Category Archives: ESU 10

• Obsolete Technologies

  Posted on June 16, 2010 by Jason in Blogs, ESU 10

  Here are a couple of articles a colleague (Mrs. Coover) shared with me yesterday. Will be fun to look back in 20 years and say, “I remember when…” Technology that became obsolete within my lifetime 10 obsolete technologies to kill in 2010

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  Animation-ish for TLW

  Posted on June 15, 2010 by Jason in ESU 10

  I had the opportunity to showcase Animation-ish to our ESU Learning Web teams. This is a wonderful piece of software that can be used in any curricular area. Kids will have so much fun with it you won’t be able to pull them away from the computer! Here is a link to the website I [...]

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• New URL Shortner

  Posted on June 14, 2010 by Jason in ESU 10, Interests, Presentations

  I am trying out a new URL shortner from YOURLS.org. It was easy to set up and configure. I like the idea of using it for workshop material, mobile phone links I use a lot, and more. For example, I am working on a presentation for Animation-ish tomorrow and so created the link http://JasonE.me/animation. Or [...]

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• Google Docs Viewer

  Posted on April 9, 2010 by Jason in EDU, ESU 10

  You can use Google Docs Viewer to display PDFs, PowerPoints, or TIFF files in an online viewer so your audience does not have to download the file and have a third party view to display your files. You only need to put your files in an accessible place on the Internet. Once you have the [...]

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• What is your favorite EdTech blog?

  Posted on April 6, 2010 by Jason in Blogs, EDU, ESU 10

  Some great blogs people suggested when I asked on Twitter and Facebook: http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/ http://web20classroom.blogspot.com/ http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ http://www.twitter.com/ Follow: Steven Anderson @web20classroom or Richard Byrne @rmbyrne http://fischbowl.com/ I also have some that I use in my WordPress workshop. You can find them here: http://blog.esu10.org/wordpress/training/blogging-resources/ Please share others!

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  Series: Technology to Support Multiple Intelligences

  Posted on December 2, 2009 by Jason in EDU, ESU 10, Presentations, Thoughts

  This is a series of articles on how and which technologies you might use to support the eight individual intelligences as defined in Dr. Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Here is a sequential outline of the articles: •  Introduction • Word Smart (linguistic intelligence) • Number Smart (logical-mathematical intelligence) • Picture Smart (spatial intelligence) • [...]

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• Fall Edutopia Newsletter Highlights

  Posted on August 24, 2009 by Jason in ESU 10

  Just wanted to share highlights from a recent Edutopia newsletter titled “How to Bring Outdoor Education to Your Class.” You can find the online version here. Take a Hike: How to Make Being Outdoors In As gaming devices supplant games of catch, schools counter nature-deficit disorder with outdoor experiences. by Susan Brenna Though his parents [...]

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  ESU 10 Electronic Welcome Centers

  Posted on March 13, 2009 by Jason in ESU 10

  With the advent of the ESU 10 facility expansion, the need for a kiosk to help guide visitors to their destination was apparent. Four key spots were identified to locate these new welcome centers. One at each east entrance, one in the hallway connecting the two wings, and one at the entrance of the north [...]

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  Relying on "The Cloud"

  Posted on March 2, 2009 by Jason in ESU 10

  After reading “There’s silver lining to Google’s cloud computing glitch” by John Naughton, I pondered the following quote: Andy Grove, then the CEO of Intel, said in 1999, “In five years, companies that are not internet companies won’t be companies at all.” He was widely ridiculed at the time. But in fact he was very [...]

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  Stimulus Package and Schools

  Posted on February 15, 2009 by Jason in ESU 10

  An excerpt from an article by the Associated Press. What are your thoughts? Schools: A main goal of education spending in the stimulus bill is to help keep teachers on the job. Nearly 600,000 jobs in elementary and secondary schools could be eliminated by state budget cuts over the next three years, according to a [...]

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