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The Tech Savvy Educator


Everday Should Be Earthday - Google Earth & Climate Change in the Science Classroom

In an attempt to get a jump-start on providing activities, resources, and other goodies for Earthday 2008, I’ve found a number of really great resources. Alone they provide an interesting...

Started in The Tech Savvy Educator • 8 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: multimedia, science, climate change, earth day, google earth
Forum Friday - Time to Think!

On most Fridays I like to pull an interesting conversation or resource from the Forum here on the site, but there are times when a discussion or happening on another site deserves being spread around...

Started in The Tech Savvy Educator • 8 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: blogs, forum friday, edublogs, thinking award, thinking blog
Earth Day Should Be Everyday - Planet Green Game

Many blogs I follow usually provide resources for special days of the year the day before, or on the special date. Which is why I thought I’d run a small series of posts over the next week...

Started in The Tech Savvy Educator • 8 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: games, science, social studies, climate change, earth day
Help Our Building Kick Butt on Our 5 Year Tech Plan

The technology advisory group for my building has just embarked on a most ambitious plan. It was pointed out to us last week that if we want to have the really cool tools that we know will help us...

Started in The Tech Savvy Educator • 8 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: advocacy, technology, tech plan
Forum Friday - When the Read/Write Web Goes Too Far

On most Fridays I like to pull an interesting resource or discussion from the Forum on the site, or from another across the vast Internet. More often that not, there are great resources or...

Started in The Tech Savvy Educator • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: forum friday, technology, censorship, web2.0, fridays
Best Time Waster of the Week - Questionaut

Why is it that the BBC always has the best edu-games? From building pyramids to exploring with the vikings, the fine folks over at BBC Schools are constantly coming up with clever, and highly...

Started in The Tech Savvy Educator • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: assessment, games, free, video games, bbc schools
Looking for Rubrics: Personal Learning Network, ACTIVATE!

I promised myself (secretly of course) that I wouldn’t start using the phrase “Personal Learning Network.” It’s not that I’m ashamed of being connected to such an...

Started in The Tech Savvy Educator • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: assessment, language arts, wikis, rubrics writing assessment language arts, personal learning network
Four Simple Truths - It’s Not About The Technology

This is a previous post written for the MACUL Conference Blog. However, the content is quite relevent to the state of educational technology, and thought that I’d include it here as well. I had...

Started in The Tech Savvy Educator • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: advocacy, conferences, technology, macul08, the
Be in the Classroom While You’re Home Sick

I’ve been out most of this week with what I’ve learned today to be a sinus infection. Yes, I know, I’m a whimp, but when I interact with over 800 students each week, I don’t...

Started in The Tech Savvy Educator • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: multimedia, virtual field trips, broadcasting, ustream, video
Forum Friday - Praise for the Non-Tech Teachers

On Fridays I like to pull an interesting resource and/or topic from the Tech Savvy Ed Forum to share and discuss with a wider audience. Today’s post comes from a year and a half ago, but still...

Started in The Tech Savvy Educator • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: forum friday, technology, integration