The first Discovery Education Network (DEN) pre-teacher appreciation week gifts for those that are DEN STAR educators received notification of a whopper of a gift today! If you are not familiar with the DEN, the DEN is a global community of educators around the world that use Discovery Education resources and are committed to the [...]

Saturday, May 5th the Westside AzTEA chapter of Arizona’s ISTE is hosting a free virtual Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) conference that will be free and held in Blackboard Collaborate. My friend and fellow Classroom 2.0 LIVE co-host, Peggy George, is one of the virtual technology conference organizers. As usual, there will be [...]

  I received an email stating you could get an additional 12 gb of storage space through SugarSync if you get people to sign up for new accounts. SugarSync is similar to Dropbox, Box.com or Google Drive. I use a variety of services for online storage and sharing resources stored online. You can share folders, [...]

I was reading this article, "Out of the Box" by Judy Dutton in the October issue of Marie Claire and knew that I had to write a blog post about the contents of the article. The person featured in the article, Jodi Jill and her family lived a normal life with her sister and parents [...]

This is a great time of year if you have little ones that are eagerly awaiting Santa’s arrival Christmas Eve for them to contact Santa Claus online or receive a phone call from him! I am reprising this blog post from last year and have added some new ways to connect to Santa Claus using technology. [...]

Classroom 2.0 LIVE will turn four in January 2013! We are planning a special 2012 Year End Review and have invited all of the presenters, special guests, and each of you to join us for this commemorative event. The Classroom 2.0 LIVE weekly webinar series held in Blackboard Connect each Saturday at 12pm EST was [...]

To take the Shakespearean phrase, I pose the question to educators and administrators, "To Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) or not to BYOD?". To alleviate the need for computer equipment and mobile devices in the classroom, I am a huge proponent for students and staff to be allowed to bring their own device and use [...]

This past Saturday on Classroom 2.0 LIVE, Joe Dale from the UK, presented on using iPad apps in the classroom. We had over 112 people join us for his presentation and the hour long webinar was not long enough for him to share all the apps he wanted to and how he uses each app! [...]

Next week at the Texas Computer Educator Association (TCEA) convention in Austin, I will be presenting ‘Cell Phones as Instructional Tools’ on Wednesday, February 6th at 10:30am CST. My presentation is part of the Digital Square (formerly Web 2.0 Lounge area) manned by Scott Floyd of White Oak ISD in Texas. Last year I presented [...]

I recently received a legislative update from the Texas legislature about a bill securing funding for training for teachers to carry a concealed handgun on Texas  school campuses. According to an article from an NBC TV channel station in Dallas, the Lt. Governor of Texas is supporting this legislation. Reading, writing and revolvers could become [...]

If case you weren’t aware of the change, Wallwisher has changed its name to Padlet. Wallwisher is a site where people can post sticky notes pertaining to various topics. I received an email today that you can now export your Padlet in a variety of forms for offline use or storage. This is great news [...]

Despite some unexpected technical difficulties, there was a full house today during my presentation on "Cell Phones as Instructional Tools in the Math Classroom". In the previous post, I have the embedded the Livebinder that has all the tools and more listed. I failed to mention Livebinders during the presentation as we ran out of […]

As part of the organizational team for the K12 Online Conference, I just wanted to remind everyone that proposals for video presentations were due on July 31st. Below is information from the official K12 Online Conference website: The theme for the 2013 conference is "Transforming Learning." The conference will begin with a pre-conference keynote on […]

It has been awhile but one of my favorite topics to present to teachers is how to use web conferencing in the classroom to enrich instruction and add to what the teacher is already doing with technology. This Thursday, August 1st at 3-4pm PST, I will be presenting a "Connecting Globally using Web Conferencing to […]

Below are the resources associated with the DEN Fall Virtual Conference 2013 associated with my "Cell Phone Tricks and Treats" presentation. I have embedded the slideshare and livebinder referenced in my session. I apologize for the technical difficulties and hope that didn’t deter anyone from attending the session. If you had questions that I didn’t […]

iTunes isn’t the only ‘game’ in town to find educational apps to use with students in the classroom anymore. I use the term ‘game’ facetiously in the title of this post as we know iTunes has tons of apps for use in the classroom with students and learners of all ages on a variety of […]

Siteground.com now offers free websites/blogs for students and educators. The educator gets a free site regardless of whether their students blog or not but student accounts are also free. The URL for the accounts would be: http://  .siteground.net and there is no limit on the free accounts. The accounts are fully featured accounts, integrate with […]

This week, Nov. 18-23, 2013, is the free online global conference hosted by Steve Hargadon and Lucy Gray. The conference has sessions 24 hours each Monday - Friday. If you are interested in learning about collaboration or global education this is the place to be! The main website for the conference that contains the schedule, […]

Below are the resources shared during my presentation for the 2013 Global Education Conference (http://globaleducationconference.com) on Wednesday, Nov. 20th at 10pm CST. The audio and video recording will be added once they are made available online after the session concludes. Thank you to everyone who attended this evening - especially for those in time zones […]

It’s time for the Edublog Awards! Nominations are open and the process to nominate a blog for a category award is listed below: How To Nominate To nominate your favorites: Write a post with your nominations for the different categories on your own blog (or a website - anywhere public) - here is an example of a […]

Code.org is a non profit organization that is dedicated to exposing students to opportunities to write code for software applications and promote computer science courses and teachings in the classroom. The folks at Code.org is sponsoring an event that will expose as many students as possible to one hour of computer coding. Teach an Hour […]

I recently received an email from the iEARN-USA organization announcing they have designed a detailed online course and program for educators titled, "Use Photojournalism to Connect your Students with Peers in Pakistan and Tajikistan". This could be a great opportunity to get involved and help create a global awareness of other cultures and issues facing other […]

BiblioTech has arrived to residents of San Antonio, Texas. It is described as ‘the first digital library of its kind’. BiblioTech has 600 e-readers, 200 pre-loaded enhanced e-readers for children, 48 computer stations, 10 laptops and 40 tablets to use on-site.  The library is open seven days a week and offers some really unique experiences […]

Below are the nominees I am submitting for the 2013 Edublog Awards (#eddies13). I love this contest as I get to find out about new blogs and am reminded of some fabulous blogs that I haven’t kept up. Good luck to all who are nominated and to those who write and maintain ed tech blogs! […]