Category Archives: EdTech
Did You Know? A Screenshot is Worth a Thousand Words
There are lots of situations where a screenshot of your computer can communicate much more than words. From giving students detailed directions to helping your tech support people (ahem) solve issues you’re experiencing, screenshots can make it easier for people … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, EdTech, Free Apps, TeacherHax
Tagged Annotation, digital storytelling, Google Body, Graphics, Microsoft Windows, Screenshot, Skitch, Snagit, visual communication, Window
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Who Needs Gamification?! Student-Centered Lesson Design Using Just Your LMS
2011 brought us the buzzword craze of “gamification” in education, or the quest to make learning online more like a video game. Inspired by FourSquare‘s achievement badges as a way of motivating users to check in to location-based services and … Continue reading
Commons in a Box: Open Academic Collaboration for Higher Ed.
As long as I’ve been interested in WordPress for Education, CUNY Commons has stood as the example of what’s possible when you mash up WordPress, WPMU, BuddyPress, and MediaWiki with some special, custom goodness. Built on open source tools, it … Continue reading
Posted in EdTech, Learning Communities
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Open Source or Proprietary LMS? Your Answer, My Friend, Is Floating In the Cloud
A colleague recently asked me if I could explain the distinction between open source and proprietary learning management systems, especially as it might affect a K-12 school looking at the best kind of LMS to implement today. She wanted to … Continue reading
Posted in EdTech, Featured
Tagged blackboard, edtech, education, Engrade, google apps, Higher education, k-12, Learning management system, lms, moodle, MoodleRooms, open source
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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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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?
Posted in EdTech, Featured
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
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Tagged anonymous, blackboard, cloud, Denial-of-service attack, edtech, google apps, Hacker, LastPass, lulzsec, Security, Sony
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