Author Archives: Ted Curran
50 Great Ways to Grow Your Personal Learning Network
This is a great article from OnlineCollege.org that gives detailed directions on how to start a Personal Learning Network. Since my own posts on PLNs resonated with so many, I wanted to pass this on: Through social networks, email, video, … Continue reading
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Google Plus Puts the Social in Learning with Google Apps for Education
With the news that Google Apps for Education will be integrated with Google+ in a few days, it’s time to start thinking about how social media and collaboration can be a reality for schools.
Posted in EdTech, Featured, Free Apps, Learning Communities, TeacherHax
Tagged classroom 2.0, Edmodo, edtech, education, facebook, google, Google App, Learning, Schoology, social learning, Social media, SocialCast, teaching, Yammer
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LMS Disruption– Free Web 2.0 Tools Can Co-Exist with the Centralized LMS
[Question from a colleague] It appears that OpenClass has the same mission as Canvas – OpenClass: “disrupt technology for education”, Canvas: “disrupting the Learning Management System (LMS) market.” Does this new partnership introduce any concerns about Canvas’ future. Blackboard has … Continue reading
Posted in EdTech, Featured, TeacherHax, Web 2.0
Tagged blackboard, canvas, David Wiley, disruption, DIY U, edtech, educational technology, EduPunk, google apps, instructure, Jon Mott, LDAP, Learning management system, lms, OLN, open class, open learning network, pearson, Personal Learning Network, PLN, web 2.0
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Secure Your Social Identity Across All Sites with NameChk.com
If you are trying to create a branded online identity, it helps to have a consistent username across all of the major sites. With NameChk.com, you can search once and see if your favorite username is available on 159 different … Continue reading
Switch from Teaching Word Processing to Teaching Web Processing
If you’re like me, one of the first computer skills you were taught in school is how to use a word processor. We all mastered the art of formatting words for the printed page because we were still using computers … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, TeacherHax, Web 2.0
Tagged BlueGriffon, chrome, edtech, firefox, HTML, internet, Microsoft, Microsoft Word, office, OmmWriter, Text editor, web, web design, word, World Wide Web, WriteRoom, WYSIWYG
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Take Dramatic 3D Screenshots of Websites with Firefox's Tilt Plugin
If you do a lot of presentations or tutorials about technology, you probably have to take screenshots of websites to illustrate your ideas. I really like to add a “wow” factor to my presentations whenever I can do it gracefully, … Continue reading
Posted in EdTech, Featured, TeacherHax, Web 2.0
Tagged Add-ons, Document Object Model, edtech, elearning, firefox, Mac OS X, presentations, Screenshot, screenshots, Skitch, Web browser, Web page, WebGL
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Blackboard Bought by Providence Equity Partners– What Does it Mean for Schools?
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Tagged BBBB, blackboard, edtech, elearning, lms, Mergers and acquisitions, moodle, NASDAQ, Private equity, Providence Equity Partners, sakai
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Make a "Hard to Guess but Easy to Remember" Password for Greater Cloud Security
In my last post, I recommended using a password manager like LastPass to help you create strong, unique passwords for all of the different sites you use. If you don’t like the idea of storing passwords in the cloud, the next … Continue reading
Good Security Practices Keep You Safe(r) from Hackers when Using Cloud Tools
Friends and colleagues have been expressing doubt about entrusting their data to “The Cloud”, especially in light of the recent high profile attacks on the CIA, the Senate, and Sony (among many others). As educators are increasingly adopting cloud-based tool … Continue reading
Posted in EdTech, Featured, TeacherHax
Tagged anonymous, blackboard, cloud, Denial-of-service attack, edtech, google apps, Hacker, LastPass, lulzsec, Security, Sony
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Free Tools, the Distorted Web, Privacy, and Your Students' Critical Thinking Skills
Until I saw this TED talk, I didn’t care much that free Web 2.0 tools like Google and Facebook were collecting massive dossiers of information about my online habits. I thought they were just using it to serve me more … Continue reading
Posted in EdTech, Featured, TeacherHax, Web 2.0
Tagged Android, big brother, Bing, Critical thinking, Duck Duck Go, edtech, education, facebook, george orwell, google, Google Search, NPR, privacy, search, Student, teacher, TeacherHax, teaching, web 2.0, Web search engine, webapps
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