say that?). Well, I suppose Tech Ed 2009 has gotten off to a good start. The first day was full of breakout sessions, an interesting keynote speaker, and a little Inland Empire smog! There were a few interesting morning and afternoon breakout sessions. It seemed the general theme was authoring tools for teachers. Most of the sessions provided a basic overview of these tools (e.g., Camtasia Relay, podcasting, etc.). A few of the interesting sessions included: Youtube, Itunes, and Google Docs. Save Time and Stimulate– David Sconduto had some...
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