MVCR Tech Tools

this is a website that gives an overview of child and adolescent development

Will great free courses drive down applications to places like Stanford? That's doubtful. It's more likely that these offerings will help build a stronger university brand. Writing about the success of a Stanford online computer science course in the Wall Street Journal, Holly Finn implies that free Web-based education is about to or should replace elite universities: It's a thrilling collegiate coup.

This was really interesting...there are so many free online courses. The issue seems to be quality and accreditation.

Wired Article

This article was very interesting and informative, thanks for sharing

Some interesting applications. Maybe I need to reconsider.

Do Popular Social Networking Applications Have A Place In The Classroom? A Growing Number Of Educators Say 'Yes'. The post, "100 Ways To Teach With Twitter", is one of the most consistently viewed article on this site. Similarly, "Facebook As An Instructional Technology Tool", resulted in the 2nd most trafficked day here in 2010.

Awesome article! Thank you.

The use of new technology

Here's a quick presentation posted to E-teachUK (http://muppetmasteruk.blogspot.com) that shows the process of embedding a Twitter widget into a Moodle page. A handy tutorial for adding all of your Twitter posts to an HTML Block in a Moodle classroom.

Info about Diigo and uses

Info about Diigo and uses.

Brené Brown is an expert on vulnerability who starts off her talk by describing the extraordinary impact of giving a talk in 2010 at TEDxHouston: The Power of Vulnerability. For starters, she says, the day after giving the talk, she woke up in a state of depression that she'd shared details of her own breakdown in front of 500 people ...

Can embed by user or by hashtag!

Wired Magazine

Great tool for sharing presentation slides and documents with students or participants.

Cool to see this perspective, and a great example of how to effectively blog and maintain interest

Includes Voki

Changes keep coming

A wonderful place for up-to-date education news. I send my students here several times a semester for articles to discuss in class.

A new study argues that American academic institutions expect a level of independence that is uncomfortable for many first-generation college students, who researchers say are more likely to come from poorer backgrounds that emphasize collaboration and interdependence.

A short, easy to read article to see you see if you are coming a teacher leader.

Strategies for engaging more faculty to expand the use of technology in the classroom.