Free Resources for Teaching Critical Thinking : From the site: Critical thinking is more than a...

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10 Reasons to Blog as Professional Development: There are, of course, many more reasons to blog. But...

What comes in the mail The directions for testing markers Everything that comes in the package Draw Attention Decal Slowly peel the backing from the decal and smoothly lay across the laptop Don't rush. The more slowly you go, the less bubbles your get. You may have to re-lay the decal several times to eliminate bubbles Use LOW ODOR dry erase markers only. No Sharpies. What it looks like. Send messages during meetings the old fashioned way. Clean up is a snap. They say use Microfiber cloth. I used a paper towel. I recently invested $12 on the Draw Attention whiteboard decal for laptops. Essentially, you get a piece of vinyl that you stick to the back of your laptop and turn that space into a whiteboard. Here are the pictures of the purchase, the installing, and the testing. I will say that the decal does exactly what it say it will do. I am not totally sure if I will use this in my daily work, but it is a neat idea, especially for kids in a 1:1 program. Click on the picture to get the entire 10 picture story. For more info go to www.drawattention.co (not com) Now, is this the same material as found in vinyl drawer liner? Hmmm. That might be worth investigating.

Don’t impress then with technology. Let them be amazed by what they can create with it. From the #txedchat from @mguhlin

My district recently made the jump into the Microsoft Pro Enterprise environment so I have been...

EdTech Teacher Tutorials: 150 iPad video Tutorials: "EdTech Teacher Tutorials" is an App for...

Blended Learning: Moonshots in Education Excerpt : This is a fairly long excerpt from the new book...

Tom Vander Ark, CEO of Getting Smart and author of the book with the same name, speaks here to...

These are slides from a presentation that Wes Fryer posted recently. I particularly like what is and...

Facebook recently modified its ‘Groups’ feature. Here’s what they have to say about it… There is some good stuff here, more fully described in this post by allfacebook.com… everyone can post links, photos, videos and events. You can also upload and collaborate on a document. Another new feature is the ability to have live group chats. All of these could be great for student groups. BUT… group members can add their own friends so, even a closed group can quickly have hundreds of members, which means you will receive lots of emails unless you turn this off via ‘Edit Settings’ on the Group page. This also raises privacy issues as consequently you are sharing posts with complete strangers! you can be added to a group by a friend and will automatically be associated with it until you go to that group and remove yourself there is nowhere to add a description of the group, or to publicise events - you are only given the option to add posts, which, of course, get hidden as people post to the wall the discussion board has been removed At the moment, Facebook are continuing to support old groups but, if you want to set up a new ‘old style’ group I’m afraid you’ll have to find someone who is willing to donate an unused one.

I am no electronics genius. I don’t know a router from a hub, a LAN from a WAN from a SAM. But it really seems to me, that if we can manage to get a wifi hotspot in a cave 650 feet below the surface of the earth that we should be able to get wifi pretty much everywhere and anywhere. Whatever the excuse that your city or school, or any public entity is using to not connect our students is now invalid. Just show them this picture. If they can take it there, they can take it anywhere. This photo was taken 650 feet below the Kansas prairie in Hutchinson Kansas at place called Strataca, an old salt mine that has been turned into a museum.

Some thoughts while writing on a Friday night in Wichita Kansas: In the great state of Texas if you...

An Educator's Guide to the 4 C's: From the Guide: "Over the last decade, an enormous amount...

The Rise of Learning Resource Centres Infographic In recent years the digital revolution has changed the way students learn. The The Rise of Learning Resource Centres Infographic highlights how learning resource centres are replacing traditional school libraries, and why LRCs are important to students’ development. A learning resource centre is a type of library found in schools, colleges and universities. It is a melting pot of both traditional and modern ways or accessing information and key to students learning. These centres contain traditional educational resources such as books, journals, software and audio/visual materials, but they also exist to promote electronic information resources. Examples of these are subscription electronic journals, databases, free websites and other web based resources. Traditional school libraries have been slow to react to the digital revolution and are not offering students the required resources to help them access information, so it’s important LRCs offer students access to technology such as computers, tablets and the internet. The cost of technology means many children don’t have access at home to the resources they need to learn. So it is increasingly important that their school has an LRC that offers these resources.The layout, design and resources on offer in a LRC are key to student’s development. Students are accessing information in new ways, and schools need to ensure students are developing IT skills as well as literacy skills. The LRC provides the perfect environment for this. Via: pinnacle-furniture.co.ukThe post The Rise of Learning Resource Centres Infographic appeared first on e-Learning Infographics.

How about sharing the crap out of this? Again, I am no Microsoft fanboy, but what they are doing...

A new report by the World Economic Forum, written in collaboration with The Boston Consulting Group...

What do you want kids to do with technology? What do you think? photo from Bill Ferriter via flickr

Earlier this month, I posted an article asking why education technology cannot get some kind of...

Here are some really good videos that you can use to start meetings with and set the tone of what is...

As Quincy Jones once remarked, "I’ve always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, "Ain’t that the truth." That said, Edu-fun Friday is a series devoted to adding some humor to the lives of teachers who visit this blog. After all, there’s nothing better than ending the week on a positive note! Plus, do we have the best topics to provide us with some comic relief or what? I’m pretty sure I’m going to bust a move to the edu-version of this tune next week! Epic icebreaker or epic fail? Stay tuned for the details…

8 ways to engage students with technology:

Zaption: Zaption transforms video-based learning with interactive content and tools that engage...