A great reminder that what is obvious to you is mostly likely eye-opening to everyone else. Obvious to you. Amazing to others. – by Derek Sivers

Ever play a YouTube video and which you could hide all the distractions? SafeShare.TV is a simple tool to make YouTube safer in your classes. Simply paste the url to your youtube video and you’ll be given a new url that hides all the distracting “related” videos and comments. Compare this: To this:     [...]

A Google A Day is a fantastic way to test your (and your students) search engine skills. Each day, a challenge is presented where finding the answer will take a little more searching skill then your everyday search. The site uses a ingenious system that searches the web as it was the day before the [...]

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 – [...]

If you’re like many schools, your email system is being strained by constant use. Email has become an essential tool in our lives, and education is no exception. Google apps offers a lot of benefits to school, with only a few drawbacks to consider. Let’s examine Google Apps and how it might fit into your [...]

Google Apps, Teaching and Learning with Google on Prezi Presented at the Ohio Free-Tech 2011 Conference in Cincinnati, 2/2 & 2/3. Resources: Google Docs Teachers and Principals Talk about Google Docs -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYPjJK6LZdM Forms – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzgaUOW6GIs&feature=channel Teachers and Principals Talk about Google Docs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYPjJK6LZdM Google Reader: Google Reader in Plain English- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSPZ2Uu_X3Y SketchUp Washington’s Headquarters – [...]

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 [...]