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Galleries on Flickr

Flickr has a new galleries feature that lets you create sets of up to 18 photos around any idea, theme or concept you find interesting. This encourages you to explore other people’s photos and search beyond just your own contacts photos for interesting content. My first thought was that it will help me organize some [...]

Emerging Mobile Technologies for K-12 Classrooms – Chat session, Sep. 3, 11 AM

This looks like it will be an interesting discussion of mobile technologies in schools.  Join in the free chat session at the Education Week website.  No special software required. Because of their low cost and ubiquity, an increasing number of educators are considering the use of mobile devices, such as cellphones, netbooks, GPS systems, digital [...]

K-12 Hot Topic Technology Webinars

Check out these free webinars from Project Tomorrow® and T.H.E. Journal for those interested in K-12 IT issues: Aug 19 Mobile Devices within Instruction     Sep 16 Digital Content     Oct 14 Web 2.0 and Education     Oct 28 21st Century Skills     Nov 11 Top 10 Trends in Student Learning with Technology     Dec [...]

Technology to the students!!

Originally uploaded by Extra Ketchup I have lots of school library media specialists in the technology classes I teach. They are often the ones in the forefront of using technology in their school districts and come up with great ideas for how technology can support student learning and help teachers do their jobs better.  At [...]

Teacher Training Videos

I love it when I find a great new resource, only to realize that I bookmarked it in delicious account months ago! So much for my memory. In any case, here’s one of those resources that I re-learned about today. Teacher Training Videos “were created for teachers to help them to incorporate technology into their [...]

Internet @ Schools – Curriki session

I haven’t had time to blog  all the sessions I’ve been to. Here’s one from the School Libraries track. Internet @ Schools East Tuesday – Track S201 -Open Educational Resources: Join the Global Education Community Curriki – Free, collaborative, open content, creative commons licensed curriculum sharing  wiki http://www.curriki.org/ Why? Traditional textbooks are hard to update, [...]