Friday: Updates to Adobe Reader and introducing Evernote [Productivity tools] Monday: A different perspective on validating resources [Information Literacy] Tuesday: Primary source political cartoons and resources for understanding bias and perspective [Information Literacy] Today: When to credit an image source [Intellectual Property and Ethics] Need to better explain to your students how and when [...]
Friday: Updates to Adobe Reader and introducing Evernote [Productivity tools] Monday: A different perspective on validating resources [Information Literacy] Today: Primary source political cartoons and resources for understanding bias and perspective [Information Literacy] Wednesday: When to credit an image source [Intellectual Property and Ethics] The Library of Congress has continued to develop material sets to [...]
Spring Roundup continues… Friday: Updates to Adobe Reader and introducing Evernote [Productivity tools] Today: A different perspective on validating resources [Information Literacy] Tuesday: Primary source political cartoons and resources for understanding bias and perspective [Information Literacy] Wednesday: When to credit an image source [Intellectual Property and Ethics] Whenever I’ve discussed criteria for evaluating resources [...]
Dr. Parry Aftab, Executive Director of WiredSafety.org and founder and managing director of WiredTrust, will headline a Community Forum on Cyberbullying, Sexting, Texting, Dangers to Our Children and Families at the OARDC Fisher Auditorium (State Route 250 East) Wooster, Ohio, on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 from 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. This forum, which is part [...]
If you’re looking for some professional development options during the summer that don’t even require leaving the house, take a look at the online professional development offerings from state edtech partners, PBS and eTech Ohio. These courses cover a wide variety of subject disciplines and both course providers offer graduate credit options through multiple universities. [...]
Several educators from Tri-County Area schools and agencies are presenting to conference attendees at next week’s annual educational technology conference in Columbus. On tap at the conference is (and let me know if I’ve missed anyone): Krista Fitch, Technology Coordinator, Hillsdale Local Schools Technology on a Shoestring Interactive whiteboards, interactive video distance learning (IVDL), and [...]
Elementary teachers are invited to take part in a four-session course on technology integration. The class will focus on a few emerging practices and critical issues for the classroom. Sessions begin in late January. Focal topics include age-appropriate search strategies and resource validation, communications and publication tools, and classroom resources. The target group is approximately [...]
Deadlines for the winter sessions of two online professional development partners are approaching. Basic computer skills and internet access are really all that are necessary for taking part in an online course. One of my favorite features of online course is the ability to work at the time of day that best meets my family’s [...]
Registration is open for the winter session of online courses offered through eTech Ohio. Options are available in number of subject areas. A broad range of technology any non-technology class options are included. I’ve heard generally good things from folks who’ve taken the courses, particularly the Autism Spectrum Disorders topic. Courses run 4 – 10 [...]
By way of eTech Ohio: “eTech Ohio is seeking applications for competitive professional development grants in the amount of $20,000 each to teachers in grades 9-12. These grants will support the creation and use of electronic portfolios (ePortfolios) in Open Source Portfolio (OSP). As part of this two-year grant, school building(s) within a district may [...]
