Technology: Exciting, Disruptive but No Longer Overwhelming! – goo.gl/UVLdB Technology Boot Camp on Prezi A Day in the Internet – http://www.onlineeducation.net/internet The Top Ten Disruptive Technologies – http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=681107 Everything’s Amazing and Nobody’s Happy – http://www.tubechop.com/watch/170739 The Cost of Technology – http://www.intac.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/cost-of-technology.jpg   Polleverywhere.com – goo.gl/RLB7I PollEverywhere.com on Prezi Polleverywhere.com – http://www.polleverywhere.com Classroom Example -http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/NDI4MDE2MTQz An [...]

Presented at Technology Boot Camp @ CEDFA Summit 2011 The Technology Toolbox – http://goo.gl/JQSD0 The Technology Toolbox on Prezi Skype – http://www.skype.com Skype Projects in the Classroom – http://education.skype.com/projects/ Call Recorder for Skype – http://ecamm.com/mac/callrecorder/ Skype Explained Visually – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1mflr-kQlk Find Other Schools and Students on Skype – http://www.epals.com Find Authors Willing to Skype – [...]

Some interesting links I’ve found useful lately: The teaching blog of a technology teacher at an international school TheThinkingStick – The Blog of EdTech presenter Jeff Utecht, plenty of great information that might help you focus on giving your students the technology skills they need. A Digital Citizenship curriculum for PK-12 students and teachers at [...]

Rasmussen College has a great article on 100 applications useful for educators. Maybe you’ll find your next indispensable app on their list? 100 Apps for Tech–Savvy Teachers

Presented 1/20&21 at the Ohio Free-Tech Conference in Cincinnati Presentation: Handout: http://tech.savvyteachers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Moodle_Outline.pdf Resources Moodle Benefits http://www.smartschools.ph/SmartSchools/SmartTools/BenefitsMoodle.htm About Moodle http://docs.moodle.org/en/About_Moodle Moodle Philosophy http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Moodle/Philosophy Review of HS use of Moodle http://aiken.moodlerooms.com/wb/pages/academics/moodle/moodle-at-aiken-high-school–introduction/moodle-at-aiken-high-school–images.php Getting Started http://docs.moodle.org/en/Getting_started_for_teachers Blackboard vs. Moodle http://www.humboldt.edu/~jdv1/moodle/all.htm Hot potatoes – Create Interactive Activities http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ Wikipedia’s Moodle Article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moodle Demo Course – Features http://demo.moodle.net/course/view.php?id=5 2 Minute Moodles [...]

Here’s some excellent information about using twitter to improve your classroom. Do you use twitter to improve your teaching? How do you find great twittering teachers to follow?

photo credit: Extra Ketchup Typer Shark Typing of the Ghosts Cup Stacking Alphattack TuxTyping Learn2Type TyperShark Bubbles Baracuda Arachnid Falls Spacebar Invaders Outerspace Fleet Commander The Frogs are Off Their Diet Have a site that your kids love? Leave it in the comments!

Edutopia has a great article on how many teachers are finding ways to use web2.0 sites that are often blocked in the classroom. This goes along well with our recent article on how to bring youtube videos to class dispite filters.

YouTube is often blocked at schools due to the inappropriate content that is hosted on the site. However, there is a great wealth of educational content as well that you might wish to show to your classes. We will be downloading a copy of the video that you can bring into class. You’ll find that [...]

Youtube has plenty of educational content, from Photoshop tutorials to great speeches from history, just about ever content area can be found on the site. Unfortunately, a ton of inappropriate content can be found too. How can you keep the good yet protect your students from the bad? TeacherTube may be the answer. It’s a [...]