Blog Juice for Educational Technology

The Award-Winning Ready2Net Series Returns on March 1, 2006 Program Title: The Future of eLearning FREE Live Broadcast Via Satellite the Web on March 1, 2006 at: - 8:30 AM - 09:45 AM Pacific Time - 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Mountain Time - 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Central…

January 18, 2006 2:00-3:00 p.m. (EST) Butch Gemin and Donna Vakili “Integrating Third Party Content into Your Online Course” Whether building a new online course or enhancing an existing course, integrating content from third party sources can help create a more effective online learning experience. Third party content offers teachers…

Dr. Joan Hughes, CASTLE co-director and assistant professor of learning technologies at the University of Minnesota, has received a fellowship to set up online learning communities for teachers. We all know how isolating it can be at times to be the only teacher in a certain discipline trying to facilitate…

Last week the Savvy Technologist continued his conversation with Scott McLeod, Co-Director of the UCEA Center for Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education. The new podcast (downloadable here) covers many legal and ethical issues surrounding technology use in education. Scott’s first podcast interview with the Savvy Technologist, on Data-Driven…

Scott McLeod, director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE), joined The Savvy Technologist for a podcast this week. Scott works with educators around the country, helping them understand how being data-driven doesn’t have to be as scary as it sounds. The…

September 21, 20052:00-3:00 p.m. EDT Dan Balzer and Dennis O’ConnorIllinois Mathematics and Science Academy Power Searching: A Learning by Doing Experience If you want to enhance your online search skills, join Dan Balzer and Dennis O’Connor for a hands-on-the-keyboard experience with searching digital resources. Using real-time and simulated Search Challenges,…

Please join ISTE’s special interest group for Technology Coordinators (SIGTC) for a featured online “Liveâ€? event—E-Rate Funding with SIGTC’s Dan Riordan. This event will assist technology personnel in navigating the confusing and sometimes challenging process of receiving funding under E-Rate. New changes to the E-Rate program make this a “must…

The search is on for the nation’s top education visionaries. Not long after Intel Corporation staged its own Visionary Conference in Washington, D.C., two more technology giants are on the hunt. Dell Inc., the nation’s leading provider of computers to schools, and the world’s leading software maker, Microsoft Corp., have…

Supporters of Michigan’s one-to-one computing project are citing marked improvements in standardized test scores in reading, writing, science, and math as reasons to restore funding to the program. Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, a Democrat, had eliminated most of the program’s funding from the budget she proposed to state law makers….

Schools across the country are realizing tremendous success with laptop initiatives. In response to the need for a comprehensive resource about one-to-one computing, the Center for Digital Education has aggregated a handbook of information covering learning in the 21st century, definitions and guidelines for successful initiatives, leadership strategies and financing…