Blog Juice for Educational Technology

Several days ago I installed an open source survey program on my web server, and fairly hastily set up a seven-question poll for teacher-users of Class Blogmeister. Over the next week or so, just over 50 teachers completed the survey.  The results are reported below.
It is important to note that this was not a […]

My friend, Kevin Jarrett commented on yesterday’s blog posting about Lenovo’s “Yoga” computer, by describing Microsoft’s under-development Surface interface.
http://www.kevin-jarrett.net/blog/?p=1052

I did a quick search on YouTube and found this very appealing video that claims to disput Microsoft’s invention of this technology.  That aside, it’s fun to watch!  The sound of children giggling — what can you […]

First of all, what are the three red markings to the right of “No Child Left Behind?”  They probably represent something important and positive, but it looks to me like something scratched out — like a student wrote something down, and the teacher scratched it out.  Probably just the cynical side of me breaking loose […]

I’m not sure my big old truck driver fingers would be happy with the keyboard, but this is a sign of things to come! — I think!
Gadget Lab - Wired Blogs:
With subnotebooks looking like a hot sector again, Lenovo’s Reserve Edition ultra-portable comes just at the right moment. Physically, it resembles the Intel Metro we’ve […]

I met Jane Nicholls while working in Dunedin, New Zealand a few months ago, and was so impressed with the enthusiasm of teachers there.  The job seemed to be “fun” for them.
Jane is currently researching the benefits of podcasting and has asked me to forward a request for participation in her research project.
*** ICT U […]

I’m in one of my favorite places, an independently owned coffee shop.  Brenda and I stopped and stayed at the Davidson Village Inn, in lovely Davidson, North Carolina.  It’s my kind of college town, and my kind of coffee shop.  Yesterday, we’d just enjoyed an old fashioned country church picnic in my home town.  For […]

Much of this is live blogged.  Please forgive mispellings and awekward writing.
I get to sit this morning.  It’s 9:00 and Brenda and I went back to Early Girl for another omlette.  This morning it was a build-your-own, which was almost as good as the black bean omlette I ordered yesterday.  I’m sitting in a small […]

No, it doesn’t need to be plugged in to be an appropriate learning technology.  I saw this, first hand, several months ago when I visited and worked with educators in New Zealand.  I’ve already talked about the innovation that I saw in their vendor exhibit hall, but one that impressed me, perhaps, more than any […]

New York teacher and blogger, John D. Howell, who seems to be about my age (favorite music: Carlos Santana, Crosby Stills Nash, & The Grateful Dead) has started a list of suggested summer reading.
Anything but Succinct: Summer Reading Goals:

Daniel Pink’s A Whole New Mind
Alan November’s Empowering Students with Technology
David Warlick’s Classroom Blogging
Will […]

I believe that the Flat World, Flat Web, Flat Schools keynote was a hit yesterday, in that it connected with issues of distance learning professionals.  I was concerned, as I am with every address, but especially with audiences whose work is somewhat different from my experiences.  But we’re all in the process of re-inventing ourselves […]

It’s not a good way to start a day at a distance learning conference.  Internet has been down since we arrived last night at the Crown Plaza Resort hotel in Asheville.  Brenda and I have a wonderful view of the city, the air is fresh and only slightly tinted with the blue haze that characterize […]

Periodically I receive comments from teachers who are using Class Blogmeister.  Usually it is to report a bug in the program, a lost password, or some misunderstanding about the blogging engine’s operations. 
Occasionally, teachers share with me how blogging has impacted their students’ learning.  Here are some excerpts from one such e-mail message from a […]

Speaking of Hitchhikr, there exists two listings on the main page of conferences that have been registered to date.  The first listing includes only conferences that will happen in the next 30 days (colored red), current conferences (colored blue),  and conferences that have happened in the last 30 days (colored gray).  Beneath that box is […]