Blog Juice for Educational Technology

Being a WebQuest and Bernie Dodge fan, I couldn’t pass up his session today (Tuesday) at 11:00 am. Not only was the session better than expected, Bernie blew the doors off the creation of WebQuests with the introduction of his new tool, QuestGarden. QuestGarden is where WebQuests can be grown and nurished.
Bernie’s new tool will […]

This posting covers a FirstClass User Group meeting and the Annual ISTE SIGTC Forum with David Warlick as the featured speaker and a panel discusion of the use of handhelds in the classroom.
FirstClass User Group - Monday - 8:00 - 4:00 pm
I had attended a full day FirstClass user group meeting about a month ago […]

I wish I was as dedicated about posting to this blog as I would like. It isn’t that I don’t have the time, it is just that there is so much else to do…
As I get ready to blog from NECC in Philadelphia, I remembered a post that I meant to do after the National […]

There are many examples of live video streaming and webcasts being done by large companies. A good example would be Steve Jobs keynotes at MacWorld which are watched live around the world.
There are also examples of live video streaming being done by individuals and K-12 schools that are usually watched by one or two […]

In his Weblogg-ed blog of March 5 Will Richardson mentioned a blog tool, Kidzlog, that was being used in classrooms in an Omaha elementary school.
I took a look at Kidzlog today, and I am totally impressed with it and it’s role in elementary classrooms.
It’s main advantage is that you do not need to use […]

Google has just announce a new map resource - Google Maps. It can be found on their “technology playground” page where they have project prototypes that are not quite ready for “prime time.”
At first glance it seems to be easier to use than MapQuest, MapBlast and Yahoo! Maps.
It seems to be much easier to […]

Looking for a reason to have a birthday party? How about one with educational ties?
This Friday, February 11, is the 200th Birthday of Sacagawea’s baby Jean Baptiste Charbonneau. The baby, also known as Pomp, was born at Fort Mandan in North Dakota. This is where Lewis and Clark wintered during the Corps of Discovery’s journey […]