TechEd 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...
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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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