On Friday, we hosted the ITEC Student Technology Fair at the University of Northern Iowa. ITEC is the Iowa Technology and Education Connection organization for teachers who are interested in educational technology. Every year we sponsor 3 student technology fairs across the state: Ames, Sioux City and Cedar Falls. These student […]
Twitter is an exciting means of communication but it is an ongoing flow of information through a twitter river. You don’t always catch all of the posts because you may not be online when relevant posts flow by. Wouldn’t it be exciting if you could get together with a number […]
Wow!!! I just found a trilogy of YouTube videos done by the Cult of Pedagogy that do an awesome job of giving educators an introduction to Diigo. This is an endeavor by Jennifer Gonzalez who proclaims “Teacher Nerds, UNITE!!!”Do you use Diigo? I have for many years for personal […]
Vicki Davis is a Cool Cat Teacher. Actually she is THE Cool Cat Teacher. You may have heard of her blog, CoolCatTeacher.com It is the most visited education blog followed on the planet. Fortunately I had the opportunity to meet Vicki a few years ago and become good friends over the […]
Way Way Way back in the late 80s, Apple had a vision for computing called the Knowledge Navigator. This dream had a certain 2001 Space Odyssey HAL aspect to it because you, the user could hold a discussion with your computer as it helped you solve your problems. I was […]
We all know that the Internet is a busy place. It is difficult to comprehend that 1,407,724,920 people use the internet each day. Sometimes it is necessary to reduce the frequency of activities down to a more understandable level of a single minute. What really brings it home is an Info-Graphic […]
I was just reading a posting by my friend, Vicki Davis (AKA CoolCatTeacher). She was mentioning that she had been having a lot of fun with her readers sending her voicemail through her blog. She was using the SpeakPipe voicemail gadget. Seemed like a lot of fun so I just […]
How can gaming affect your brain and biological acuteness? It is an on-going argument about the effects of gaming. Dr. Bavelier share a laboratory analysis of how gaming can improve your sight, awareness and other biological skills. What’s YOUR opinion? Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.
UNI Instructional Technology Masters Program from Leigh Zeitz If you are looking for a 21st Century Instructional Technology Masters program, Look no further!!! Review the slideshow above and see how our program provides opportunities to engage in 21st Century Learning, Instructional Design and Research. For further information, visit our website […]
What a WONDERFUL title: Horton Hears a Tweet!!! This is the title of an EduCause article by Joanna Dunlap and Patrick Lowenthal is a comprehensive and insightful article about how Twitter can fulfill the “Challenge of Student Engagement”. What I really like about this article is that they compare the […]