10
Jun
2010 Horizon Report K12
Filed under: Reflections, Resources

From the executive summary of the report:
The following five trends have been identified as key drivers of technology adoptions for the period 2010 through 2015; they are listed here in the order they were ranked by the Advisory Board.
Technology is increasingly a means for empowering students, a method for communication and socializing, and a ubiquitous, [...]

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09
Jun
Moodle Add-In From Microsoft
Filed under: Resources

If you are a teacher with a Moodle class and are using Microsoft Office for Windows, then you should install Microsoft’s latest Add-in for Moodle. This tool allows you to navigate to your Moodle classes and open the Files directory. From there you can open any Office Document (Word, PowerPoint, or Excel) directly from your [...]

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18
May
Common Open Source Applications
Filed under: Resources, Web 2.0

A short list of open source applications that are commonly used in K-12 today

Audacity (audacity.sourceforge.net): Audio editor *
Firefox (mozilla.com/firefox): Web browser *
Foxit Reader (foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader): PDF reader
FreeMind (freemind.sourceforge.net): Mind mapping software *
GeoGebra (geogebra.org): 3D geometry/algebra software *
GIMP (gimp.org): Photoshop-like graphics editor *
Inkscape (inkscape.org): Vector graphics editor
iTalc (italc.sourceforge.net): Classroom computer manager
Kompozer (kompozer.net): [...]

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