March 14, 2006 12:06 PM
Emerging Tech Workshop Results
 | Thor Prichard writes: As part of the workshops we conducted for ITSC, we did a little market research to assess the awareness of various emerging technologies by the participants (these were mostly educators, technology coordinators, and the occasional administrator and media specialist). The results suggest otherwise: For nearly all of the eight categories polled, only one was recognized by half the audience (learning management systems). Read the extended entry for more, including fancy pie charts showing the distribution of familiarity. |
Posted by jena on March 14, 2006 at 12:06 PM| Permalink | Comments (0)
February 20, 2006 10:57 PM
Document Collaboration with Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional
Presented by
Ali Hanyalolglu
ali@adobe.com
Acrobat 7.0 Pro can be used for student reports, school board communications, lesson plans, SPED plans, admin forms, parent communications, teacher productivity, and archiving documents. All of those uses might be collaborative processes.
The challenge: how does one make the process of creating and modifying documents into a collaborative one? There are many problems like different operating systems, use of different fonts, how to share to the document (e-mail? Paper copies?) Some software packages like Office have review tools, but they can be rather limited and inconsistent over different platforms.
Adobe Acrobat is a possible answer to this problem. Benefits of Acrobat: reliable, easy way to share files, all review is totally electronic, built-in security. The best workflow for a review cycle is fluid and circular and this is exactly the process allowed by Acrobat.
Ali gave a demonstration of how Acrobat can be used for a lesson plan that needs to be shared. Click the send for review button in Acrobat and choose to send via e-mail or upload to central location (can be opened in a web browser.) Acrobat uses a wizard to prepare file for review and to notify recipients and specify who will receive the comments from those recipients.
Acrobat review tools mimic those of the paper world: sticky notes, spell check, rubber stamps, highlighting, underline, and strike-through, to name a few.
Acrobat has the ability to attach files to reviewed documents, add audio comments, to track comments and to collect all comments into a single file.
For more information visit:
www.adobe.com/education/k12
or view Ali?s blog at
blogs.adobe.com (Look for Acrobat in education)
Note: You need Reader 7 to make use of the review tools.
Posted by garymcfarlane on February 20, 2006 at 10:57 PM| Permalink | Comments (0)
SmartBoards and SynchronEyes
Links from Birds of a Feather
EdCompass
SMART Training
Fun Learning to Read
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Animation and Education
United Streaming
Posted by rodhumphrey on February 20, 2006 at 05:19 PM| Permalink | Comments (0)
January 11, 2006 01:00 PM
Furl It
I am hooked! Everything I learn that has a URL, gets furled. Saving it for me. My furl is feed to my blog and many others share the resources I have found. Cool Tool!
Posted by jena on January 11, 2006 at 01:00 PM| Permalink | Comments (0)
Treasure Hunting
Geocaching is not only fun, but a great learning activity integrating GPS, and treasure hunting. Join us to learn more about geocaching, or go on your own with our contest!! GPS are available for checkout at the Mt. Hood Lobby Registration Booth.
Posted by jena on January 11, 2006 at 12:56 PM| Permalink | Comments (0)
Short Messaging Service
Text Messaging, SMS, or MMS from a phone is all the rage. Do you know how? And once you have that mastered to keep up with the kids you might want to use T-9!
Posted by jena on January 11, 2006 at 12:53 PM| Permalink | Comments (0)
Flickr
A great way to store, sort, share, tag, blog and view your pictures. You can even send pictures from your phone to your blog!
Posted by jena on January 11, 2006 at 12:47 PM| Permalink | Comments (1)
Writely
Collaborate. Publish. Blog. It's FREE! Simple & SECURE web document sharing.
Posted by jena on January 11, 2006 at 12:43 PM| Permalink | Comments (1)
February 22, 2005 11:09 AM
Building Webpages and Blogs
Jennifer Gingerich began her presentation with posing thought provoking questions to the workshop participants. Why have a blog? What are the roadblocks? Whey should teachers have a website? Participants were then asked to blog their thoughts. She is full of ideas on how to build easy, free (or low cost) websites and blogs. Check out her blog for all her information and resources.
Posted by on February 22, 2005 at 11:09 AM| Permalink | Comments (0)
LiteracyNet
LiteracyNet
Excellent content (current and past CNN San Francisco bureau news stories) for struggling readers at the middle and high school levels. "Each module includes the full text of each story and interactive activities to test comprehension. The learner can choose to read the text, listen to the text, and view a short video clip of the story. Each module is designed for ease of use so the learner can use it independently. The instructor can also incorporate any story into class activities and lesson plans."
Posted by lynnlary on February 22, 2005 at 10:30 AM| Permalink | Comments (2)
February 4, 2005 09:19 AM
Welcome
We are so glad you are here! This will be our launching point for the entire conference. Be sure to check back for comments, discussions and last minute information about ITSC.
Posted by jena on February 4, 2005 at 09:19 AM| Permalink | Comments (0)
