About
About this resource
Intended first and foremost for educators in the Tri-County ESC Service Area, the Instructional Technology Network blog is a resource for information, news, events, highlighted articles and emerging practices in instructional technology delivered to you in a tech-friendly, teach-friendly format.
About the author
Chad Lemon is an Instructional Technology Consultant with Tri-County Educational Service Center in Wooster, Ohio.
Keeping up to date
There are at least three easy ways to keep up to date with articles added here.
- Option 1: Stop by often.
- Option 2: Subscribe via RSS feed. Pageflakes, Google Reader, and Bloglines
are just a few ways to do this. - Option 3: Subscribe via email. Look for the “Subscribe by email” option to get updates in your Inbox. We use a service called Feedburner to do this.
How often will updates arrive?
The goal is to add useful content as often as possible. Some weeks, this may mean an update as often as once a day, while on slow news weeks or busy ESC weeks, it could mean as few as once every week or two. Hopefully it will never be so much as to overwhelm and never so little as to make you wonder if we’ve forgotten you.
Is this useful stuff?
Hopefully, yes! Keep in mind though that the usefulness of the content will depend on your area of teaching responsibility, general interest, and skill level. We’ll try to make sure you don’t have to guess what makes a particular item useful through clear descriptions and categorizations.
Your Two Cents
We’d love to hear from you. Comments are open, although moderated to screen for spam and other objectionable content. If you have something more substantial that should be broadcast to the community in its own article, send me an email at the ESC and we’ll see what we can arrange.
Where’d the Instructional Technology Network Discussion Forum go?
Well, after a good pilot run, it seemed that a format that came directly to your doorstep would be a better fit for your busy schedules. Blog comments still allow folks the opportunity to participate in dialogue, while getting the word out a little easier.
Content Disclaimer
Use your head. A lot of resources will be referenced here over time. Some will be carefully reviewed, while others will be simple references to something that seemed like a good idea. Always, always, always preview any resources before using them with or recommending it to students. If something that seemed like a good idea turns out to be objectionable in hindsight, please, by all means, bring it to my attention so any necessary changes or deletions can be made.
What’s With the Link Icons?
One or two different icons may appear next to external links. The first icon, a small speech balloon, is a feature powered by Snap.com, called SnapShots. Passing your mouse over the SnapShots icon will display a small preview of the linked site. The second icon, a small circle depicting “Bess” , indicates links that are worthwhile, but are known to be incompatible with filtering policies. These sites can be viewed from home or through arrangements with your technology department.
Help! Please?
Instructional technology consultation is a service of Tri-County Educational Service Center. You are invited to contact the ESC for technology integration support. In most cases, this is available to teachers in Tri-County’s local and exempted village districts at no extra cost. ESC services are also available outside our home districts through special arrangement.
