30
2008
What the “Flock” is this?
In February of 2008, I attended PETE&C (Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo and Conference) in Hershey, PA. One of the sessions that caught my attention was presented by Dr. Chris Penny. I had attended a few of his sessions in previous years and was sure that this one would be just as valuable as the previous ones. I was not disappointed. It was here that I was introduced to Flock, a new social web browser. According [...]
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17
2008
YackPack | simply connected
I was working on a project the other day when I stumbled across this tool. I think it has value for classroom teachers and hope that you investigate it further and consider how it can be applied for your situation. Tool: http://www.yackpack.com What Is “YackPack”? Yackpack is a Web 2.0 tool that allows for both asynchronous voice messaging and real time chat. Created by Dr. B.J. Fogg of Stanford University, this web tool provides the [...]
22
2008
netTrekker: Improved Searches
If you use netTrekker, there are some improvements to the site for 2008. Of them all, the one that most interests me is that there are now refinement menus instead of tabs on each search result page. So what does that mean? These menus now give the user more flexibility when refining searches to find the appropriate resources. With this feature, you can select multiple options in multiple menus to really narrow the focus. Here [...]
5
2007
Blog Posts with Word 2007
As of this writing, I will admit that I still don’t know a lot about Microsoft Word 2007. But what I do know is that this version of Word has a built in tool that allows me to connect with my blog and post entries without opening a web browser and logging into my site. WOW! Finding this feature was an accident. It was while searching for a newsletter template in something formerly known as [...]
19
2007
Google Language Tools
I use Google as my primary web search engine. I am attracted by the site’s simple design, but more importantly for the powerful tools that are readily available. One workshop session I attended at the T+L conference on Wednesday afternoon reminded me of one feature that I had not used recently… Google offers users the ability to use Language Tools that can translate text typed into the original text field. In the example below, I [...]
17
2007
Connecting Our Passions
This morning, I attended Breakfast Speaker Series on the first day of the 2007 T+L Conference. T+L stands for “technology plus learning” and the conference is sponsored by the National School Boards Association. The featured speaker was Will Richardson, a former teacher at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington, N.J, and author of of the book, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms. I had the opportunity to listen to Will [...]
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