Educon 2.1

January 24, 2009 | 1 Comment

Educon 2.1 is a conference for educators that takes place at The Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia. all of the sessions are broadcast online and archived on their wiki. I really recommend this conference for professional development.

Welcome to the Electronic Village Online 2009
A professional development project and virtual extension of the TESOL Convention.
For six weeks , participants can engage with ESOL experts in collaborative, online discussion sessions or hands-on virtual workshops of professional and scholarly benefit. These sessions will bring together participants for a longer period of time than is permitted [...]

You can read about it here

Liz David has posted ideas for the structure of EduBloggerCon East (not just for bloggers) on July 14th at the Newton Mariott. It’s free and a great opportunity to meet fellow technology folks who are learning about education and using technology. I hope you will join us!

NETS for Teachers

June 30, 2008 | 1 Comment

ISTE’s National Educational Technology Standards for TEACHERS came out at NECC 2008. These standards are an excellent way to structure professional development. I encourage all teachers to take a look at these measures for supporting our students in the Digital Age

Alan November has graciously offered meeting space so that an east coast EduBloggerCon can be held on Monday, July 14th in Newton, MA. This is a free “Unconference” and any educator is welcome to attend. Read more about how this conference came about at Liz Davis’ blog and if you would like to participate, you [...]

These are the 100 best Web 2.0 applications, chosen by Webware readers and Internet users across the globe. Over 1.9 million votes were cast to select these Webware 100 winners:

Kern Kelley and I will were the guests on Women of the Web with our students. 9:00 PM EST. Tuesday March 18th. Here’s a link to the show

Technology Review presents its list of the 10 technologies that they think are most likely to change the way we live.

Alltop, the site that compiles top blog and news sites by various categories, has just started an education section. This is a great one stop shop to pick up the latest news and info in the education world. A sample of some of the blogs listed are 2cents Worth, eSchool News, and the Student Leader [...]

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