Tag Archives: #edtech

Vocaroo

Published in All Grades, Professional on April 9, 2013

Here’s a fantastic little tool from @vocaroo that you and your students can use to record voice. The interface is very simple – it’s a one-button click to start recording. Once your piece is finished, students can retry or have a listen. Then, the powerful part comes – one may then save that recording in a variety of formats – a sharing link, an email link, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, StumbleUpon and a variety of others. Students can also generate a QR code with one click – and that gets me thinking of many different possibilities!
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The URL: http://vocaroo.com

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2013 Horizon Report K-12 Short List

Published in Professional on April 8, 2013

The @NMCorg has released the interim results of the 2013 Horizon.K12 Project. The Horizon.K12 Advisory Board voted for the top 12 emerging technologies as well as the top ten trends and challenges that they believe will have a significant impact on teaching, learning, and creative inquiry in global K-12 education over the next five years. This year’s final report won’t be released until June but the short list will whet some appetites for now. This is a pdf document
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The URL: http://www.nmc.org/news/2013-horizonk12-interim-results

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Twitter Guide Book

Published in Professional on April 5, 2013

Nova Scotia teacher and List Member, Eliot Frosst, has been learning about Twitter and was kind enough to share with me this @mashablehq Guidebook of Twitter 101 resources. If you’ve been wondering what Twitter is all about or want to fill in a few gaps, have a look at this. In my discussions and research, Twitter is emerging as the most relevant social networking tool for educators, so I’ll be looking through this site very closely over the next week.
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The URL: http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/

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Every Last Drop

Published in All Grades, Science, Social Studies on February 22, 2013

wateruseThis UK site not only has interesting facts about how much water we use but presents the information in an ingenious interactive. Begin by scrolling your mouse wheel or trackpad to move through the presentation.
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The URL: http://everylastdrop.co.uk

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    Pete MacKay has taught in Alberta since 1990, across all grade levels, all of which have had a technology-based approach. Currently seconded to the 2Learn.ca Education Society from Edmonton Public Schools, he applies his range of experience to professional development activities for teachers across the province of Alberta.

  • Belize Literacy Program

    In November 2012, members of the Belize Ministry of Education, principals, and lead teachers met in each of the six districts for two days of conversations and discussions around the challenges and next steps in integrating technology to support teaching and learning in Belize. The sessions highlighted global trends and challenges from the K-12 Horizon Report, the National Education Technology Standards (NETS) for students, teachers, and administrators, as well as an overview of the content from the August 2012 technology workshop for teachers.

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  • Destination Innovation 2012

    The archival version of the iPad App I created for this conference in August 2012 in Banff, Alberta is available at the iTunes store.

  • Telecollaborative Archive

    Are you looking for those telecollaborative projects that I used to do with Sandra Gluth? We've gathered up as much as we could find and put them in a final resting place.

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