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  Website – Social Networking

  Posted on November 10, 2008 by Jason in ESU 10

  Monday morning, I am getting ready for a workshop in one of our conference rooms. Setting up tables, laying out electrical reels, putting necessities on the tables: all of activities normally reserved for another day with educators. Sue walk in and asks, “How are you feeling?” A little confused, I responded, “Fine. Why?” “I was just wondering [...]

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  Creativity – Animation-ish

  Posted on November 9, 2008 by Jason in ESU 10

  Animation-ish, based on the book by Peter H. Reynolds called Ish, is a wonderful cross-platform tool to get started with animation. Fablevision has also created lessons for use in almost every curricular area: Counseling, English, Foreign Language, Handwriting, Health, History, Language Arts, Life Science, Mathematics, Music, Reading, Science, Social Sciences, Social Studies and Technology Education. Another [...]

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  Mobile Phones – Text reminders

  Posted on November 5, 2008 by Jason in ESU 10

  buzzz buzzz buzzz – buzzz buzzz buzzz From: 62262 Polls are open in Nebraska until 8pm. For location info visit: VoteForChange.com Just a little reminder to go out and vote. (Not that I would have missed THIS election!) Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to send our students a reminder on their phones to [...]

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  Google Tool – Reader

  Posted on November 4, 2008 by Jason in ESU 10

  Discover – Learn – Share I have blogged in the past about the importance of RSS or Real Simple Syndication. It is a way to read blogs or subscribe to web pages so you don’t have to visit the site every day to see if there are updates. Google Reader is a simple free tool [...]

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  Web Tool – Twitter

  Posted on November 3, 2008 by Jason in ESU 10

  There are some things that you look at on the web and think – “I just don’t have time for this!” When I first looked at Twitter a year ago, that’s exactly what I thought. I created an account and left it sit for months. But then came back to it and was amazed at the potential. [...]

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  Creative Inspiration

  Posted on November 2, 2008 by Jason in ESU 10

  It was many moons ago that I started in my education technology career. As a student at UNK I was hired by Graci Gillming (who is now our tech training team leader at ESU 10.) At that point in my life my job title was “Internet Specialist.” This included being the webmaster, showing faculty, staff [...]

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• November Blog Challenge

  Posted on November 1, 2008 by Jason in ESU 10

  There are a couple of us at ESU 10 who have taken on a challenge to write a blog post every day for the month of November. Several people in the educational technology career field have posted challenges and tips to better blogging. (See links below) As I thought about blogging, what I wanted to [...]

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• Building a 21st Century PLN

  Posted on October 27, 2008 by Jason in ESU 10

  Building a 21st Century PLN (Personal Learning Network) As the clock ticks and pulls us further into the 21st century, it is imperative we give our students the skills they will need to succeed in their lifetime. I believe we all know and understand they will have jobs and a future of which we cannot [...]

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• 2008 Trends in Technology

  Posted on September 29, 2008 by Jason in ESU 10

  2008 Trends in Technology What our 21st Century Students will face. Everywhere we turn, we are faced with new advances in information and technology and how we consume or contribute to these. Good Morning America is using Google Maps to animate where the latest hurricane is hitting. NTV is asking for stories and pictures from [...]

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• Model a learning environment…

  Posted on August 18, 2008 by Jason in ESU 10

  “[Kids] don’t remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.”— Jim Henson (It’s Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider) Learning how to learn is the key to survival in the 21st century! The technology, tools, information, and everything we value now WILL change. Model a great learning environment [...]

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