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July 2010 posts

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Apple of My Eye: Resources Catching My Attention (weekly)


Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Posted by Lucy Gray on Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 07:37 PM | | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

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Friday, July 30, 2010

Advice for Beginning Tech Coordinators

I was asked recently by former colleagues to help out a new teacher who has taken on a tech coordinator position at a Chicago charter school. I sketched out a few basic ideas for her in an email, and I thought I'd post it here as well. I wanted to give her some starting points without completely overwhelming her. I'm not sure if this is a tech coaching position focused on tech integration or if she'll be teaching technology skills to students as a prep. Hopefully, it's the former!

What other resources would you suggest? 

1) Start networking with others.
  • Join Illinois Computing Educators, the local affiliate of the International Society for Technology in Education. Their web site is located at http://iceberg.org. This group holds a great annual conference in February in St. Charles, and several small mini-conferences throughout the year that are really good. (If you're not in Illinois, find out about your local ISTE affiliate!)
  • Join Classroom 2.0, a site devoted to helping teachers learn about new and emerging technologies. This is a great place to ask questions and get advice from others. They also host a weekly webinar on Saturday mornings on various topics.
  • Consider using Twitter as a networking tool. Follow other educators and their conversations to get ideas. Here's a list of suggested people to follow, some education related, some not. http://twitter.com/#/list/elemenous/recommended
2)  Take a look at some important documents about ed tech and consider the implications for schools.
3) Find out what other schools are doing. 

 

Posted by Lucy Gray on Friday, July 30, 2010 at 02:49 PM in Professional Development, Teachers | | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Invitation to a class on "Become a super searcher: Google searching secrets!"

This is a face-to-face event at the Googleplex in Mountain View, CA. I'm going to be in the area for another event at Google the next day, so I may sign up for this as well. Spread the word, especially to friends in northern California as free professional development events are hard to come by!


Invitation to a class on "Become a super searcher: Google searching secrets!".
On the afternoon of August 10th, Google is offering a free class for teachers and people in the teaching profession. (That includes you, librarians, tech coordinators and administrators!)We'll be teaching you how to be a super web searcher. Not only will you learn a bunch of tricks, but we'll also cover issues of web-content credibility, how and when to use custom search engines and search topic alerts.This class is intended for teachers who already search on Google (who doesn't?), but also realize that there is a great deal more to learn.The class runs from 4:30 - 6:30PM on Tuesday, August 10th, 2010. Afterwards, we'll adjourn to the justly famous Google cafeteria for dinner. Yes, it's all free.This class will be held in Mountain View, CA at the Googleplex. We'll send detailed instructions (maps, etc.) to registrants about 1 week before the class is held.

Posted by Lucy Gray on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 09:19 AM in Google | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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Saturday, July 24, 2010

Apple of My Eye: Resources Catching My Attention (weekly)


Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Posted by Lucy Gray on Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 07:37 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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Saturday, July 17, 2010

Apple of My Eye: Resources Catching My Attention (weekly)


Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Posted by Lucy Gray on Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 07:36 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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Saturday, July 10, 2010

Apple of My Eye: Resources Catching My Attention (weekly)


Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Posted by Lucy Gray on Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 07:38 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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