Lara Hill's Reflections on Technology and Education

Overall Reflections on National Educational Computing Conference

2009-07-03T23:56:00.005-04:00

National conferences are behemoth by nature and when it comes to technology -- much like waking up on a Christmas morning with way too many gifts to comprehend. This year's NECC did not disappoint....

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21st-Century Learning: The New Visionary Administrator Speaks Up!

2009-07-01T08:42:00.003-04:00

The CEO of Project Tomorrow (the non-profit organization that runs the national survey of students, teachers, parents, and admininstrators called "Speak UP!") shared the responses of the Fall 2008...

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Microsoft Support for Educators

2009-06-30T15:17:00.002-04:00

Innovative Teachers Network - free resources for teachers - http://www.innovativeteachers.com/Pages/Welcome.aspx

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NECC SIGAdmin Forum

2009-06-30T13:51:00.002-04:00

Don Kinezek, CEO of ISTE, discussed the importance of leadership support for sustainable positive change in education. Knowledgeable and persistent leadership is key for success and the new national...

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Just a piece of NECC's Exhibition Hall

2009-06-30T13:48:00.002-04:00

This picture shows just a piece of the NECC 2009's Exhibition Hall -- it was massive, with over 290 asiles of vendors. Literally, this seemed to just go on and on...

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Wordle - Create Beautiful Word Clouds

2009-06-30T13:26:00.006-04:00

Wordle has got to be one of the coolest free tools out there to see your writing in graphical form. Here is one using the words from Robert Frost's poem, Nothing Gold Can Stay.

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Kathy Scrock's Winning Strategies for Information Overload

2009-06-30T12:51:00.004-04:00

Kathy used her easy-going manner to share ways to help manage the extensive amount of information that floods all of us. You can check out details at http://kathyschrock.net/score/. Besides giving...

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Teaching Elementary Students with Scratch Programming

2009-06-30T11:08:00.005-04:00

Christopher Michaud, Nebo Elementary Tuesday, 6/30/2009, 11:00am–12:00pm WWCC 150 B Christopher used his expertise with working with elementary students to help us digital...

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Web 2.0 Exploration Presentation

2009-06-29T11:32:00.005-04:00

Web 2.0 New Tools, New Schools Monday, June 29, 2009 - 11:00 am - 12:00 pm "Technology is the support for learning." - Adam Garry, Presenter I agree with this 100%! So often, as a technology...

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Tammy's Tech Tools

2009-06-29T08:37:00.005-04:00

Bright and early, Steve Chard, Donetta Marconi, and I arrived for our first real session. Her handout can be found at... http://www.tammyworcester.com Tammy's session was very practical and a...

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Too much on my desktop!

2009-06-28T00:53:00.001-04:00

Here is a test!

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2006-07-19T10:18:00.000-04:00

I have been having freezing and hanging problems on Interent Explorer on my PC. I downloaded Firefox (go to http://www.firefox.com). Much better... La

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2006-07-19T10:10:00.000-04:00

Diigo - social annotation and social bookmarking

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Entourage - Outlook Export and Import Script

2005-08-01T11:44:00.000-04:00

Moving data from PC to Mac can be a bit tricky when using Outlook and Entourage. However, I found this script online at http://scriptbuilders.net/files/exportimportentourage1.3.8.html . I need to...

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Amazing Sites for Tracking Maps, Locations, WebCam, and Photos Tracked by Location

2005-07-23T07:20:00.000-04:00

Technology is constantly evolving and growing. I was googling a bit early this Saturday morning and I discovered some sites that were just awesome. Google Maps - http://maps.google.com Mappr -...

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NJ Elite 2005 - Engaging the Digital Mindset

2005-07-21T12:59:00.000-04:00

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Open-Source Software Resource Information

2005-07-11T15:51:00.000-04:00

Open-source software is exploding all over the educational world and for very good reason. It is free! Also, many of the software programs are completely compatible with the epensive protected...

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CSS Style Sheets Reference

2005-07-03T14:49:00.000-04:00

Here is a wonderful reference for CSS stylesheets - http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_examples.asp

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NECC - Debate about the use of Technology in Education Reform

2005-06-29T09:39:00.000-04:00

Does Technology Enhance or Detract from School Improvement Efforts? [Concurrent Session at the NECC 2005 conference in Philadephia, Pa.] -...

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NECC - Podcasts and Blogs about NECC

2005-06-29T09:29:00.000-04:00

It is amazing that in just a year, blogging and podcasting has exploded! The NECC 2005 conference is covered by numerous blogs - such as mine as well as podcasts from various ed tech leaders in the...

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NECC - Webcasts

2005-06-29T09:26:00.000-04:00

To access webcasts of the most popular sessions from NECC - http://www.kidzonline.org/necc/agenda.html If you have Windows you will need to have Windows Media Player. If you are using Mac, you will...

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NECC - Session - Using Moodle

2005-06-28T13:37:00.000-04:00

Use Your Noodle: Learn Moodle: A Free Alternative to Board https://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2005/program/search_results_details.php?sessionid=7486473 Link for Moodle:...

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NECC - Session - Bernie Dodge - Making WebQuest Creation Easier

2005-06-28T11:54:00.000-04:00

Bernie Dodge, the real creator of the web quest, spoke about the challenges that creators face when making a web page. He breaks down the problems with creating web quests, the skills needed (both...

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NECC - Resource - Vocabulary Site

2005-06-28T11:51:00.000-04:00

Vocabulary University at http://www.vocabulary.com has a rich site that is free with games and learning tools for increasing vocabulary. Primarily aimed at younger groups - K-5. The site is not well...

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Collaboratory Portal - Home for the IP Videoconferencing Workshop

2005-06-27T13:21:00.000-04:00

The Collaboratory allows for media to be shared. Much like Edline. Sources of other web sites with information are valuable. The PowerPoints are located here. The collaboratory web site is...

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