k12 Online Conference » Blog Archive » Personal Professional Development”Planning the 21st Century School”
(tags: 21century_school)

quikmaps.com - maps for the masses
(tags: maps tools free blog)

Weblogg-ed » Owning the Teaching…and the Learning
Maybe it’s time to build the school of tomorrow, instead of waiting for the school of yesterday to catch up
(tags: quotable technology_integrationist teachers)

A post from Wes Freyer got me anxious again… He made me think about something that I am trying so hard to NOT think about: The education my own children are receiving in our public schools and the teaching methods some of their teachers use to “cover” content.
After one year of teaching in a [...]

I found Clarence Fisher’s presentation extremely valuable as background information to be able to talk to parents and administrators. In order to raise awareness that we are in the middle of a colossal change and one that most parents, teachers and school administrators are not even aware of. We need to spread the word about [...]

Chinese symbols
(tags: China languages)

Amberjack: Site Tour Creator - Simple. Free. Open Source.
Amberjack is a lightweight Open Source library, enabling webmasters to create cool site tours.
(tags: screencast tools free)

There are so many wonderful presentations still waiting for me to discover at the K-12 Online Conference. I keep telling myself, that it is OK to go through them one by one in my own time and not feel (imaginary) pressure to see and hear them all before the conference is officially over on [...]

Moving at the Speed of Creativity » Blog Archive » Recording skypecasts
(tags: skype tools)

Teaching 2.0 » Blog Archive » Flickr as Asset Management
(tags: flickr)

I am teaching a 10 week Web 2.0 information class for parents and teachers at my school. I was so impressed and learned so much from the LAN parties held in Shanghai, China by Jeff Utecht and his colleagues and principal that I decided to do something similar with my class as well. So I [...]

Professional DV Editing for the enthusiast
(tags: videos tools free)

Project collaboration, management, and task software: Basecamp
(tags: web2.0 free tools projectmanagement)