Reflections on technology and its use in education
Category: Tech ToolsBy tnturner on May 31, 2007 in Tech Tools | 0 Comments
Well…just when I didn’t think Google Maps couldn’t get any cooler, they bring 360degree streetviews. I’ve been slowly trudging through the well over 200 downloaded feeds over the past few days that I hadn’t had a chance to peruse, thanks to Tech Crunch as always for giving out great information on startups and additions to [...]
By tnturner on May 23, 2007 in Educator Resources, Second Life, Tech Tools | 0 Comments
Saw this report on Tech Crunch just now and well…I couldn’t resist making a comment on it. I nearly split a gut when reading some of this article. Two things that stand out:
“An update to Second Life’s client server will coincide with a 6 hour outage from 6am-12 noon PST Wednesday and Second Life users [...]
By tnturner on May 15, 2007 in Educator Resources, Software Review, Tech Tools | 5 Comments
Can’t take total credit for this find. Thanks to Steve Dembo of Discovery Education and Teach42.com fame for showing this on his Digital Passports blog. Between grades being due today at my school and re-imaging the first of about 300 computers for next year I’ve not had a chance to check my personal blog RSS [...]
By tnturner on Apr 18, 2007 in Educator Resources, Tech Tools | 2 Comments
I saw this on Steve Dembo’s Media Matters blog (from Discovery Educator’s Network) the other day. I had to stifle a chuckle when I saw it. Not so much that I thought it was funny, but that the fact I can understand the lingo. The website is called transl8it.com. It translates your words into IM [...]
By tnturner on Apr 10, 2007 in Gaming in Education, Tech Tools, Technology Integration | 5 Comments
I’m in a serious crunch to find an aggregator that works at my school. My district has blocked bloglines, and google’s only shows snippets. I’ve not tried netvibes yet. I will have to try that out tomorrow. Needless to say, I come home and my feeds number into the 90s. That’s what I get for [...]
By tnturner on Apr 9, 2007 in Educator Resources, Software Review, Tech Tools, Technology Integration | 1 Comment
About 2 weeks ago I shared ToonDoo as an online comic creator. Over on the North Florida DEN blog to which I’m a co-author of the question was asked, “This is great, but how can I use this in my class?” A VERY valid question when you think about it. My first response of course [...]
