TEACHERS, IT’S HERE!!!! The new school year is here and we are set to blow the doors off! I was prepping for a class when a tweet crossed my screen that […]
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5 Unique Google Apps that You Haven’t Seen . . . yet.
It is amazing what Google is continually innovating. As if it is not enough for them to create revolutionary ways to organize, access and create data, they are constantly pushing the envelope with new inventions. You should review this WHOLE page before enjoying the videos to learn about what can […]
Developing Innovation through Invention
While I was at the ISTE conference in Philadelphia last month, I had the opportunity to meet with Bob Greenberg who recorded a few minutes of me talking about how we might integrate this into our classrooms. This is the basis for the presentation I shared at ISTE on using […]
ITEC iPad and Google App Training Coming Soon!!!
Want to learn tricks about using your iPad? Looking for tips on engaging your students using Google Apps? ITEC has found the need and we are filling that need – – – – – – AGAIN!!! We are presenting workshops throughout Iowa to support educators in integrating these new technologies […]
ITEC’s IT Conference on March 15 & 16 Tailored for Techees
Here it is. An IT conference specifically designed for Technology and IT Directors. This is where you can come to learn about Networking, Filtering, Firewalls, Moodle Setup, Google Apps Scripting . . . This conference is NOT for everyone. It is for people who have a technical interest in making […]
Dr. Z Records the Roman South Theater in Jerash.
Traveling to Jordan was a wonderful experience. You will find my musings and reporting in previous and subsequent postings. Believe it or not, I after 5 days of non-stop conferencing, consulting, broadcasting and schmoozing, I had a day to play tourist. I wanted to go to Petra, but It was […]
Should Students Be Able to Use Social Media in High School?
I just received an email from a high school student who was asking about my stance on filtering the Web in a school. She was taking a Law class in her school and they were researching what educators in the field said about which sites should be accessible and which […]
#3 – Empowering Students’ Learning Through Technology workshop
The third of three workshops in the Technology-Empowered Learning workshop on 23 February, 2012 in Amman, Jordan. This workshop is being presented to a group of TVET teachers and administrators. It is primarily designed to use the Florida Technology Integration Matrix to identify how technology is being used and how […]
#2 – Creating and Using Problem-Based Learning in the TVET Classroom workshop
As the second workshop in the Technology-Empowered Learning workshop series I am giving here in Amman, Jordan, this workshop will be a hands-on experience where the attendees will actually go through the process of identifying a topic, authoring an essential question, designing a plan, and finishing the project with an […]
Broadcasting from Jordan
Even traveling to the other side of the world will not keep Dr. Z from his students. It is amazing that tonight I used three different formats of teleconferencing to connect between Amman, Jordan and Cedar Falls. This was all through my computer sitting in my hotel room. My first […]