In my district, as in many others these days, opportunities for sharing technology-focused PD are very limited. Schedules are tight, district PD days are reserved for other training, after school works for some, but not for many, etc. Probably the biggest challenge is the size of my staff…one. I believe it is absolutely necessary, therefore, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'teachers'
PD Scatter-Shooting
December 5, 2012 · No Comments · Educational technology, leadership, professional learning, Spreading the Word, Teaching and Learning, Twitter, Web Tools
Tags: edtech·PD·professional_learning·resources·social media·teachers·web 2.0
The PLN, Twitter, and You
October 16, 2012 · No Comments · 21st Century Skills, collaboration, professional learning, Web Tools
For those who don’t wan’t to invest the full 9 minutes or so involved in listening to my latest podcast, here is my 5-step plan to growing a PLN using Twitter. Get started. Sign up and get set up to use Twitter with whatever tool you like best. That might be using the Twitter website, [...]
Tags: collaboration·education·PLN·professional learning·teachers·teaching·Twitter·web 2.0
Summer Technology Projects
June 16, 2009 · 1 Comment · Educational technology, images/video, Web Tools
We probably take more pictures and record more video during the summer than at any other time of year. Vacations or time spent outdoors in the warm summer sun offer many opportunities for gathering the raw materials of some fantastic multimedia projects. For teachers, it is also a rare opportunity to explore some great tools [...]
Tags: children·creativity·digital literacy·multimedia·projects·summer·teachers·vacation
Final BISD 12 Second Tech Challenge (#13) for the Year!
May 15, 2009 · 19 Comments · BISD 12 Second Tech Challenge, Online Office Tools
Lucky 13! The final installment of this semester’s 12 Second Tech Challenges focuses on a very useful tool, the Google Forms tool. BISD 12 Second Tech Challenge #13 on 12seconds.tv You will need to create a Google account, if you don’t already have one (and you really should). The video below shows you how it [...]
BISD 12 Second Tech Challenge #12 and…
May 11, 2009 · 13 Comments · 21st Century Skills, BISD 12 Second Tech Challenge, Educational technology, implementation
This week’s 12 Second Tech Challenge is by far the easiest yet (The final one will make up for this, I promise!). It does require you to plan for the future, however. BISD 12 Second Tech Challenge #12 on 12seconds.tv (If the video isn’t displaying above, you can view it here.) In 2007, the International [...]
Tags: 12seconds·BISD·education·ISTE·NETS·teachers·technology·tech_challenge
BISD 12 Second Tech Challenge #10!
March 25, 2009 · 17 Comments · Digital Storytelling, Educational technology, images/video, podcasting, Web Tools
Continuing with the theme of creativity, today’s challenge is to try out a very cool alternative to PowerPoint, Animoto. BISD 12 Second Tech Challenge #10 on 12seconds.tv (Click here if you can’t see the video.) Animoto lets users create videos that incorporate images, music, and text into a very slick, professional-looking product. This would be [...]
Tags: 12seconds.tv·Animoto·BISD·images·teachers·technology·tech_challenge·video
Assessing Computer-Based Tools for Learning
March 22, 2009 · 3 Comments · Educational technology, Walden University
Author David Dobbs recently shares yet another lukewarm study of educational software funded by the U.S. Department of Education in his blog. The news is familiar: “students using educational software do no better learning primary school math and first-year algebra than their counterparts who follow a traditional curriculum.” The study itself has many flaws, primarily [...]
