By Trevor Acy Since getting an iPhone 3G back in July I have not stopped downloading applications. I could go on and on about tons of useful apps from social networking to utilities to sports, but that’s for another post. Last week another iPhone addicted friend of mine tuned me in to Simplifymedia and I’m about [...]

Submitted by Robin Ellis I believe the one thing I would say to teachers is be open to your own learning and don’t be afraid of not having all the answers. I believe we all should be lifelong learners. In today’s world opportunities abound to stretch our thinking and open ourselves to experiences never before possible. [...]

Drpezz's recent post reminded me of another way my classmates and I were able to use social networking to create a learning activity that promotes character analysis and creativity. We created a Facebook page for Ophelia. First of all, this was attractive to the classmates we instructed because the novelty of giving a character of Elizabethan ...

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I’m excited to be working with Kannapolis City Schools again (Previous Posts: 1, 2). I’m helping provide professional development for part of their grant funded technology integration initiative called IMPACT. I’ve been asked to facilitate the following workshops: Instructional Design in the Digital Age Interactive PowerPoint ...

Here are the presentations/discussions that I attended/ participated in during the first half of this afternoon. A Plan for Wiki Adoption by Ken Pruitt Ken’s presentation was an adaptation of Stewart Mader’s Wikipatterns. Ken shared suggested strategies for implementing the use of wikis at all levels. Educational Technology and the ...

I’ve spent most of today participating in the following sessions and meeting online friends in the Bloggers’ Cafe. I’m looking forward to the presentation of the ISTE Classroom Observation Instrument (ICOT) later today. I’m curious to see how it stacks up against similar instruments like LoTi. Perhaps I’ll get a ...

I’ll be updating this post throughout the day to alert you of things happening here at EBC San Antonio. The session titles are in bold. Social Networking for Professional Development Scott Merrick is sitting next to me and streaming this discussion live. Should it be organized or self-forming? Should the ...

EduBloggerCon (EBC) and the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) are just a few days away and I’m very excited about attending each. In addition to the great presentations and workshops I’m sure I’ll experience I’m looking forward to meeting many of the people from my online personal learning community (PLC) in ...

I’m spending the next couple of days providing professional development for some of the tech-savvy outstanding teachers with Kannapolis City Schools. My classes will be focusing on teaching and learning with Web 2.0 (Becoming my new thing, I guess.) and creating and using podcasts in the classroom. Note to my online PLC: I hope to ...