Archive for May, 2009

Thoughts on EdTech (5/30/2009)

Thoughts on the Last Couple Weeks Wolfram Alpha released into the wild.  Will be interesting to see where this one goes, or if Google swallows it in time.  Link …and Microsoft’s new rollout of their search engine Live Search is expected soon.  It’s called Bing.  Link Nice blog post on getting started with Twitter.  Link [...]

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Thoughts on EdTech (5/16/2009)

What I’ve Discovered the Last Few Weeks: Free Moodle hosting for educators.  A good option if you can’t set up your own Moodle server or your district is a bureaucracy.  Not sure how much control you have, but a nice option for the less technical.   Link A nice way to edit photos online without installing [...]

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Monitoring Students

As a technology coordinator, I often get phone calls regarding checking out software and hardware for consideration for purchasing.  I make recommendations to teachers for a variety of products. I recently received a phone call regarding software for monitoring student workstations from a single computer.  It is a major business, and when the sales rep [...]

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My Thoughts on EdTech (4/28/2009)

Moodle Tutorials: Very excited about seeing this site: MoodleTutorials.org.  Moodle is such a great open source project for online course development and really needed more tutorials in using its functionality.  Sure, it has its limitations, but it is a convenient way to run a class online without knowing HTML or web design. Link Twitter hyperventilation. [...]

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