Saturday, October 24th, 2009

TCEA Areas 10/11 Conference Links

Thanks to all who participated in my sessions/workshop today at the area TCEA conference. As promised, here are the links to the resources that were shared and a few more. Let me know if I can provide anything else! Also, if you attended either my own session on Voicethread or another on the tool, please [...]

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

TCEA Region 7 Conference Presentation Links and Resources

Session 1 (9:30-10:15): Twitter, Are You Serious?
Twitter: Are You Serious?

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Twitter
TweetDeck
Twitpic
Bit.ly
Twitter for Teachers
Twootles!
Learning Professionals on Twitter
Dial2Do
GroupTweet
Plodt
25 Interesting Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom

Session 3 (12:45-1:30): Live, From Your School!
Live From Your School (v.2)

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Ustream
Glomera
Livestream (formerly Mogulus)
Qik
Moss-Free-TV

Session 4 (1:35-2:20): Not Another PowerPoint!

Presentation
iSpring
TeacherTube
Google Docs
Slideshare
Slideboom
SlideRocket
Animoto
VoiceThread
Prezi
GoAnimate
Glogster

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Thursday, February 12th, 2009

BISD 12 Second Tech Challenge #7

12 Second Tech Challenge #7 involves one of my favorite tools. Twitter has allowed me to connect with other educators like no other site I have used. I have learned of new and valuable tools, engaged in thought-provoking discussions, had questions answered, shared my own knowledge, and gotten to know folks around the world via [...]

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

Twitter? Are You Serious?

Whew! What a crazy week-and-a-half! I had the opportunity to make 5 presentations in 3 cities, including 3 in one day yesterday. Topics ranged from student achievement vs. 21st century skills to live streaming of school events/instruction to my personal favorite, a requested session on Twitter. This gave me the opportunity to articulate just why [...]

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

More Common Craft Vids (One May Save Your Life!)

First, a great explanation of Twitter, although it doesn’t do much justice to the way Twitter can be used more constructively as a means of sharing great resources and connecting learners:

This one is a new video explaining the basics of Internet searching:

Finally, as a public service during the Halloween season (I feel fairly certain this [...]

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

One Whale I Would Not Like to Save…

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