Archive for the ‘Emerging Technologies’ Category
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
David Pogue has a video review this week of the XO laptop (a.k.a. the $100 laptop). I haven't actually paid much attention to this project, so it was interesting to see the little laptop in action. I love the collaborative way the apps work and the transparency of the technology.
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Monday, February 26th, 2007
I don't exactly know how I got on the mailing list, but I've been receiving the Google Earth Sightseer in my email inbox. Make sure you subscribe if you're using Google Earth in your classroom or would like some great ideas about how to get started. The February 2007 issue ...
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Thursday, January 11th, 2007
I got the following tidbit in an email from ISTE today.
*Visit ISTE on MySpace*
Known to most people as the premier social networking site, MySpace is home to tens of millions of users. People of all ages use this free service to communicate with one another through pictures, videos, blogs, ...
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Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
Personal Computing In the Classroom and Beyond!
Jim Hirsch, Plano, TX
Jim is talking about how to reach every student in the classroom no matter how limited the technology resources might be. He says "the future is here already, it's just not widely distributed yet." I think that's a Tim O'Reilly quote ...
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Monday, December 4th, 2006
Milt Dougherty, The Future Ain't What It Used To Be
A solution only makes sense once you understand the problem.
Milt is a consultant at Milt Dougherty and Associates (and fellow ADE) who also works as a Superintendent in a small Kansas district.
The purpose of his talk is to convince us ...
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Sunday, November 5th, 2006
Blake Ross is something of a wunderkind. He starting working for Netscape at age 15 and cofounded the Firefox project soon after. Not content to stop there, an article in IEEE Spectrum describes Ross's latest project called Parakey. Parakey is an attempt to obviate the need for separate desktop ...
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Monday, October 16th, 2006
I've got a Second Life character, and even though I rarely visit my fascination with the growth of this virtual world is only increasing. Reuters UK has an amazing story about the Second Life economy that points to further blurring of the line between what we normally consider the real ...
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Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
Last weekend's On the Media on NPR had an interesting feature on Second Life, the online virtual world that is all the rage these days. The largest portion of the piece was devoted to describing how former Virginia governor and likely presidential candidate Mark Warner held a news conference in ...
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Wednesday, September 20th, 2006
Every once in a while I'm overtaken by a bout of technology nostalgia. Although I'm not old enough to have any real experience with the ancient stuff I enjoy reading about it. (No punch cards for me. My first computer was an Apple ][e that my family bought when I ...
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Friday, July 7th, 2006
I had a great time on Thursday afternoon recording an episode of my podcast in front of a live audience.
My first guest was Sonny Portacio, geocacher and Director of Technology for the Escondido Union High School District. Sonny has been doing a ton of work with geocaching lately. He's created ...
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Tuesday, July 4th, 2006
Here are links to all of the sites I'll be mentioning in my talk at NECC on Wednesday (and even some ones I probably won't have time to mention). I'll post more once I'm done.
Blogging
Mabryonline.org with Dr. Tim Tyson
Lewis Elementary School (Principal Tim Lauer)
Google Maps mashups
Tour de France live updates
Gmaps ...
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Tuesday, July 4th, 2006
My family and I arrived in San Diego last night, and I'm busily putting the final touches on my presentations for this year's NECC. If you're interested in seeing a session that I'll be doing, check out one of the following:
Introducing the Read/Write Web: Challenges, Opportunities, and Implications, July 5, ...
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