Clif's Notes on EdTech

Examples of how social media can be used for 5 types of learning: IOL - Intra-Organisational Learning - how social media can be used to  keep the employees up to date and up to speed on strategic and other internal initiatives and activities FSL - Formal Structured Learning - how educators (teachers, trainers, learning designers) as well as students can use social media within formal education and training GDL - Group Directed Learning - how groups of individuals - teams, projects, study groups etc - can use social media to work and learn together (Note: a "group" could be as small as two people, so coaching and mentoring falls into this category) PDL - Personal Directed Learning - how individuals can use social media to organise and manage their own personal or professional learning ASL - Accidental & Serendipitous Learning - how individuals, by using social media, can learn without consciously realising it (aka incidental or random learning)

They even have a podcast via iTunes.

"...the latest National Atlas includes electronic maps and services that are delivered online. We are using information presentation, access, and delivery technologies that didn't exist 30 years ago to bring you a dynamic and interactive atlas. But we have held fast to our tradition of producing the finest maps in the world. We think nationalatlas.gov™ is more useful than any bound collection of paper maps." Work with multiple map layers

Interactive widgets, plot mathematical functions, educational games, share notes, draw diagrams, and collaborate with other users.

Easy and simple way to share your screen with others.

Great way to help instruct students or fellow teachers on how to use a program or just to quickly and easily share information with others.

Great resources shared at an education conference for colleges in Oklahoma. Several tools to help teach literacy and 21st learning environments.

"Save Stories, Photos, and Videos on a Collaborative Timeline"

"Free Group Texting GroupMe makes life easy for you and your groups. It's your real-life network, in your pocket."

Network of classroom and student blogs organized to help promote the commenting on and sharing of student writing and learning. Gives educators a good audience of commentators for their students.

"The Volume Purchase Program makes it easy for educational institutions to purchase iOS apps in volume and distribute those apps to users. The Volume Purchase Program also allows app developers to offer special pricing for purchases of 20 apps or more."

Great! We use this with our iPod carts. It is easy to use after the initial set up. Fits the bill for schools that have to follow certain finance guidelines/documentation.

Arizona K12 Technology Integration matrix along with classroom videos mapped to certain parts of the matrix.

Blog post about the use, or rather disuse, of interactive whiteboards for student focused activities. The author focuses mostly on transitioning away from student-centered learning to using IWBs as another teacher presentation tool.

Decent list of shortcuts for inserting special characters on a Mac.

Technology integration challenges for teachers from Edublogs.org. Ideas on how to kick-start you technology integration in your classroom. Good resource for teachers that like the DIY approach to self-development.

3 simple aspects of wireless networking that a district administrator for technology should be asking when looking at implementing a wireless plan. Capacity seems to be key.