On this episode of The Forge we chat with Nancy Duarte about the concepts in her book 'Resonate.' Learn how to create powerful and engaging presentations. Nancy talks about how Steve Job's iPhone launch presentation and Martin Luther King's I have a dream speak have similar elements.
Recap of this week's keynote at the FETC Conference in Orlando by Jaime Casap, Global Education Evangelist at Google. He told attendees about the ways technology has -- and will continue to -- change K-12 education. Among other things, Casap said technology is causing students to learn in new ways and is providing them with almost constant access to information. The changing landscape, Casap said, makes it even more important for teachers to have access to professional development and for there to be a focus on digital leadership in schools.
Allows hosting of online meetings and webinars. MeetingBurner offers advantages over "GoToMeeting" like speed, simplicity, integration with Skype, sharing meeting on YouTube, option of free fully featured meetings, and mobile apps on Android and iOS.
This is just coming out and promises to have more full education features soon. I think it has lots of promise - try it out and keep an eye on it. Probably should have kept it for my pick for September! ; )
Our freetechnologyforteachers blogger Richard Byrne has developed an excellent guide for some of the less well-used features of Google's apps suite (or should I say, "sweet" ;)