Entries Tagged as 'TCEA 2007'

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

Web 2.0 Tools for School Districts

Greg Rodriguez from San Antonio ISD made the presentation in place of Miguel Guhlin today. The audience consisted of a blend of network admins looking at the technical requirements of the Web 2.0 tools on servers, networks, administration, etc., and educators/technology specialists, who were primarily concerned with the application of these tools in the classroom. [...]

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

Connected Writing–Will Richardson

I am very excited to get to hear Will Richardson today at TCEA. He is discussing the various aspects of today’s world that are putting pressure on us as educators, such as evolving technology, changes in occupations, the availability of information like never before, etc.
Some numbers he shared:

2,000,000 blog posts daily
75,000 Youtube videos added [...]

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Navigating the New Information Landscape–David Warlick

David is beginning the session by stating that it is not about technology–it is about information. In fact, his goal is not to say “technology” at all during the presentation.
David describes the new world wide web as a “conversation“. Previously, it would have been best described as a library.
The Information Age Workplace
We are just now [...]

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

TCEA Notes

I am in Austin for the Texas Computer Educators Association convention today. I will be attending a session by Miguel Guhlin entitled “Setting Up Web 2.0 in Your District” this afternoon. I will post my notes as it goes along. This morning, I’m sitting in the Tech Staff room, doing my part as a volunteer [...]