This past week when President Obama delivered the State of the Union address, I didn’t bother to listen to a speech filled with more unfulfilled promises just to get re-elected that would fall by the wayside in IMHO. I believed him once and had no intention of doing so again and fulfilling that typical adage [...]

Next week, Feb. 6-10th is the Texas Computer Education Association’s Convention in Austin, Texas. I will be presenting two presentations. The first is on Wed., 2/8, in Room 19 B at 5pm titled, "Check this Out!" on QR Codes. I chose the title because cashiers have to scan bar codes on items to ‘check out’ [...]

Ever heard of the app ‘‘Snapchat"? The app claims that you can take pics and set a time limit that the image is visible to those that you send the picture to. This isn’t exactly the case as anyone can take a snapshot or screenshot of the image and keep the photo permanently, share it [...]

Classroom 2.0 LIVE will not meet this Saturday, April 20th so that everyone can attend Discovery Educator Network (DEN)’s free online Virtual Conference. You can register at http://virtlivecon.com and find out more about the presenters and schedule for the day. The theme of the conference is ‘Connecting Communities‘ and the schedule begins at 9am EST [...]

As technology use becomes more ubiquitous in classrooms around the globe, the need for professional development and enhanced infrastructures to handle additional devices comes into play. Quality professional development that helps teachers feel comfortable taking risks, try new hardware devices or software applications with students and positively impacts student achievement is essential to implementing successful [...]

Edmodo is a great secure learning environment and network for use with students. Teachers and students can communicate with one another in an environment that is password protected and safe for students of all ages to use. Edmodo sponsors a free virtual conference called EdmodoCon and the call for presenters has just gone out. Anyone [...]

Glide, created by Transmedia, announced an all new app/service for use on a Windows 8 or Android device. According to Google Play, Glide, Glide connects your devices and cloud services so that you have access to all of your files no matter where they are stored. With Glide you can easily share and publish files and [...]

Recently a comedian, Nathan Fielder, challenged his Twitter followers to text their parents that they ‘got 2 grams for $40′ and then send a second text apologizing for texting the wrong person. Although the responses from the parents that were alarmed by the text messages they received were hilarious, many parents freaked out and were [...]

Awhile back, Steve Hargadon put out a request for authors to write chapters of a book that would be curated and compiled in a written anthology called, "The Classroom 2.0 Fifth Anniversary Book". The project was put together by three leaders in education, Steve Hargadon, Richard Byrne, Chris Dawson, and the Classroom 2.0 Community. The project was completed in [...]

Below is the recording for the latest webinar I presented for The Learning Liaisons. This webinar was hosted in Adobe Connect instead of Blackboard Collaborate so that took me awhile to adjust by working with the pods prior to the webinar. If you have time, I would love feedback on the content. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L_i_VofkXg