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10 Ed Tech Apps That I’m Thankful For

Sharing my gratitude for some great online software applications.



In the spirit of the Thanksgiving Holiday, I’m taking a break from my series on Interactive Whiteboards, to post this list of internet and instructional technology products that I am grateful for. Some of these tools are purely education focused, and some are much more general. They have… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on November 30, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Promethean’s Interactive Whiteboard and related instructional products

The 4th post in a series in which we have been learning about Interactive Whiteboards for the classroom.



Three weeks ago I started this effort with a post in which I researched market leaders and confirmed that the ubiquitous SMART Board is the clear market leader (with about 50% market share). Of the many other manufacturers that split the rest of this… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on November 23, 2009 at 9:45am — No Comments

Promethean’s Interactive Whiteboard and related instructional products

The 4th post in a series in which we have been learning about Interactive Whiteboards for the classroom.



Three weeks ago I started this effort with a post in which I researched market leaders and confirmed that the ubiquitous SMART Board is the clear market leader (with about 50% market share). Of the many other manufacturers that split the rest of this… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on November 23, 2009 at 9:45am — No Comments

PolyVision ēno whiteboards: A great alternative to the SMART Board

The third post in an ongoing series on learning about Interactive Whiteboards in the classroom.



I enjoyed learning about the SMART Board products while writing last week’s post. This week, I had the opportunity to enjoy a… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on November 16, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

PolyVision ēno whiteboards: A great alternative to the SMART Board

The third post in an ongoing series on learning about Interactive Whiteboards in the classroom.



I enjoyed learning about the SMART Board products while writing last week’s post. This week, I had the opportunity to enjoy a… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on November 16, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

New features and functions at EmergingEdTech.com

In the last few weeks, I’ve added a couple nice new features to this website, and I’d like to share them with everyone.



Multisite Ed Tech Search: This brand new feature is a custom multi-site Education Technology Search Engine. This tool provides a search across a half dozen popular Education Technology websites, including those from Educause, Campus Technology, Classroom 2.0, (and… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on November 12, 2009 at 6:28am — No Comments

New features and functions at EmergingEdTech.com

In the last few weeks, I’ve added a couple nice new features to EmergingEdTech.com, and I’d like to share them with everyone.



Multisite Ed Tech Search: This brand new feature is a custom multi-site Education Technology Search Engine. This tool provides a search across a half dozen popular Education Technology websites, including those… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on November 12, 2009 at 6:00am — No Comments

9 insightful videos about using SMART Boards in the Classroom

The 2nd post in a series focused on learning about Interactive Whiteboards in the Classroom.



Last week we kicked off this series by learning the basics about what an interactive whiteboard is, and researched which brands are the most popular today. After discovering that the SMART Board brand from Smart Technologies controls more of the marketplace than… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on November 9, 2009 at 5:37am — No Comments

Learning about Interactive Whiteboards for the Classroom

Examining the “State of the SMART(board)” in education.



Back in April, I researched and blogged about interactive whiteboard tools that are available as online applications. These are great tools for the classroom that are quick and easy to implement, and best of all, they are free or low cost. However, the functionality available with these applications is only a fraction of… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on November 2, 2009 at 6:24am — 2 Comments

5 top-rated low cost web hosting sites (for web programmer e-portfolios)

The final post in a series that examines tools for students to create and host e-portfolios for little or no cost.



Over the last two weeks, I researched free options for creating and hosting e-portfolios for college students, to help with job search efforts. I settled on Google Sites as a great option for laying out a site to display text,… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on October 25, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Using Google Sites to create e-portfolios for students

Is Google’s “Sites” application the solution we’re looking for?



Following up on last week’s initial look into free tools for students to create and host an electronic portfolio of representational work, this week I am trying out Google Sites as a possible solution. Google Sites provides a free application for creating your own web site. Let’s… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on October 19, 2009 at 4:30am — No Comments

How can we provide free online e-portfolios for our students?

Can Web 2.0 tools provide graduates with a way to create an online portfolio of work, at no cost, and help to position them for job search success?



I believe that all students who graduate with degrees in Digital Media or related disciplines should have an online representational electronic portfolio when they complete their studies. This type of tool, accessible to any potential employer, can play a critical role in the job search process. An online portfolio can also… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on October 12, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Google Apps for Education vs Microsoft’s Live@edu

The second part of our look at the free online apps for education from these kingpins of the software industry.



One of the first things that struck me about Google’s “Education Edition” of Google Apps was that their informational pages seemed a lot less cluttered than Microsoft’s. You get a cleaner, more precise overview, and while there is some depth to the information and links provided, I didn’t find myself… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on October 5, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Microsoft’s Live@edu versus Google Apps for Education

What free tools are these giants of the software industry providing to Education?



Both Microsoft and Google offer an evolving set of free online tools specifically for the education community. This week and next we’ll take a brief look at these offerings. I imagine we’ll find a good deal to like about both sets of applications, given the price and ease of a hosted (i.e. Internet based) tool set. Before starting I should add that Microsoft and Google are certainly not the only… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on September 28, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

10 free Educational Game sites

These free sites provide students an opportunity to learn in a fun, interactive environment.



I searched out and visited a bunch of sites with free educational games and selected the ten I thought were most useful and appropriate to education. In addition to a brief overview of each site, I have also attempted to define the grade range that each site is applicable to. I made my own judgement for most sites since it often wasn’t indicated (feel free to weigh in if you think I’m… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on September 22, 2009 at 4:39am — No Comments

Telepresence (this is just too cool!)

Educause’s recent ‘7 things you should know about …’ brief on Telepresence is fascinating.



“Beam me into that classroom, Mr. Scott!”



It’s kind of hard to believe that this technology may become relatively commonplace before long. Telepresence currently requires expensive sophisticated equipment, but like most technology it will become more affordable over time. It is entirely feasible that in the next 5 to 10 years this technology will become increasingly… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on September 16, 2009 at 12:38pm — No Comments

Survey Results - What Internet technologies will your peers be introducing in the classroom this year?

Online documents, blogs, and wikis rise to the top of survey responses, followed closely by video and podcasting technologies.



First, thank you to everyone who participated in our brief survey over the last few weeks. The survey asked “What types of Internet technologies would you like to try … in the classroom for the first time this fall?” I had a few dozen responses, which makes for a nice little sampling that provides useful and informative feedback.



The… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on September 14, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

Education Technology - Don’t Lean On It, Leverage It!

Are you using Internet tools to engage students in the classroom and improve learning outcomes, or are you just using technology to decrease the time you spend lecturing and interacting with your students?



There are many great internet based tools available to bring new elements of collaboration, interaction, and even a little fun to the instructional process and thereby better engage and motivate your students and enhance learning outcomes. Of course, it is also entirely… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on September 7, 2009 at 7:00am — 2 Comments

Portal applications for education, part 2 of 2

This week we complete a 2 part overview of two specific portal applications for education



Last week we reviewed the Timecruiser suite (exclusive to Higher Ed), with its Campus Cruiser portal and integrated applications like the Course Cruiser LMS and Cruiser Alert, delivered under a Software-as-a-Service model. This week we take a look at… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on August 31, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

What new Internet technologies will you introduce in the classroom this year?

With the new school year upon us, I thought it would be interesting and informative to learn what types of Internet technologies you are considering using for the first time in this coming school year. There are so many engaging and potentially helpful technologies available via the web. In addition to the types of technologies you may be introducing to the instructional process, how do you envision these tools improving learning… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on August 27, 2009 at 7:56am — 2 Comments

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